EVALUACIÓN DE LOS APRENDIZAJES II Contenido
EVALUATION OR ASSESSMENT II CODE: 31124
CONTENT:
UNIT 1.- Introduction to F.L.T.A. (Foreign Language Teaching and Assessment):
-Purpose of Evaluation and Testing.
-Definitions and processes involved in Testing, Measurements, Assessment and Evaluation:
Objective & subjective Tests.
UNIT 2.- Design and administration of TESTS in F.L.T.A.
-Integrative and Pragmatic Tests.
-Tests items to assess vocabulary & grammar.
-Integrative & pragmatic test items to assess comprehension and production
UNIT 3.- Alternative Assessment strategies and instruments in F.L.T.A. Design and application of A.A. strategy.
-Basic tenets of A.A.
-Integrated Performance Assessment -IPA-
-A.A. strategies:
- Oral Language Assessment
- Reading Assessment
- Writing Assessment
- Content and/or area Assessment
- Portfolio Assessment
COURSE ACTIVITIES: The proposed content will be developed by means of :- WORKSHOPS: Analysis and group discussion of basic definitions, theories and tennets of assessment processes studied.
- REPORTS: conclusions after analysis and group discussion of assigned topics in Blog entries and Workshops.
- INSTRUMENTS DESIGN: design and administration of tests and assessment strategy to be applied in class and co-evaluated by partners.
- PRESENTATION: group research and speeches about assessment strategy.
Unit I.- Workshop 1: Review (Survey) / GROUP REPORTUnit II.- Workshop 2: Analysis of Objective/Subjective/Integrative/Pragmatic Test Items/GRADING TEST ITEMS/ GROUP REPORT / TEST DESIGN & ADMINISTRATIONUnit III.- A.A. PRESENTATION / A.A. STRATEGY DESIGN.
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