Skip to main content

TRC 013 - Exam Preparation and Evaluation in Turkish Language Teaching

Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Field Education Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Gör. Necmettin AKAY

Course Objective

Preparing and evaluating exams in different types for measuring and evaluating different achievements in teaching Turkish. To understand the function and importance of assessment and evaluation, to gain information about the purposes for which different types of exams can be used, to gain the evaluation knowledge and skills in the context of reliability, validity, applicability, originality and the effect of the exams and techniques used in line with traditional and alternative measurement evaluation approaches on content and practices.

Course Content

Types of test and measurement methods used for different age groups and language levels in teaching language skills; principles for measuring and evaluating language skills; types of questions used in measuring reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar; exam preparation techniques and evaluation criteria; preparation of various question examples and exam evaluation studies.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. s/he defines the basic concepts of assessment and evaluation.
  2. S/he describes the basic features of assessment instruments.
  3. S/he understands the basic principles and characteristics of evaluation, scoring and assesment instruments.
  4. S/he can make multi-focus assessment and evaluation applications.
  5. S/he understands the importance of assessment and evaluating within the learning process.
  6. S/he determines the level of acquisition for different learning domains.
  7. S/he prepares different types of exam questions for Turkish teaching.
  8. S/he understands the principles of assessment and evaluating language skills.
  9. S/he prepares questions to determine the level of grammar and vocabulary.
  10. S/he evaluates the evaluation techniques of measuring listening, speaking, reading and writing skills within the scope of communication language teaching.
  11. S/he evaluates different types of exam questions prepared for Turkish teaching.
  12. S/he prepares exam questions for certain language levels in the context of communicative language teaching for specific purposes.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%75 (22) Humanities%25

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15230
Out of Class Study Period14342
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment12424
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Measurement and evaluation conceptsResource book and auxiliary book
2Types of measurement, types of evaluationResource book and auxiliary book
3Measurement criterion, units measurement errorsResource book and auxiliary book
4scalesResource book and auxiliary book
5comprehension skill measurementResource book and auxiliary book
6Listening skill measurementResource book and auxiliary book
7Reading skill measurementResource book and auxiliary book
8ExamMidterm
9Writing skill measurementResource book and auxiliary book
10Grammar measurementResource book and auxiliary book
11Deduction skills measurementResource book and auxiliary book
12Literary text measurementResource book and auxiliary book
13Skill distribution in examsResource book and auxiliary book
14Peer assesmentResource book and auxiliary book
15ConclusionResource book and auxiliary book
16Final examFinal exam