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- Title
Language Assessment Literacy: Insights for Educating English Language Teachers through Assessment.
- Authors
Giraldo, Frank
- Abstract
At some point, language teachers need to be engaged in language assessment in their profession. Because language assessment is such a primary task for teachers, the field of language testing is encouraging research around the knowledge, skills, and principles that are foundational for sound assessment. In this paper, I provide a definition of Language Assessment Literacy (LAL), especially when it comes to teachers, by reviewing existing models. I then discuss ongoing issues in this area and end the paper by offering language teacher educators suggestions for fostering LAL among pre- and inservice teachers. In the article, I argue that, if more LAL initiatives take place, we are collectively raising the status and nature of language assessment and its impact on teachers' professional development.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of English teachers; ENGLISH language education; ENGLISH language ability testing
- Publication
HOW: A Colombian Journal for Teachers of English, 2021, Vol 28, p78
- ISSN
0120-5927
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19183/how.28.3.673