Understanding Teachers’ Knowledge, Skills, and Principles on Language Assessment: A Survey on Teachers’ Language Assessment Literacy

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10.2991/icosihess-19.2019.11How to use a DOI?

Keywords

language assessment literacy, assessment knowledge, skills on language assessment, principles of language assessment

Abstract

The Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) refers to language teachers’ knowledge, skills and principles on language assessment and evaluation. This study investigated the LAL of teachers in a higher education context in Indonesia. The three components of language assessments were the focus of the inquiry in this study. To conduct the study and gather the required data, a self-rated survey LAL and semi-structured interviews were employed. The survey was distributed to 30 (N=30) language teachers, while the interview was carried out to five participants. The result showed that teachers’ LAL level was in fair category, meaning that they had sound understanding on knowledge, skills, and principles on language assessments. The study also revealed that the teachers’ understanding on and awareness of language assessment principles were the highest compared to their understanding on knowledge and skills on language assessments.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Indah Puspawati
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - Understanding Teachers’ Knowledge, Skills, and Principles on Language Assessment: A Survey on Teachers’ Language Assessment Literacy
BT  - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Sustainable Innovation 2019 – Humanity, Education and Social Sciences (IcoSIHESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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