TY  - JOUR
TI  - UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT LITERACY
AB  - Language assessment literacy (LAL) has become an important competencefor English language (EL) teachers to have; however, several studies conductedin the literature indicate that Turkish EL teachers have low levels of LAL. Thosestudies do not focus on how EL teachers develop their LAL. Therefore, the presentstudy aims to find out how Turkish EL teachers have developed their LAL. Thestudy was designed as a small scale qualitative study. Eight EL teachers workingat a Turkish university participated into the study. The researchers used a focusgroup discussion and semi-structured individual interviews to collect data. Theresearchers made the study trustworthy through member check, triangulation,and thick description. The data collected were content-analyzed. The findings ofthe study point out that previous assessment experience, assessment training, andself-improvement influence the development of LAL in the participant EL teachers.Self-improvement in which the participant EL teachers peer-assessed their exams,practiced their theoretical information and gained experience by assessing andevaluating their students is found to be the most effective in developing LAL.
AU  - TAKKAC, MEHMET
AU  - YASTIBAŞ, Ahmet Erdost
DO  - 10.29029/busbed.364195
PY  - 2018
JO  - Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
VL  - 8
IS  - 15
SN  - 1309-6672
SP  - 89
EP  - 106
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/291489
ER  -