The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment
by Coombe, Christine; Davidson, Peter; O'Sullivan, Barry; Stoynoff, StephenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-01-30
Publisher(s): Cambridge Univ Pr
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Summary
This collection of original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the tests they develop and implement. Written by internationally prominent researchers and educators, the chapters are organized into five sections: key issues in the field, assessment purposes and approaches, assessment of second language skills, technology in assessment, and administrative issues. Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style.
Table of Contents
| Preface - | |
| Key Issues | |
| A brief history of language testing | |
| Foreign/second language assessment literacy | |
| Principles of language assessment | |
| The assessment development process | |
| Test Specifications | |
| Linking assessment with instructional aims and learning | |
| An overview of language standards for language learners | |
| The common European framework of reference | |
| Test impact and washback | |
| Test-taking strategies Andrew | |
| What teachers need to know about test analysis | |
| Ethics in language testing and assessment Annie Brown | |
| Professional development in language assessment | |
| Assessment Purposes and Approaches | |
| Choosing the right type of assessment | |
| Communicative language testing | |
| Alternative assessment in language education | |
| Task-based language assessment | |
| Authentic assessment | |
| Placement testing | |
| Assessing young learners | |
| ESL assessment in the workplace | |
| Student involvement in assessment through self and peer assessment | |
| Assessment of second language pragmatics | |
| Assessing Second | |
| Assessing reading | |
| Assessing writing Sara | |
| Assessing listening | |
| Assessing speaking | |
| Assessing grammar | |
| Assessing vocabulary | |
| Technology in Assessment | |
| Computerized language assessment | |
| Web-based language assessment | |
| Software to facilitate language assessment | |
| Administrative Issues | |
| Managing assessment in large EFL classes | |
| Marking assessments (rubrics, rating scales) | |
| Accommodation in language testing | |
| Author/subject index | |
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