LCE 513 LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT & TESTING (7 ECTS)
This course draws from the Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching Methodologies and CALL courses, and develops students’ awareness of the links between language curriculum and assessment. It provides an overview of language assessment and its principles and practices. It then focuses on the use of new technologies in L2 assessment.
The course explores the following domains:
L2 competence assessment and testing
Self / Peer Assessment
Formative & Summative assessment
Traditional & Alternative assessment
Language Competence description and measurement tools; (Common European Framework of Reference: CEFR, Association of Language Testers in Europe: ALTE, etc.)
Computer Assisted Language Assessment (CALA) & Computer Assisted Language Testing (CALT)
Resource Evaluation (link with courses 6)
Students will be given the opportunity to reflect on their current L2 assessment practices and on ways to update them according to current theories. Finally, students will have hands-on experience in evaluating and designing language assessment tasks and tests
The course explores the following domains:
L2 competence assessment and testing
Self / Peer Assessment
Formative & Summative assessment
Traditional & Alternative assessment
Language Competence description and measurement tools; (Common European Framework of Reference: CEFR, Association of Language Testers in Europe: ALTE, etc.)
Computer Assisted Language Assessment (CALA) & Computer Assisted Language Testing (CALT)
Resource Evaluation (link with courses 6)
Students will be given the opportunity to reflect on their current L2 assessment practices and on ways to update them according to current theories. Finally, students will have hands-on experience in evaluating and designing language assessment tasks and tests