PdF:AJ4406 Testing and Assessment in Engl - Course Information
AJ4406 Testing and Assessment in English Language Teaching
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Bc. Mgr. Sonia Homolka (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ4406/01: Tue 18:00–19:50 učebna 22, S. Homolka
AJ4406/02: Tue 16:00–17:50 učebna 22, S. Homolka - Prerequisites
- No prerequisites needed
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2A) (2)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (Eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2) (2)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is for the students to acquire
working knowledge of a selection testing means that could be used in a classroom setting;
confidence in selecting appropriate tools for testing;
ability to evaluate testing tools for specific activities and learner groups; - Learning outcomes
- By the end of this course, participants should be able to demonstrate the following:
1. A working knowledge of a selection testing means that could be used in a classroom setting;
2. Confidence in selecting appropriate tools for testing;
3. The ability to evaluate testing tools for specific activities and learner groups; - Syllabus
- Teaching and testing
- Kinds of tests and testing
- Validity, reliability
- Test development
- Test techniques
- Testing writing, testing speaking
- Testing reading, testing listening
- Literature
- recommended literature
- HUGHES, Arthur. Testing for language teachers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xii, 251. ISBN 0521484952. info
- MCNAMARA, T. F. Language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, xv, 140. ISBN 0194372227. info
- PALMER, Adrian S. and Lyle F. BACHMAN. Language testing in practice : designing and developing useful language tests. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, vi, 377. ISBN 0194371484. info
- ALDERSON, J. Charles, Caroline CLAPHAM and Dianne WALL. Language test construction and evaluation. Cambridge: University Press, 1995, 310 s. ISBN 0-521-47255-5. info
- BACHMAN, Lyle F. Fundamental considerations in language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990, xi, 408. ISBN 0194370038. info
- not specified
- VLČKOVÁ, Kateřina. Testování modelu vysvětlujícího známku z cizího jazyka pomocí strategií učení: multinomiální logistická regrese (Testing Model: Foreign Language Learning Strategies Explaining the Academic Achievement: Multinomial Logistic Regression Approach.). In Svět výchovy a vzdělávání v reflexi současného pedagogického výzkumu. Sborník z XV. konference ČAPV. 1st ed. České Budějovice: Pedagogická fakulta Jihočeské univerzity, katedra pedagogiky a psychologie, 2007, p. 1-13. ISBN 978-80-7040-991-6. info
- HRBÁČEK, Jiří. Testování kvality výukových opor a vlivu činnosti tutora (Testing quality education supports and influence tutors activity). In Distanční vzdělávání v České republice - současnost a budoucnost, IV. národní konference. první. Ediční středisko VŠB-Tech. univ. Ostrava: CSVŠ-NCDiV, U lužického semnináře 13, 118 00 Praha 1, 2006, p. 138-737. ISBN 80-86302-36-9. info
- KLIMUSOVÁ, Helena. Standardy pro pedagogické a psychologické testování - zdroj inspirace (Standards for educational and psychological testing: a source of inspiration). In Psychologické dny 2002 - "Kořeny a vykořenění". Olomouc: ČMPS, Psychologický ústav AV ČR, 2002, p. 28-35. ISBN 80-86174-05-0. info
- Standardy pro pedagogické a psychologické testování. 1. české vyd. Praha: Testcentrum, 2001, 192 s. ISBN 8086471071. info
- BUBENÍKOVÁ, Libuše, Ludmila KOLLMANNOVÁ and Eva SKÁLOVÁ. Teorie a praxe jazykového testování. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1975, 130 s. info
- PŘÍHODA, Václav. Praxe školského měření : testování na škole prvního stupně. 2. vyd. Praha: Dědictví komenského, 1936, 328 s. info
- PŘÍHODA, Václav. Praxe školského měření : testování na škole prvního stupně. V Praze: Nákladem Dědictví Komenského, 1936. info
- Teaching methods
- The course will be taught using the following methods:
1. Group-work (constructing tests);
2. Problem-solving (classroom activities)
3. Peer evaluation of the presented outcomes (in the classroom as well as online during the follow-up phase);
4. Tutor's feedback, pretesting results discussed. - Assessment methods
- Forums. Presentation of own test items created according to the given criteria.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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