126244 FK Assessment / EFL Testing and Assessment (2021S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 18.02.2021 00:00 to Th 25.02.2021 12:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2021 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Vorläufig online
Dienstag 8:15-9:45
Beginn: 09.03.2021
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment will be based on students' own/group projects, continuous assessment (classwork/homework), one open-book analysis of a prompt and one final individual written assignment.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendance (max. 2 absences)Part 1: Classwork/homework (individual/in pairs/groups) incl. analysing/developing/evaluating two tasks suitable for an achievement test (20%+10%), rater training for writing (10%) and a self-/peer assessment task (5%). The assessment grids/keys for the different assignments are given in moodle and reflect the process and the product. (45% in all)
Part 2: One online mid-term open book analysis of a writing prompt lasting max. 90 minutes in relation to Texts 1-6 in the reader (20%) – see “Anmerkungen zu den Terminen” for information about the date(s).
Part 3: Individual final written assignment, due 15th July 2021, 1,500-2,000 words, uploaded in Moodle (35%)
Two of the three parts as well as the overall score must be positive.Grading scale: 1 (sehr gut) 100-90%; 2 (gut) 89-80%; 3 (befriedigend), 79-70%; 4 (genügend) 69-60%; 5 (nicht genügend) 59-0%.
Part 2: One online mid-term open book analysis of a writing prompt lasting max. 90 minutes in relation to Texts 1-6 in the reader (20%) – see “Anmerkungen zu den Terminen” for information about the date(s).
Part 3: Individual final written assignment, due 15th July 2021, 1,500-2,000 words, uploaded in Moodle (35%)
Two of the three parts as well as the overall score must be positive.Grading scale: 1 (sehr gut) 100-90%; 2 (gut) 89-80%; 3 (befriedigend), 79-70%; 4 (genügend) 69-60%; 5 (nicht genügend) 59-0%.
Examination topics
Continuous assessment based on what is covered in the course (see Ziele, Inhalte und Methode/course schedule). Details on assignments given in class and on moodle.
Reading list
* Class reader (available from CopyStudio, Schwarzspanierstraße 10, cash only). If you do not live in Vienna, please organize somebody to buy one for you and send it to you by post. You need a copy, at the latest, before the second session.* Handouts (in moodle)
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.1-624; BEd 11.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4113
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.1-624; BEd 11.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4113
Last modified: We 21.04.2021 11:26
* develop a basic understanding of fundamental concepts in language assessment with a special focus on the classroom context
* understand how to implement these concepts in the selection, development and evaluation of assessment instruments used
* understand the links between assessment, testing, learning and teaching
* help participants to become confident enough to continue learning about language assessment on their ownMethods:
Classroom projects, individual/pair/group work (achievement test, rater training), discussion of readings, critical reflection on key concepts in language assessment, critical evaluation of assessment instruments