A tale of two centres: A cross-institutional peer review of integrated assessment use in direct entry programs.
Direct Entry Programs (DEPs) at Australian universities are designed to enhance students' English language and academic skills, with the primary goals of preparing and assuring students' readiness for university studies. Given that university tasks often require the integration of language skills (e...
| Publicado en: | English Australia Journal Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 71 - 99 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=179251418&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 179251418 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14444496 B8C8 jtl: English Australia Journal issn: 14444496 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 40 iid: 2 pid: 63552 pub: English Australia artinfo: ui: 179251418 10.61504/OKTA3655 ppf: 71 ppct: 28 formats: tig: atl: A tale of two centres: A cross-institutional peer review of integrated assessment use in direct entry programs. aug: au: DINNEEN, CARA GARDINER, JOHN SAMEER, MOHAMMED KOAY, JEREMY CULLEN, SHARON HICKEY, TONY VAZQUEZ, ALEJANDRA LARA, JOSE MAZZEI, MARIELA affil: Education Manager for English Language Programs at Macquarie University College and Convenor for the English Australia Assessment SIG Teacher on direct entry programs at the University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching (CET). Assessment tasks, runs standardisation sessions for teachers, and teaches various courses at University of Sydney's Centre for English Teaching + Learning Hub Pracademic who teaches at the Australian Catholic University, Hanoi University, Macquarie University College, and the University of Canberra English language teacher with many years' experience in direct entry programs and assessment development as a member of the Assessment Quality Team at the Centre for English Teaching + Learning Hub at the University of Sydney Education Manager of University Pathways at the University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching and coordinates the Centre's Assessment Quality Team Senior Teacher at Macquarie University College, English Language Programs Senior Teacher for English Language Programs at Macquarie University College Manages the Direct Entry Course at CET ensuring that students successfully transition to life at university su: Academic language English language Language ability testing Language ability sug: subj: Academic language English language Language ability testing Language ability keyword: direct entry English language proficiency integrated assessment peer review university preparation validity ab: Direct Entry Programs (DEPs) at Australian universities are designed to enhance students' English language and academic skills, with the primary goals of preparing and assuring students' readiness for university studies. Given that university tasks often require the integration of language skills (e.g., writing assignments using information from lectures, articles, and textbooks), this paper proposes the use of integrated assessment tasks in DEPs to increase the authenticity in their assessment approach by using tasks that replicate actual university learning, teaching, and assessment practices. To encourage the shift from standard practice of separate skills testing to integrated assessment, we present key findings of a literature review in integrated assessment use in language programs and show how integrated assessment is implemented in two institutions in Sydney, Australia. The paper also highlights advantages of cross-institutional peer review and proposes an argument-based validity framework for test design that language centres can use to guide good practice. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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