Language Assessment: Concepts and Issues

This mini lecture is the first in a series that reviews Language assessment in the classroom. It is loosely based on Brown, H.D. & Priyanvada, A. (2010). Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices ISBN: 9780138149314.
This lesson will cover foundational issues and concepts of language assessment including differentiating assessment from test, and reviews the variety of tests e.g. achievement, proficiency, diagnostic,

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you do explain all these terms in a very easy way

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Great Job with this Professor. Amazing way to show these important issues about language assessment.

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[@pebenglish]

Thank Dr Tuzi. I am currently doing some research into language proficiency testing currently in use in the UAE. The major tests in use are IELTS (at tertiary level) and CEPA (at high school). One area I wish to focus on is the use of British/American English in each, whereas the localised variety of English in use here is Indian-English.
Do you have any thoughts on the issue of using localized varieties of WE in proficiency testing? I am a Brit and an IELTS examiner. However, I consistently see my students/candidates struggle with concepts used in the tests which they are unfamiliar with

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[@Maryam_123Edu]

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[@travel4all572]

Great video! Can you create a video discussion Assessing/Testing Reading? Thank you very much!

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[@mandasari1143]

Today my lecture explain to me about the kind of test and testing. And i read theory placement test, achievement test, diagnostic test, and proficiency test. So what the example from placement, diagnostic, achievement, and proficiency test ?.

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Great video
Thanks a lot

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It was very useful. Thank you

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well done ✅.

[@billsteltenpohl3670]

I am studying for second ESOL GACE Test and found you very helpful and informative on assessments. Thanks and keep up the great work in your field of study.

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[@Dupamine]

IS this based on CEFR?

[@TuziTalks]

I do not think so.

[@wujiabaoupm4872]

10:05 pop is proficiency and diagnostic tests， right？ but you say placement， makes me confused😀

[@arnonjannok6150]

How are testing, assessment and evaluation related to one another?

[@TuziTalks]

+Arnon Jannok
Testing in this lesson refers to an actual question and answer type of event. A test would include a variety of questions that the student would have to answer. These questions would include true false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, ordering, Etc.
Assessment is a larger concept of which testing would be one possibility. Assessment is the general concept of employing a measurable tool to determine whether a student has met a particular criteria. An assessment can include test. However, an assessment can also include other activities such as a presentation, a speech, a written document, etc. Moreover, assessments can merely the observations that teachers notice while a student is interacting. For example, a teacher can provide an assessment based off of a student's casual conversation. A teacher can notice how a student pronounces a word or sound properly, how A student uses a gesture properly, how a student uses a strategy properly, etc. Finally, an assessment can be a survey or a rubric that teachers and students can use to evaluate someone's work. Students can also assess their own work.

[@arnonjannok6150]

+F Tuzi Thank you a lot for this

[@diand3074]

@@TuziTalks Thank you so much for the straightforward explanation and clear practical examples! I'm a student teacher so this video gives me extra insight into the world of assessment :-)