Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- develop a critique of language testing policies and models
- identify social impacts of language testing processes
- evaluate the quality of a given test or testing framework
- use established and innovative strategies to evaluate tests and test frameworks
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the purposes and traditions of language testing and assessment
- emerging issues in language testing and assessment
- the construct of communicative competence in language testing and assessment
- the ways tests are constructed and administered
- the roles of assessment in education, work contexts, and migration and citizenship policies
- validity and reliability aspects of language testing and assessment
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- plan and organise your own learning schedule
- work effectively in a team
- prepare and deliver oral presentations
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Wider reading or practice | 20 |
Revision | 20 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 60 |
Completion of assessment task | 26 |
Lecture | 12 |
Seminar | 12 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Utilizing Technology in Language Assessment. Chapelle C.A. & Voss E. (2017) Utilizing Technology in Language Assessment. In: Shohamy E., Or I., May S. (eds) Language Testing and Assessment. Encyclopedia of Language and Education (3rd ed.). Springer, Cham.
Textbooks
Extra, G., M. Spotti, P. Van Avermaet (2009). Language Testing, Migration and Citizenship - Cross-National Perspectives on Integration Regimes. London: Continuum.
McNamara, T and Roever, C (2007) (2007). Language Testing: The Social Dimension. Blackwell.
Shohamy, E. (2001). The power of tests: A critical perspective of the uses of language tests.. Harlow: Longman.
Weir, C. & O’Sullivan, B. (2017). Assessing English on the Global Stage, The British Council and English Language Testing, 1941-2016. Sheffield: Equinox.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final project | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final project | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final project | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External