Middlebury

FREN 6655

Teaching FSL Grammar

Evaluation and Testing in French as a Second Language

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the principles and techniques of evaluation in the second language classroom. Emphasis will be placed on both traditional psychometric testing techniques and competency-based assessment methods. The following topics will be covered: a history of evaluation in language teaching, designing formative and summative evaluations, distinguishing between criterion- and norm-referenced evaluation, using criterion and referenced frameworks, evaluation within communicative and task-based learning approaches, maximizing validity, reliability and wash-back in evaluations, and computer-assisted evaluation.
Subject:
French
Department:
French
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Pedagogy
Equivalent Courses:
FREN 6655P

Sections in Summer 2012, LS 3 Week Session II