Silabus Evaluation

Evaluation and Language Testing

Stratum                  : S1                                            Semester      :VI

Code                      :                                                 Credits/Hours:2/2

Schedule                :                                                 Room           :

Supervisor              : Dini Irawati, M.Pd

Course Description

          This course help students to know basic concepts of evaluation in educatioan and language teaching, to know the development of language testing from traditional to modern era, to equip knowledge and practices of developing language test and to exercise language test and evaluation product. To reflect their course, the students are required to compile an individual report.

Objectives

          By the end of the course students will have had the experience and knowledge in concepts of evaluation in education and language teaching, developing language test and analyze a language test.

Activities

      The main activities develop in this course are discussion and written report.

Evaluation

          Students’ grades will be based on the scores given by supervisor (70%) and quality written report (30%).

Assignment

1. Find testing profile for: writing test, speaking test, listening and reading test.

2. Prepare try-out: select a set of test give to 10.20 students, analyze degree of difficulty (p), discrimination (D), p&D, validity and reliability.

3. Writing the report of item analysis in form: Introduction, subject, characteristics of the test, realiability estimate, validity estimate and discrimination power.

References

Anastasi, A. 1982. Psychological Testing. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.    

Budiharso, T. 2005.  Evaluasi Berbasis Kelas dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Kedua.

Jakarta: Lekdis.

Djiwandono, M.S. 1996.  Tes Bahasa dalam Pengajaran. Bandung: Penerbit ITB

Bandung.

Ebel, R. 1979. Essentials of Educational Measurement.  New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc.

Grondlund, N. 1985.  Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.  

Johnson, E.B. 2002. Contextual Teaching and Learning: What It is and Why It is to Stay. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press Inc.

Lion, A. 1980. Measurement and Evaluation of Learning. Iowa: Brown Company

Publisher.

MEETING SCHEDULE

NO	Meeting and Date	Topic/ Activity
1		Introduction to the course The definition of evaluation Nature of testing
2		Approaches in language testing: traditional, discrete, integrative-pragmatic, communicative, authentic assessment; and classroom based evaluation
3		Kinds of test: formative vs summative; teacher made test vs standardized test; pre test vs post test; entrance test, proficiency test, placement test and diagnostic test
4		Characteristics of a good test: practically, validity and reliability
5		Developing language test: item difficulty, Discrimination power, distractor effectiveness, validity and reliability
6		Validity
7		Reliability
8		Test Format: objective test and non test objective test
9		Mid term
10		Interpreting test result and essay test
11		Developing English test: reading and writing test
12		Developing English test: speaking & listening test
13		Developing grammar and vocabulary test
14		Authentic Assessment
15		Review
16		Final Test