B.A. (English Language) UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

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B.A. (English Language)UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

• Second Semester 2011/2012
• BBI 3211
• (English for Specific Purposes)

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UNIT 7 (Assessment and Evaluation in ESP)

• Lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Faiz Abdullah

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UNIT 7 EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT IN ESP

• Sub-topics
• Assessment vs. Evaluation
• The Design of Evaluations
• Guidelines on Evaluation
• Evaluation Methods Data Gathering
• Evaluation of Process and Product
• Programme-Fair Evaluation
• Evaluation Criteria
• The Evaluation of Projects
• The Realities of Evaluation
• Evaluation in ESP
• Testing in ESP

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Main differences between assessment and
evaluation

• Assessment
• Assessment measuring or judging the progress,
  achievement, or proficiency of students
• The focus is on student learning, the outcomes of
  instruction

• Evaluation
• Evaluation is a broader concept than assessment
  value-adding process
• Assessment may be one part of an evaluation. But
  evaluation may focus on many other aspects of a
  course apart from student learning e.g. quality
  of the teaching or the materials, the
  appropriateness of the objectives, the classroom
  climate and so on.

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Evaluation

• The process of determining to what extent the
  objectives are actually being realised.
• Evaluation is the systematic collection and
  analysis of all relevant information necessary to
  promote the improvement of a curriculum and
  assess its effectiveness and efficiency, as well
  as the participants attitudes within the context
  of the particular institutions involved

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A practical perspective on evaluation

• Collecting educational information about
• the achievement of learners
• the teachers
• the materials
• the teaching methodology
• the syllabus, etc.

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Design of Evaluations

• Why evaluate?
• Who evaluates?
• For whom

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Formative evaluation vs. summative evaluation

• Formative
• Gathers information about an ongoing program
• Periodic aims to check on progress and suggest
  improvements to program. Focus on improvement
• Usually internal agents of evaluation

• Summative
• Appraisal of a completed program
• Overall asks if objectives have been met
• Serves accountability. Informs decisions on
  renewal or abandonment of the program
• Usually external evaluator

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Evaluation Methods Data-Gathering

• questionnaires
• interviews
• classroom observation
• study of documents
• tests
• ratings

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Testing Purpose and Test Types

• Achievement test.
• Proficiency Test
• Placement test
• Diagnostic test
• Progress test.

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The Interpretation of Test Scores

• Norm-Referenced testing
• Criterion-referenced testing
• Scoring Tests
• Objective scoring.
• Subjective scoring

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• Test Validation
• Reliability issues
• Validity issues
• Test Methods
• Direct tests
• Indirect tests
• Performance tests
• Competence tests

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Thank you for listening

• Best of luck with your studies!
• PM Dr. Faiz Abdullah
• E-Mail mfaiz_at_fbmk.upm.edu.my
• H/Phone [phone]
• FBMK Room No. 212
• (2nd Floor, Language Studies Block, Faculty of
  Modern Languages and Communication UPM)