Issues in Languages Assessment and Evaluation

Course aim

To develop students’ critical understanding of the issues, theories and debates surrounding assessment and evaluation in languages education from an international perspective.

Course content

The political, social, cultural and educational context of assessment and evaluation; competing paradigms, functions and purposes of educational assessment and program evaluation; second language performance assessment; describing language ability; changing conceptualisations of validity and reliability; the power of tests; impact of language testing.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

It is assumed that students taking this subject have in-depth knowledge of at least one language in addition to English.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Seminar (Intensive Seminars)	25 hours x over 1 week
Tutorial (Online support)	N/A x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical review, Investigation and report, Major Essay/Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.