LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION - ELE 705 (MA ELE 5-MA ELE LQ 1 T1 SY2022-2023)
Course Description
This course emphasizes basic concepts, theoretical underpinnings, strategies, approaches, best practices, and current trends in language assessment and evaluation. As it explores the testing of the four macro skills – reading, writing, listening, and speaking- and grammar, it broadens language teacher’s perspectives in assessment and evaluation and equips them with a wide variety of tools for developing appropriate, innovative, strategic, valid and reliable assessment and evaluation tools for their classes, but also critically analyze and evaluate assessment and evaluation systems and practices. A special portion is dedicated to assessing 21st century skills.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Arts in [name of program specialization] will demonstrate the following outcomes:
1. Demonstrate confidence and capacity to challenge professional practice, and undertake improvement-oriented inquiry and innovation
2. Develop skills for reducing social injustice and for promoting all dimensions of diversity linked to language use
3. Continually engage in professional development, networking and innovation
This course emphasizes basic concepts, theoretical underpinnings, strategies, approaches, best practices, and current trends in language assessment and evaluation. As it explores the testing of the four macro skills – reading, writing, listening, and speaking- and grammar, it broadens language teacher’s perspectives in assessment and evaluation and equips them with a wide variety of tools for developing appropriate, innovative, strategic, valid and reliable assessment and evaluation tools for their classes, but also critically analyze and evaluate assessment and evaluation systems and practices. A special portion is dedicated to assessing 21st century skills.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Arts in [name of program specialization] will demonstrate the following outcomes:
1. Demonstrate confidence and capacity to challenge professional practice, and undertake improvement-oriented inquiry and innovation
2. Develop skills for reducing social injustice and for promoting all dimensions of diversity linked to language use
3. Continually engage in professional development, networking and innovation