Language Assessment Literacy (hereinafter abbreviated as LAL) is closely related to second language teaching and learning practices. It is crucial to examine its relationship with teaching, feedback, and testing, as well as communication with students and stakeholders, therefore necessary training in LAL is important for a successful language teacher. College English teachers from different types of universities in Hebei Province are taken as research subjects of this study. The research aims to examine their overall level of language assessment literacy, analyze whether significant differences exist between variables. Based on the results of the study, the authors propose some suggestions for optimizing teacher training and promoting teachers’ language assessment literacy.
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