Practical but not atheoretical: a reflection on the promise of concept-based instruction in teacher assessment literacy development

Dr Xuan Minh  Ngo

Practical but not atheoretical: a reflection on the promise of concept-based instruction in teacher assessment literacy development

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Abstract

This chapter details the author’s struggle in his attempt to make language assessment courses more practical without sacrificing their theoretical rigour, and demonstrates that:
• Teacher assessment literacy development can be seen as a process of concept formation
• This concept formation process involves the synergy of empirical and scientific concepts
• A potential approach to language assessment education is concept-based instruction (CBI)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language assessment literacy and competence
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 1 - Research and reflections from the field
Editors	Beverly Baker, Lynda Taylor
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	12
Pages	213–222
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781009802314
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2024

Publication series

Name	Studies in language testing
Volume	55

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Language assessment literacy
Teacher assessment literacy
Concept-based instruction
Vygotsky
Teacher education
Classroom assessment

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Ngo, Dr Xuan Minh . / Practical but not atheoretical : a reflection on the promise of concept-based instruction in teacher assessment literacy development. Language assessment literacy and competence: Volume 1 - Research and reflections from the field. editor / Beverly Baker ; Lynda Taylor. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. pp. 213–222 (Studies in language testing).

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Practical but not atheoretical: a reflection on the promise of concept-based instruction in teacher assessment literacy development. / Ngo, Dr Xuan Minh .
Language assessment literacy and competence: Volume 1 - Research and reflections from the field. ed. / Beverly Baker; Lynda Taylor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 213–222 (Studies in language testing; Vol. 55).

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Practical but not atheoretical: a reflection on the promise of concept-based instruction in teacher assessment literacy development

Abstract

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UN SDGs

Keywords

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