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Introduction to teaching and testing; The purposes of testing |
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Kinds of tests and testing-the characteristics of tests: (What is the test used for?) Proficiency, Achievement, Diagnostic, Placement |
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Types of test items: Informal and Formal assessment, Formative and Summative assessment; Approaches to language testing: Discrete point vs. Integrative testing, Norm-referenced vs. Criterion-referenced testing, Objective vs. Subjective testing |
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Types of test items: Informal and Formal assessment, Formative and Summative assessment; Approaches to language testing: Discrete point vs. Integrative testing, Norm-referenced vs. Criterion-referenced testing, Objective vs. Subjective testing |
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Criteria for testing a test: Practicality, Reliability, Validity, Authenticity, Backwash effect |
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Testing Communication Skills - Listening; Limited response, Testing extended communication |
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Testing Communication Skills- Reading; Limited response, Sentence and passage comprehension, Question techniques for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. |
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Testing Communication Skills- Speaking; Limited response, Guided techniques, Oral interviews, Free-response |
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Testing Communication Skills- Speaking; Limited response, Guided techniques, Oral interviews, Free-response |
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Grammar testing, -working on samples, creating tests for a particular purpose and group |
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Pronunciation testing; -working on samples, creating tests for a particular purpose and group |
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Vocabulary testing; -working on samples, creating tests for a particular purpose and group |
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Group project: collecting and evaluating different language tests (on Vocabulary, Grammar, and Pronunciation, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) from students' appointed schools. |
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Group project: students create their own language test for a particular purpose and group of students on Vocabulary Grammar, Pronunciation, Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and to submit their research paper |
