Topics

 

  • Classroom based language assessment (formative & summative, washback, feedback, project based/ task-based language assessment, alternative language assessment, etc.)
  • Technology in language assessment
  • Principles in language assessment
  • Assessing the four skills
  • Language assessment literacy
  • Professional development in language assessment
  • Language test development in LATAM
  • Language assessment in program and curricular evaluation
  • Language assessment in the reverse design of language curricula
  • The practical implementation of language assessments within language programs (see Alderson 2009)