유형별로 본 한국어 능력 평가의 실제와 과제

The Practice and Task of the Korean Language Testing

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the present condition of placement and achievement tests which are being given in the Korean educational institutions and to propose a better plan for the two test types on the basis of the result. The placement tests consist of written tests for writing and interviews for speaking. The placement is done by considering the results of both the written test and the interview. The placement tests need to be more specific through 1) examining the relevance to evaluating scope, 2) studying evaluating items and the number of items according to levels, 3) reviewing the reliability of deciding levels and 4) metrically studying the results of tests. The achievement tests target on the evaluation of learners' having learned and achieved through lessons. They include the mid-term and final examinations that are given in the education institutions for Korean and cover listening, speaking, writing and vocabulary and grammar tests. These should be taken into account for the achievement tests: 1) lowering the proportions of tests and introducing learner centered test systems such as the performance assessment, 2) establishing the assessing category on the basis of the curricula and teaching goals of the education institutions, 3) researching speaking and writing test marking, 4) reviewing and developing assessment types and 5) studying the application of computers to assessment.