Testing and Assessment in Language Teaching

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Testing and Assessment in Language Teaching (MLL305)

Applications Open: To be confirmed

Applications Close: To be confirmed

Next Available Intake: To be confirmed

Course Types: To be confirmed

Language: Malay

Duration: 6 months

Fees: To be confirmed

Area of Interest: Linguistics and Languages

Schemes: To be confirmed

Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: School of Humanities & Behavioural Sciences

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Synopsis

This course focuses on exposing students to best practices in language testing. All four key skills in language proficiency will be dealt with in this course as students would need to be competent at testing these skills. This would be a hands-on course where students will be expected to produce test items for discussion.

Level: 3
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every July

Topics

Introduction
Issues of Validity
Issues of Reliability
Language Testing in the Malay Language Classroom
Production of Test Items
Item Analysis
Data Interpretation
Production of Malay Test Items
Issues Pertaining to Examinations and Assessments (Local and Global)

Learning Outcome

Illustrate the concepts of assessments in the classroom
Demonstrate the importance of assessment items in learning
Formulate different assessment items
Appraise different assessment items for their suitability