ERIC Number: EJ1247710
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Publication Date: 2020
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Assessment Literacy or Language Assessment Literacy: Learning from the Teachers
Levi, Tziona; Inbar-Lourie, Ofra
Language Assessment Quarterly, v17 n2 p168-182 2020
The conceptualization of language assessment literacy (LAL) is currently a subject of debate in the language testing community, especially with regard to the role language components play in this construct. This is part of a broader discussion of generic and discipline-specific assessment literacy. Previous research on language teachers' LAL aimed to uncover whether self-reported assessment knowledge complies with pre-established definitions. What transpired in the current study is a move in the opposite direction: following a generic course on assessment literacy, language teachers were asked to apply the course contents to their language-teaching objectives in designing a test and a performance task. Content analysis of the assessment artifacts created by 16 English and Hebrew teachers, points at partial employment of the generic assessment features acquired, with a more scant application and consideration of language-related construct components required as part of LAL for language assessment. LAL emerged as a process-oriented phenomenon, requiring an amalgamation of AL with language-related components but also with context-relevant variables.
Descriptors: Language Tests, Knowledge Level, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Course Content, Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Semitic Languages, Educational Objectives, Language Role, Course Descriptions, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Familiarity, Teacher Attitudes, Native Language, Teacher Developed Materials, Language Skills, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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