MEETING SCHEDULE

LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

Meetin Topics Activities/

g Materials/media
Presentations
1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Introduction, #hashtagging

2 Test, measurement, evaluation and assessment. Are Lecture, discussion

they different?

3 Types of test: Student presentation,

Based on its purpose, designer, administration, discussion
approach and scoring
4 Requirements for a good assessment instrument: Student presentation,
RELIABILITY; what is reliability in a test, how to discussion
estimate it.
5 Requirements for a good assessment instrument: Student presentation,
VALIDITY; what is validity in a test, what are discussion
dimensions of validity in a test, how to estimate it.
6 Requirements for a good assessment instrument: Student presentation,
PRACTICALITY, USABILITY, AND ECONOMY; discussion, review of
what are they in a test, requirements for a good
assessment instrument
7 Test Techniques in Language Testing: Techniques Student presentation,
for eliciting students behaviour. Definition, discussion
advantages and disadvantages.
Multiple choice, yes/no or true/ false, gap filling,
cloze test, essay, short answer items, etc.
8 Languages tests: for listening and reading Student presentation,
discussion

9 Language tests: for speaking and writing Student presentation,

discussion

10 Language tests: for language components Student presentation,

discussion

11 Scoring, grading and describing students Student presentation,

achievement discussion

12 Item analysis: Student presentation,

Degree of complexity, item discrimination and discussion, preparing for
distractor analysis developing a test
 13 How to develop and administer a test Lecture, individual task,
consultation

14 General review Discussion

Note: This course outline is tentative.

Recommended readings:
Brown, Dean James. 2005. Testing in Language Program. New York: The Mc Graw-Hill.
Brown, H Douglas. 2004. Language Assessment : Principles and Classroom Practice. New
York: Pearson Education Inc.
Sulistyo, G Harry. 2015. EFL Learning: Assessment at Schools: An Introduction to Its Basic
Concepts and Principles. Malang: Bintang Sejahtera.