General information

Course name	Seminar: 10-76-6-WD2-04 Key Topics in Linguistics: Introduction to language assessment
Subtitle
Course number	10-76-6-WD2-04
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	11
expected number of participants	25
Home institute	Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
First date	Wednesday, 09.04.2025 16:15 - 17:45, Room: SFG 2030
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja

Lecturers

Valeriia Koval (LB)

Rooms and times

SFG 2030: Wednesday: 16:15 - 17:45, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Seminar description

This introductory seminar focuses on one of the most practical areas of applied linguistics – language assessment. In this seminar, we review the central theoretical concepts and practical considerations in language assessment.
As a seminar participant, you will gain an understanding of what role authentic language assessment plays for different purposes. Expanding on the assessment quality, you will become familiar with construct, validity, reliability, and practicality concepts. Additionally, you will learn about the development of assessment tasks and rating approaches. Finally, the seminar will also cover recent trends in the use of technology for language assessment, as well as the main concepts in fairness and ethics of language assessment.
You will also get a chance to apply the knowledge gained by developing and presenting your small-scale project at the end of the seminar.

Aims of the seminar:
• developing a holistic understanding of the main areas of interest in language assessment
• gaining the knowledge of terminology used in language assessment and being able to apply it in the context of the seminar and outside of it
• developing competence in the critical evaluation of the existing assessment tasks
• gaining insights about methods for research in language assessment
• developing competencies in assessment task development
Overview of seminar content:
• familiarisation with the role of language assessment and its purposes
• familiarisation with qualities of effective assessment systems
• familiarisation with the main stages and principles of assessment instrument development
• familiarisation with language assessment for different purposes and of different skills
• familiarisation with recent trends in applying technology in language assessment
• familiarisation with main fairness and ethics considerations in language assessment

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

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