Assessing Language Ability in Young Adults and Adults

The course explores why language assessment is important and considers how teachers can assess language skills on an ongoing basis. Course participants learn how to design, construct, score, and evaluate different language measures, including listening, speaking, reading comprehension and written expression. The course also addresses test-taking strategies, as well as the importance of interpreting and reporting scores responsibly.

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions.

Andrew D. Cohen was a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural development with the Aymara Indians on the High Plains of Bolivia (1965-67), taught in the ESL Section at the University of California at Los Angeles, was a professor of language education for 17 years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and since 1991 has been teaching applied linguistics at the University of Minnesota, where he is currently Chair of the MA in ESL Program and Director of Studies for the Undergraduate ESL Minor, and where he was awarded Scholar of the College in the College of Liberal Arts from 2002 to 2005. He has published numerous research articles on language teaching, learning, and assessment, and on research methods, as well as books on language assessment, bilingual education, language learner strategies, and research methods.

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Requirements:

Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

Syllabus:

All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.

A new section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.

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