CJJ32 Language Assessment and Testing

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Linda Krahula Doleží, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Linda Krahula Doleží, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15. 9. to Wed 24. 11. each odd Wednesday 12:00–13:40 G13; and Wed 15. 12. 12:00–13:40 G13
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJBB178 Introd. into Teaching Czech
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
In the seminar we will pay attention to the possibilities we have in the area of language assessment and evaluation. We will focus on Czech as a mother tongue as well as a foreign/second language. We will get acquainted with the experimental research methods. Different types of tests and exams will be introduced - their production and verification. Assessment possibilities will be sketched within different target groups (not only according to age) and within different language competences (reading, writing, speaking and listening). Different official exams for Czech as a foreign/second language will be analysed (leaving exam, permanent residence, citizenship, Certified exam etc.). Last but not least all the materials will be interpreted through the lens of the Common European Framework for Languages. Self-assessment tools will be stressed to (see for example the European Language Portfolio).
Learning outcomes
After having accomplished this seminar the student will be able to:
- be familiar with the area of language assessment and testing;
- use this knowledge in teaching Czech as a foreign/second language to children as well as adults;
- to distinguish between Czech as a foreign and Czech as a second language;
- have an overview of existing exams from Czech as a foreign/second language for children as well as adults in the Czech Republic;
- to prepare students for particular exams from Czech as a foreign/second language.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Language diagnostics – mother tongue.
  • 3. Language diagnostics – second/foreign language.
  • 4. Testing tools and their production.
  • 5. Possibilities of assessment.
  • 6. Placement diagnostics and the assessment of children with different mother tongues within the Czech schooling system.
  • 7. Certified exam in Czech as a foreign language for young learners.
  • 8. Certified exam in Czech as a foreign language for adults.
  • 9. Exam from Czech for getting permament residence.
  • 10. Exam from Czech for getting Czech citizenship.
  • 11. Self-evaluation (European Language Portfolio).
  • 12. Conclusion.
Literature
  • Kostelecká, Y. et al.: Žáci-cizinci v základních školách. Fakta, analýzy, diagnostika. Praha, 2013.
  • Cvejnová, J. et al.: Diagnostika úrovně znalosti českého jazyka (diagnostická příručka).
  • Doleží, L., Vyšínová, P., Nikolai, T.: Diagnostika jazykových a obecně kognitivních funkcí a culture-fair testy. In: Doleží, L. (ed.): Začínáme učit češtinu pro děti-cizince (předškolní věk). Příručka pro lektorky a lektory. AUČCJ, Praha 2015.
  • Vodičková, K.: Jazykové hodnocení: Testování a zkoušky. In: Doleží, L. (ed.): Začínáme učit češtinu pro náctileté cizince. Příručka pro lektorky a lektory. AUČCJ, Praha 2016.
  • Pečený, P. et al.: Připravujeme se k certifikované zkoušce z češtiny, úroveň B1 (CCE B1). Karolinum, Praha 2016.
  • Cvejnová, J. et al.: Připravte se s námi na zkoušku z českého jazyka pro trvalý pobyt v ČR. Nový formát testu A1. NÚV, Praha 2016.
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Dětská řeč a komunikace : poznatky vývojové psycholingvistiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 199 s. ISBN 9788024731810. URL info
Teaching methods
Presentation, discussion, training.
Assessment methods
Active participation, group project (test production), final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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