Assessing Language Skills

Unit 5: Assessing Language Skills

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Assignment 1:
Answer the discussion questions for chapters 23-24 and submit to the discussion forum.
1. Mention and explain the five principles of language assessment.
2. Why are these five principles important?
3. Mention and describe the different types of tests and their use.
4. What is performance based assessment and how is it implemented?
5. What are norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests?
6. What steps are involved in constructing a test? Mention and explain.
7. What are alternative assessments? Name alternative assessments.
Assignment 2:
Glossary: Define the following terms from chapters 23-24.
1. Assessment
2. Testing
3. Norm-reference test
4. Criterion-reference test
5. Portfolio
6. Journal
7. Performance based assessment
Due: __________
Assignment 3:
Create a graphic organizer demonstrating the principles of language assessment and how they
relate for both tests and assessment instruments.
Be sure to read the Graphic Organizer Rubric before completing this assignment. Due:
___________________

Assignment 4:
After finishing the Unit:
1) Please select a topic of interest that you found during your reading
2) Using the Blog Rubric Guidelines (review before posting) write about this topic and expand
on it, by using references you may find to support said topic.