COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEST PREPARATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ING 4402 TEST PREPARATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING COMPULSORY 3 2 0 5

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MURAT ATA

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)

Course Objective

The purpose of this lesson is to be able to create an awareness in terms of assessment and evaluation and to prepare assesment tools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Familiarize students with the concepts
2   Show the role of assessment and evaluation
3   Make them gain the ability to prepare exams based on four skills in language assessment
4   Make them gain the awareness of assessment
5   Make them gain the role of evaluation in education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the Lesson- Basic Terminology
2 The importance of Assessment and Evaluation in Education: Then and Now
3 The Principles of Assessment
4 Assessment Tools from a Conservative Perspective
5 Assessment Tools from a Contemporary Perspective
6 Standardization in Assessment and Testing Specifications
7 Midterm Exam
8 Assessment of Listening and Speaking
9 Workshop- Scenario
10 Assessing Reading and Writing
11 Workshop- Scenario
12 Assessment of Grammar and Vocabulary
13 Workshop-Scenario
14 Revision of the Term
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Language and assessment by H. Douglas Brown and Priyanvada Abeywickrama.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures,
Pair works
Group work studies,
Projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.ata@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginnnig of the term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1555555555
LO.2555555555
LO.3555555555
LO.4555555555
LO.5555555555