by Louisa Woller, Sylvie Paschold and Tomás Schröder
Pre-Viewing Questions
1. What kind of test tasks did you like back in your own English classroom? What kind of tasks didn’t you like? Why?
2. What was your biggest struggle when you think of a language assessment you had to take?
3. Was there a connection between the time you had to take an exam, the topic(s) and your motivation to solve it? Did this influence your grade?
Post-Viewing Questions
1. Explain the principles of a) practicality and b) authenticity to a friend or family member. Give her/him a short definition in your own words.
2. Think of an example for each of the two principles.
3. As a future teacher, do you think you will be able to integrate these two principles into your way of teaching and assessing? Try to think of possibilities.
Sources:
Brown, H.D. & Abeywickrama, P. (2010). Language Assessment. Principles and Classroom Practices. New York: Pearson Longman.
Brown, H.D. (2007). Teaching by Principles. An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. New York: Pearson Longman.
Farhady, Hossein (2012). “Principles of Language Assessment.” In: C. Coombe (Ed.), The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment. (pp.37- 46). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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