Title: Validity and validation of language tests
Speaker: Rie Koizumi, Tokiwa University
Date: Sunday,
July 20, 2008
Time: 14:00-16:30
Place: Maebashi Institute of Technology (Maebashi
Koka Daigaku) 460-1 Kamisadori, Maebashi
Fee: Members, Free; One-day
members, \1,000, students, \200
Info: Barry Keith, 027-263-2484, womble@pearl.ocn.ne.jp
Hisatake Jimbo,
0274-62-0376, jimbo@waseda.jp
Morijiro Shibayama, 027-263-8522, mshibaya@jcom.home.ne.jp
Description: Validity and validation are highly important to the development and use of language tests. In this presentation, I will first describe the concept of validity and the procedures of validation using examples from projects I have been involved in. I will also organize a workshop to demonstrate techniques to develop tests with high content validity (e.g., writing test specifications).
Biography: Rie Koizumi is an Assistant Professor at Tokiwa University in Mito, Ibaraki. She has also taught English at the junior and senior high school level. Her interests include language testing, especially speaking and vocabulary assessment.
Reminder:
As of July, we gather in Room 133, the third floor of the new administration building (building #1, or ichi-go kan) at MIT.
August meeting
Gunma JALT Annual Kusatsu Summer Workshop
August 23-24, 2008
Guest Speaker: Prof. Kim Bradford-Watts
