Course code

GRA7235.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Keeletesti koostamine ja arendus

Course title in English

Language Test Construction and Development

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course aims to provide a scientific approach to the process of language test construction and development and the thoretical and practical considerations related to that. To familiarise students with language testing related terminology in the English language and thereby improve their professional language ability. Familiarise students with general language test characteristics, the structure of different language tests and the process of language test development. Increase students’ awareness of problems related to administering language tests, assessor training and ethics in assessment. Learn to construct a language test and assess its quality as well as plan steps to develop a good quality language test. Intoduce language test construction and development as contemporary, interdisciplinary, international research activity.

Brief description of the course

During the course, the following topics are covered: language test validity, reliability, practicality and test impact, item and task types and their applicability to measuring language skills – reading, writing, speaking, listening – with different age groups. The students will be involved in the process of language test development , and, as group work, will develop a language proficiency test for gymnasium graduates that meets the standards set for a comtemporary language proficiency measurement instrument. The students will be familiarised with the requirements set for interviewers and assessors, testing environment as well as the main pricniples of assessment ethics.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- will know the main terms of language testing and display a systematic understanding of traditional and contemporary approaches to the theoretical considerations of language testing and assessment.
- can identify and explain the characteristic features of a good quality language test, construct age-appropriate language tests for different purposes, develop them if necessary and administer and mark the tests professionally.

Teacher

Dotsent Ene Alas

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