ERIC Number: EJ1297781
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Introducing Integrated Language Skills Assessment at the Language Department of a Czech University
Haug, Laura
Language Learning in Higher Education, v11 n1 p253-262 2021
Integrated assessment evaluates language proficiency through tasks that require the test-taker to produce a written or spoken output based on listening or reading comprehension (reading or listening-into-writing or speaking). Since integrated assessment aims at reflecting the communicative and cognitive requirements of academic life and other professions, it is considered a means of assessment that is both authentic and valid. Examples of integrated tests can be found in high-stakes examinations at universities with English as the medium of instruction, and in the standardised high-stakes examinations offered by ETS, Pearson Education and Trinity College London. This report provides an example of integrated assessment in action by describing a currently used integrated test developed at the Language Department of the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Since 2018, this particular integrated test has served as the entrance examination for Biological Chemistry (EEBC), a bachelor's degree course delivered entirely in English. By detailing the rationale behind the examination and the design process, this report aims to show that integrated assessment can provide a valid alternative to independent assessment at the tertiary level.
Descriptors: Language Skills, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, High Stakes Tests, Universities, Language of Instruction, Language Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Chemistry, Science Tests, Departments
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Czech Republic
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