Postgraduate - UnitEDF6210 - Language testing and assessment

The learning objectives of this unit are to familiarize students with a range of purposes and uses of language assessment; acquaint them with the basic testing terminology required to read and understand key literature on language assessment; raise their awareness of issues of fairness and impact in language testing. They also include enabling students to review recent debates and developments in language testing research and practice (including dynamic assessment, performance assessment, new approaches to language test validation); the provision of a conceptual framework for evaluating the validity and usefulness of a number of widely used tests and assessment frameworks in English and other languages; development of skills in test design and analysis.