EDF5643 · Second language assessment and testing

Overview

The unit explores current theories in language assessment and testing, new approaches to language assessment design and validation, advances in language testing technology, the impact of various language assessment practices on language teaching and learning, and the ethics of language test use. The various purposes of language assessment are outlined and you will be introduced to a set of principles whereby language assessments and tests are critically evaluated. You will develop skills in designing, trialling and analysing assessment tools, including authentic and integrated tasks, as appropriate to your own professional contexts.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. analyse the diverse purposes and uses of language assessment
2. critically reflect on the principles of assessment, including recognizing the issues of fairness and consequences of language testing
3. critically engage with recent debates and developments in language testing research and practice
4. interpret and apply the theoretical and practical skills related to assessment task design.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • a total of 24 hours of scheduled learning. These will typically include 18-24 hours of on-campus regular directed learning activities, with any remaining hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and self-directed/independent study OR • a total of 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.