====== Course Readings (2010-2011) ======

**Reading File 1:**

__Alternative assessment options__\\ 
From: Brown, H.D. 2001. //Teaching by principles. An interactive approach to language pedagogy.// Longman

__Portfolios and conferences__\\
__Journals, questionnaires, and interviews__\\
From: Genesee, F. & Upshur, J.A. 1996. //Classroom-based evaluation in L2 education.// Cambridge: CUP.

__Portfolio Assessment__\\
From: O'Malley, M.J. and Valdez Pierce, L. 1996.//Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners. Practical Approaches for TEachers.// Addison Wesley Publishing.

**Reading File 2:**

__Testing reading__\\
__Testing listening__\\
From: Hughes, A. 2003. //Testing for language teachers.// Cambridge: CUP.

__Techniques for Testing Reading__\\
From: Alderson, J.C. 2000.//Assessing Reading.//Cambridge: CUP.

__Creating Tasks__\\
From: Buck, G. 2001.//Assessing Listening.//Cambridge: CUP.

__The design of discrete vocabulary tests__\\
From: Read, J. 2000. //Assessing vocabulary.// Cambridge: CUP.

__Designing test tasks to measure L2 grammar ability__\\
From: Purpura, J.E. 2004. //Assessing grammar.// Cambridge: CUP.

**Reading File 3:**

__Speaking tasks__\\
__Developing speaking tasks__\\
From: Luoma, S. 2004. //Assessing speaking.// Cambridge: CUP.

__Designing writing assessment tasks__\\
From: Cushing Weigle, S.2002.//Assessing Writing.//Cambridge: CUP.

__Principles of language assessment: practicality, reliability & validity__\\
From: Brown, H.D. 2004. Language assessment. Principles and classroom practice. Longman.

====== Course Practicals ======

All the practical activities for this course are included in the 2010-2011 Syllabus. Here, though, you will find supplementary materials and information that can be of help in the development of those practical activities.

Useful links for Practical 1, Practical 2, and Practical 3:

__Assessing writing: Essays__

1. **[[http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~mdesoto/101online/argument_rubric.htm|Rubric for the assessment of the argumentative essay]]**\\
2. **[[http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~mdesoto/101online_new/assignment56rubric.htm|Rubric for assessment of the argumentative essay]]**\\
3. **[[http://dante.udallas.edu/edu5352/schofield/Argum_Essay_Rubric.htm|Argumentative essay rubric]]**\\
4. **[[http://web.gccaz.edu/English/Assessment/Spring07/Final/ArgumentRubric.htm|Rubric for the assessment of the argumentative essay]]**\\
5. **[[http://webs.um.es/Lourdesc/miwiki/doku.php?id=writing|Scoring rubric for essays]]**\\
6. **[[http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/politics/pol_essay6.doc|Scoring rubric: argumentative essay]]**\\
7. **[[http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/dean/.../ArgumentativeEssay-ru.doc|Argumentative essay evaluation rubric]]**\\

__Assessing writing: Summaries__

1. **[[http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/07AAAM20.pdf|Scoring rubric: Summary]]**\\
2. **[[http://www.fsusd.k12.ca.us/education/assessment/docs/4th_6th_rubric.pdf|Summary scoring rubric]]**\\
3. **[[http://www.caribexams.org/srubric|Scoring rubric for correcting summaries]]**\\
4. **[[http://nswritingexemplars.ednet.ns.ca/exemplars/grade6exemplars/grade6_scoringrubric.pdf|Scoring rubric for a summary report]]**\\
5. **[[http://webs.um.es/Lourdesc/miwiki/doku.php?id=writing|Scoring rubric for summaries]]**\\

__Assessing speaking__

1. **[[http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/wrldlang/wlinstr3.html|Sample assessment instruments]]**\\
2. **[[http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/general/oral.htm|Oral presentation rubric]]**\\
3. **[[http://www.pelhamweb.org/phslibrary/main/literacy_oralpresentation%20rubric_05.pdf|Oral presentation scoring rubric]]**\\
4. **[[http://www.garlandscience.com/textbooks/cbl/pdflibrary/resource8.pdf|Scoring rubric for oral presentation]]**\\
5. **[[http://m-carstairs.com/activeenglish/id13.html|Oral presentation rubric: listening and speaking]]**\\
6. **[[http://lmel4.blogspot.com/2007/04/oral-presentation-rubric.html|Oral presentation rubric]]**\\
7. **[[http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html|Presentation rubric]]**\\
8. **[[http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/wrldlang/wlinstr3.html#Peer|Peer evaluation of an oral presentation]]**\\


====== Links 2010-2011 ======

Interesting links about language testing and assessment:

1. **[[http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/esl0704.html|Language testing objectives]]** (Ted Power)\\
1.1. **[[http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/esl0736.html|Methods of assessment]]**\\
1.2. **[[http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/esl0732.html#test23|Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing]]**\\
2. Sample tests (University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate, UCLES):\\
2.1. **[[http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/tests/index.htm|CPE Practice Tests]]** (Reading & Use of English)\\
2.2. **[[http://www.examenglish.com|Online Practice Tests for Learners of English]]** (assorted by Level)\\
2.3. **[[http://www.splendid-speaking.com/exams/cpe_speaking.html|CPE Speaking Test Sample]]**\\