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- Title
Language Assessment Literacy as Professional Competence: The Case of Canadian Admissions Decision Makers.
- Authors
Baker, Beverly
- Abstract
This language assessment literacy project involves the collaboration of assessment professionals and admissions officers at higher education institutions across Canada. Following a survey with 20 institutions (Baker, Tsushima, & Wang, 2014), workshops were held at eight institutions across the country dealing with the use of language test scores in university admissions decision making. Recordings of these workshops were analyzed within the typology of workplace knowledge developed by Eraut and his colleagues (Eraut 1994, 2000, 2004a, 2004b; McKee & Eraut, 2012). In addition, participants commented on the usefulness of the workshop materials for their work responsibilities. Results provided insights into a) the language assessment literacy (LAL) base needed for these specific users, including both propositional and procedural components, and b) the possibilities of conceptualizing LAL for these score users as a type of professional workplace competence.
- Subjects
CANADA; LANGUAGE ability testing; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; COLLEGE admission officers; ADULT education workshops; COMPETENCE &; performance (Linguistics)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue Canadiennne de Linguistique Appliquée, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
1481-868X
- Publication type
Article