STRUCTURE OF THIS TEXTBOOK 
Introduction to English Language Testing and Assessment, a textbook for internal use only, is for students who major in English language teaching in the Bachelor of Arts in English (BAiE) program. There are totally seven chapters as follows: 
Chapter 1: Introduction 
Chapter 2: Testing and Assessing Grammar 
Chapter 3: Testing and Assessing Vocabulary 
Chapter 4: Testing and Assessing Reading 
Chapter 5: Testing and Assessing Listening 
Chapter 6: Testing and Assessing Speaking 
Chapter 7: Testing and Assessing Writing   
OBJECTIVES OF THIS TEXTBOOK 
This textbook is used for the Testing and Assessment Methods Course, which is offered on the 9th of the BAiE program. This course is aimed at (1) equipping students with concepts about assessment types and ways, testing methods relevant to teaching methods, types of English tests and principles to construct objective and subjective questions to assess learners’ linguistic competence, i.e., grammar and vocabulary and four skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing; (2) training students’ ability to apply the relevant newly learned concepts and procedural knowledge to construct various kinds of classroom tests to measure learners’ learning outcomes in a hypothetical/supposed context; and (3) raising students’ responsibility when working with other classmates to do assignments (i.e., writing English tests for high school learners in Viet Nam).  
REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS   
Before studying with this textbook, students must complete at least three professional courses such as (1) Pedagogy, (2) TESOL Foundation, (3) English Language Teaching Methodology.  
In addition to those who major in English Language Teaching,  students who major in Business English and English Translation and Interpretation can use this textbook for self-studying so that they will have some basic knowledge about testing and assessment, and they will be able to construct classroom-based English tests in case they want to teach English for learners of different levels like Starters (PreA1), Movers (A1), Flyers (A2), KET (A2), and PET (B1) at English centers. Finally, junior and senior high school teachers of English can use this textbook as an instructional manual for them to write different assessment tasks of the class progress tests for continuous and formative assessment. 
HOW TO SELF-STUDY WITH THIS TEXTBOOK 
Before self-studying with this textbook, for each chapter, students should follow at least three main steps: (1) reading all parts first, then chapter summary, (2) answering questions in the quiz which focus on checking their ability to comprehend concepts, and (3) doing the follow-up activities. They should also follow the order of the chapters.
That is, they should try to finish chapters 1, 2, and 3 before reading the rest of this book.        
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
My greatest gratitude go to the Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, and other lecturers such as Dr. Lê Hoàng Dũng from the university of Social Sciences and Humanities – Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City, and Mrs. Bùi Thị Thục Quyên because these lecturers contributed valuable opinions about the organization of the
contents of each chapter and my first outline of this textbook. In addition, I cannot forget the support of my colleagues at the Center of Learning Resources of Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Without the help of these, it would be hard for me to complete this internal learning material for students majoring in English language teaching.