SYLLABUS/RSP
LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Lecturer : Supiani
Course : Language Testing and Assessment
Credit : 2 (SKS)
Semester : VI (Six)
Study Program : English Language Education
Office : FKIP, Universitas Islam Kalimantan MAA Banjarmasin
Contact : 081351574181 (Cell), [Link]@[Link] (Email)
Course Description:
This course prepares language teaching professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to design,
implement, and utilize language assessments that are reliable, valid, and ethically-based. In this course is
to improve the language testing and assessment literacy in the field of language education professionals.
Students will understand both the basic theoretical, practical concepts and procedures in language testing
and assessment in the classroom. While learning the concepts for evaluating and structuring language
assessments, students will learn test types and design scoring rubrics. This course actually correlate
assessment procedures into national curriculum in learning a language subject.
Course Goals:
By the end of this course, students will have:
● An understanding of the key concepts and the basic principles of language testing and assessment.
● An awareness of various approaches to language testing and assessment and current issues in the field
of language education.
● An ability to evaluate particular testing or assessment procedures, with particular references to their
purpose and context of use.
● Experience of developing a small-scale test or assessment procedure.
Course Materials
The course materials include:
Materials required:
Sulistyo, Harry Gunadi. (2016). EFL Learning Assessment at Schools. CV. Bintang Sejahtera, Malang.
Fulcher, Glenn. (2010). Practical Language Testing. Hodder Education, a Hachette UK Company, 338
Euston Road, London NW1 3BH.
Hughes, Arthur. (2003). Testing for Language Teachers. Cambridge University Press.
Please be informed that you need to have the required materials. Please always bring them with you when
you attend the class.
Course Policy
● Procedure for dealing with academic dishonesty such as cheating, plagiarism, etc. will follow
university guidelines.
● You must attend the class regularly and come on time, if you are late more than 15 minutes you are
considered to be absent.
● Any academic dishonesty may result in failure.
● Attendance is expected except in cases of illness or family emergency. Your class participation will
be based on your attendance and participation in class discussion and group activities. Unexcused
absences will have a negative effect on your grade.
● All work must be handed in by the due dates established; late work receives a grade reduction.
Evaluation
No Components %
1 Class Participation 10
2 Homework/Assignment 20
3 Mid Semester Test 30
4 Final Semester Test 40
Grading System
All of your work will be objectively graded as follows.
Range of Score Grade Remark
91-100 A+ Excellent
80—90 A Very Good
70—79 B Good
60—69 C Fair
40 or less D Failed
Week 1
● Student needs analysis (Questionnaires)
● Introduction of course syllabus
● Qs & As
Week 2
● Introduction: What is a language test?
● Principles and purposes of language assessment
Week 3
● Principles of language testing and assessment Classroom-based Assessment
Week 4-5
● Classroom Assessment: Test Types /Specifications of Language Assessment (Types of assessment:
Summative and formative asses)
● Validity and Reliability.
Week 6
● Assessment design: Definitions and Concepts Quiz.
Week 7
● Stages of Test Development in Language Assessment
Week 8
● Mid-Semester Test
Week 9
● The Design of Assessing Speaking Skill.
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Week 10
● Review of the Design of Assessing Speaking Skill.
● The Design of Assessing Writing Skill.
Week 11
● Review of the Design of Assessing Writing Skill.
● The Design of Assessing Reading Skill.
Week 12
● Review of the Design of Assessing Reading Skill.
● The Design of Assessing Listening Skill.
Week 13
● Review of the Design of Assessing Listening Skill.
● Assessing grammar and vocabulary Piloting an assessment
Week 14
● Standards Standardized Testing and Assessment
Week 15
● Pilot Project of Language Testing and Assessment at the Classroom Tasks.
Week 16
● Final- Test
