Professional Certificate in Language Assessment
Professional Certificate in Language Assessment
In today’s classroom, language teachers need a firm understanding of the role that assessment and evaluation has on the learning outcomes of their students. To drive positive results, language teachers need to be able to design effective and reliable assessments. The Professional Certificate in Language Assessment will give you the…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
In today’s classroom, language teachers need a firm understanding of the role that assessment and evaluation has on the learning outcomes of their students. To drive positive results, language teachers need to be able to design effective and reliable assessments.
The Professional Certificate in Language Assessment will give you the confidence to deliver high quality tests and the ability to evaluate the value of your existing assessments. Developed by the Language Testing Research Centre with over 30 years’ experience, this is one of the few online courses that specialises in language assessment.
This practical course will enhance your language and ESL testing expertise with a specific set of practical skills in test development and evaluation. You’ll grow an in-depth understanding of the theoretical and practical issues in this field, which will extend your capacity as a well-rounded language educator and help you deliver more robust results for students.
Offered 100% online, this accessible, affordable and flexibly-delivered course will give you access to internationally renowned researchers in language and testing and assessment. Learning from the best, you’ll quickly gain the specialist knowledge you need, at a time and place that suits you.
Course aims:
We’ve designed this course to improve the standard of language assessment literacy and ESL testing around the world across a broad range of contexts. You’ll become proficient in developing and evaluating language tests which will enhance the day-to-day running of your language program. This will also determine how your students’ progress –?and excel.
The Professional Certificate in Language Assessment has been developed to offer a real-world focus on language assessment in educational contexts. What’s distinctive about this course is that in just 6 months you’ll gain the expertise you need to progress your language and ESL testing skills and improve student outcomes.
Career outcomes
The Language Testing Research Centre is an international leader in research and development in language assessment and language program evaluation, with international partnerships across the UK, Japan, China, Chile, Hong Long, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, and the USA.
Graduates of this course will be aligned with the centre’s highly-regarded reputation, attracting opportunities to specialise in the growing field of language assessment. With practical advice from leading experts, you’ll increase your confidence in your current role and gain the skills to deliver high-quality assessments.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
