PBET 3103: LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

PBET 3103: LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENTS
PLACE: BSEA 306
TIME: 11:00 TO 12:30 PM
DAYS: TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
LECTURER: DR. MOHD RASHID BIN MOHD SAAD
CONTACT: 03-79675087
E-MAIL: mrmsaad2008@gmail.com

Week 1- Introduction
8th and 10th of July, 2008
Handouts
Topics
1. 8th of July 2008: Introduction to the course.
2. 10th of July 2008: Why Test Students?

Weeks 2 - Testing, Assessing and Teaching
Brown (2003) Chapter 1
15th and 17th of July, 2008
Topics
1. 15th of July 2008: Approaches to Language Testing
2. 17th of July 2008: Current Issues in Classroom Testing

Week 3- Principles of Language Assessment
Brown (2003) Chapter 2
22nd and 24th of July, 2008
Topics
1. 22nd of July 2008: Reliability and Validity of Tests
2. 24th of July 2008: Authenticity and Principles of Classroom Language Tests

Week 4- Designing Classroom Language Tests
Brown (2003) Chapter 3
29th and 31st of July, 2008
Topics
1. 29th of July 2008: Test Types and Some Practical Step to Test Construction
2. 31st of July 2008: Scoring, Grading and Feedbacks

Week 5- Standardized Testing
Brown (2003) Chapter 4
5th and 7th of August, 2008
Topics
1. 5th of July 2008: Advantages and Disadvantages of Standardized Testing
2. 7th of July 2008: Standardized Language Proficiency Testing

Week 6- Standards-Based Assessment
Brown (2003) Chapter 5
12th and 14th of August, 2008
Topics
1. 12th of August 2008: Varieties of Standards-Based Assessment
2. 14th of August 2008: Consequennces of Standards-Based Assessment

Week 7- Assessing Listening
Brown (2003) Chapter 6
19th and 21st of August, 2008
Topics
1. 19th of August 2008: Importance of Listening and Basic Types of Listening
2. 21st of August 2008: Designing Tasks

Week 8- Assessing Speaking
Brown (2003) Chapter 7
26th and 28th of August, 2008
Topics
1. 26th of August 2008: Designing Assessment Tasks
2. 28th of August 2008: Interactive and Extensive Speaking

Week 9- Assessing Reading
Brown (2003) Chapter 8
2nd and 4th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 2nd of September 2008: Designing Assessment Tasks
2. 4th of September 2008: Interactive and Extensive Reading

Week 10- Assessing Writing
Brown (2003) Chapter 9
9th and 11th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 9th of September 2008: Designing Assessment Tasks
2. 11th of September 2008: Responsive and Extensive Writing

Week 11- Alternative Assessment
Brown (2003) Chapter 10
16th and 18th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 16th of September 2008: Types of Alternative Assessments
2. 18th of September 2008: Self- and Peer Assessment

Week 12- Grading and Students Evaluation
Brown (2003) Chapter 11
23rd and 25th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 23rd of September 2008: Philosophy of Grading
2. 25th of September 2008: Expectations and Constraints

Week 13- Objectives and Test Usefuleness
Bachman and Palmer (1996) Part I (1 and 2)
30th of September and 2nd of October, 2008
Topics 1.
30th of September 2008: Objectives and Expectations
2. 2nd of October 2008: Qualities of Language Tests

Week 14- Language Test Administrations
Bachman and Palmer (1996) Part II (12)
7th and 9th of October, 2008
Topics
1. 7th of October 2008: Testing Operations
2. 9th of October 2008: Collecting Feedbacks