AJ3DC_TEHO Testing and Evaluation at Secondary Schools

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 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
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 builds on the information acquired in the basic courses (Testing and assessment). In the course aimed at secondary school teachers the primary emphasis is laid both on the critical assessment of the TOEFL exam and basics of testing of English for specific purposes (Business, Legal, Medical).
Syllabus
  • Summary of testing techniques and test types. Validity and reliability of testing. TOEFL exam - receptive skills. TOEFL exam - productive skills. ESP - Business, Legal, Medical.
Literature
    required literature
  • HUGHES, Arthur. Testing for language teachers. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xii, 251. ISBN 0521484952. info
    not specified
  • 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
  • BACHMAN, Lyle F. An investigation into the comparability of two tests of English as a foreign language. Edited by Bernard Spolsky. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 228 s. ISBN 0521481678. info
  • CARROLL, Brendan J. and Patrick J. HALL. Make your own language tests : a practical guide to writing language performance tests. 1st ed. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1985, xi, 172 s. ISBN 0-08-031547-X. info
  • Advanced in language testing. Edited by Bernard Spolsky. Arlington, Va.: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1979, vii, 139 s. ISBN 0-87281-074-7. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught using the following methods:
1. Group-work (constructing tests);
2. Problem-solving (classroom activities)
3. Pretesting;
4. Peer evaluation of the presented outcomes (in the classroom as well as online during the follow-up phase);
5. Tutor's feedback, pretesting results discussed.
Assessment methods
Presentation of specific testing issues according to the given criteria.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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