JALT2025 - Tokyo

Thai EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices of Language Assessment Literacy

Oct 31, 2025, 4:35 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Materials and Assessment Room 308

Speaker

Punchalee Wasanasomsithi (Chulalongkorn University)

Description

This presentation reports on a qualitative study that explored current language assessment literacy in terms of theoretical, procedural, and practical knowledge; current practices regarding test design, validation, and utilization; and needs of professional development in language assessment of 15 EFL instructors at a public university in Bangkok, Thailand. Based on the study findings, a language assessment literacy training program is proposed to help teachers develop competence necessary for language assessors.

Summary

This presentation reports on a qualitative study that explored current language assessment literacy in terms of theoretical, procedural, and practical knowledge; current practices regarding test design, validation, and utilization; and needs of professional development in language assessment of 15 EFL instructors at a public university in Bangkok, Thailand. Based on the study findings, a language assessment literacy training program is proposed to help teachers develop competence necessary for language assessors.