LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT UNIT CODE: NALTA5112 CREDIT POINTS: 3 LEVEL: POST GRADUATE
PHASE 1
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COURSE OBJECTIVES examinations of various purposes, types of foreign/second language assessment, and fundamental concepts in assessment such as validity, reliability, and test specifications; reviews and critiques on practices related to language test development, evaluation, and research pertaining to assessment; investigations of the association between assessment and learning, and explore instruments for assessing progress in classroom contexts; explorations of ways of testing language skills and knowledge; explorations the various rating scales and scoring procedures; investigations of alternatives in assessment.