DCJDR_AHTV Evaluating and Testing in Foreign Language Teaching

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Najvar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Píšová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
The course objective is to provide a deeper insight into the theory (and practice) of evaluation of processes and results of pupils´ learning in foreign language classes with the emphasis on testing.
Syllabus
  • This course makes part of the optional subjects of the didactic section (subsection of Topical Chapters in Didactics of Foreign Languages); it is offered especially to students whose dissertation is related to this topic. The course objective is to provide a deeper insight into the theory (and practice) of evaluation of processes and results of pupils´ learning in foreign language classes with the emphasis on testing. The theoretical course content presents a complex outline of the problematic nature of evaluation and its forms (including self-assessment), theory of testing, in particular characteristics of a good didactic test, typology of tests, test design - its stages and concrete techniques. This theoretical basis will be applied in analyses of authoritative standardised foreign language tests (e.g. language state exam, graduation exam in foreign languages, Cambridge Examinations, City & Guilds Pitman Examinations, Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Österreichisches Sprachdiplom aj.).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Grotjan, R. Determinanten der Schwierigkeit von Leseverstehensaufgaben: Theoretische Grundlagen und Konsequenzen für die Entwicklung des TESTDAF. In: Bolton, S. (ed.): TESTDAF: Grundlagen für die Entwicklung eines neuen Sprachtests. Beiträge aus einem
  • Bolton, S. Probleme der Leistungsmessung : Lernfortschrittstests in der Grundstufe Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1996.
  • Bachman, L.F., Cohen, A.D. Interfaces between Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing Research. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  • Grotjan, R. Konstruktion und Einsatz von C-Tests: Ein Leitfaden für die Praxis. In: Grotjahn, R. (ed.): Der C-Test: Theoretische Gundlagen und praktische Anwendungen. Band 4. Bochum: AKS-Verlag, 2002, 211-225.
  • Grotjan, R. Testen und Bewerten des Hörverstehens. In: Micheál Ó Dúill/Rosemary Zahn/Kristina D. C. Höppner (eds.), Zusammenarbeiten: Eine Festschrift für Bernd Voss. Bochum: AKS-Verlag 2005, 115-144.
  • Bachman, L.F. Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing. Oxford : OUP, 1995.
  • Arras, U. Wie beurteilen wir Leistung in der Fremdsprache?: Strategien und Prozesse bei der Beurteilung schriftlicher Leistungen in der Fremdsprache am Beispiel der Prüfung: Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache (TesfDaF). Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2007.
  • Grotjan, R. Testen und Bewerten des Hörverstehens. In: Micheál Ó Dúill/Rosemary Zahn/Kristina D. C. Höppner (eds.), Zusammenarbeiten: Eine Festschrift für Bernd Voss. Bochum: AKS-Verlag 2005, 115-144.
  • Společný evropský referenční rámec pro jazyky : jak se učíme jazykům, jak je vyučujeme a jak v jazycích hodnotíme. Translated by Jaroslava Ivanová. 2. české vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, xviii, 267. ISBN 8024414252. 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
  • 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
  • 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 0521478294. info
  • Evaluating second language education. Edited by J. Charles Alderson - Alan Beretta. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, x, 374. ISBN 0521410673. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: students submit a seminar paper: analysis or a comparative analysis of a standardised test/tests. Debate.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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