Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing

Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing

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  • Author: Lyle F. Bachman
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780194370035
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 428

Offers a discussion of the basic concerns which underlie the development and use of language tests. Presenting a synthesis of research on testing, this book is useful for students on teacher education courses. It is also helpful for those professionally involved in designing and administering tests, acting as a complement to 'how to' books.


Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment

Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment

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  • Author: Gary J. Ockey
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 9811589526
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268

This edited book is a collection of papers, written by language assessment professionals to reflect the guidance of Professor Lyle F. Bachman, one of the leading second language assessment experts in the field for decades. It has three sub-themes: assessment of evolving language ability constructs, validity and validation of language assessments, and understanding internal structures of language assessments. It provides theoretical guidelines for practical language assessment challenges. Chapters are written by language assessment researchers who graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where Professor Bachman trained them including the book editors.


Language Testing and Assessment

Language Testing and Assessment

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  • Author: Antony John Kunnan
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780415708456
  • Category : Educational tests and measurements
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 472


Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment Book

Statistical Analyses for Language Assessment Book

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  • Author: Lyle F. Bachman
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521802776
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 382

This book provides language teachers with guidelines to develop suitable listening tests.


Validity Argument in Language Testing

Validity Argument in Language Testing

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  • Author: Carol A. Chapelle
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 110860238X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 371

Language tests play pivotal roles in education, research on learning, and gate-keeping decisions. The central concern for language testing professionals is how to investigate whether or not tests are appropriate for their intended purposes. This book introduces an argument-based validity framework to help with the design of research that investigates the validity of language test interpretation and use. The book presents the principal concepts and technical terms, then shows how they can be implemented successfully in practice through a variety of validation studies. It also demonstrates how argument-based validity intersects with technology in language testing research and highlights the use of validity argument for identifying research questions and interpreting the results of validation research. Use of the framework helps researchers in language testing to communicate clearly and consistently about technical issues with each other and with researchers of other types of tests.


Interfaces Between Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing Research

Interfaces Between Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing Research

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  • Author: Lyle F. Bachman
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521649633
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 220

Second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing (LT) research have largely been viewed as distinct areas of inquiry in applied linguistics. This book provides a fresh look at areas of common interest to both SLA and LT research, and ways in which research in these two areas of applied linguistics can be fruitfully integrated.


Language Testing Reconsidered

Language Testing Reconsidered

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  • Author: Janna D. Fox
  • Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
  • ISBN: 0776616315
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 191

Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching language testing should have a copy of this book. The information, discussions, and reflections offered within the volume address major developments within the field over the past decades, enlivened by current "takes" on these issues. The real value of this collection, however, lies in its consideration of the past as a means of defining the future agenda of language testing.


The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning

The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning

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  • Author: Carol A. Chapelle
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1119108470
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 522

The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning presents a comprehensive exploration of the impact of technology on the field of second language learning. The rapidly evolving language-technology interface has propelled dramatic changes in, and increased opportunities for, second language teaching and learning. Its influence has been felt no less keenly in the approaches and methods of assessing learners' language and researching language teaching and learning. Contributions from a team of international scholars make up the Handbook consisting of four parts: language teaching and learning through technology; the technology-pedagogy interface; technology for L2 assessment; and research and development of technology for language learning. It considers how technology assists in all areas of language development, the emergence of pedagogy at the intersection of language and technology, technology in language assessment, and major research issues in research and development of technologies for language learning. It covers all aspects of language including grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, speaking, pragmatics, and intercultural learning, as well as new pedagogical and assessment approaches, and new ways of conceiving and conducting research and development. The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning demonstrates the extensive, multifaceted implications of technology for language teachers, learners, materials-developers, and researchers.


The Struggle to Teach English as an International Language

The Struggle to Teach English as an International Language

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  • Author: Adrian Holliday
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0194423085
  • Category : Study Aids
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 277

This book is about the worlds and conflicts of TESOL teachers and researchers whose professional lives are both enriched and problematized by the cultural and political interfaces created by working with an international language. Central to this discussion is the balance of power in classroom and curriculum settings, the relationship between language, culture, and discourse, and the change in the ownership of English.


Language Testing

Language Testing

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  • Author: Timothy Francis McNamara
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780194372220
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 160

This book offers a succinct theoretical introduction to the basic concepts in language testing in a way that is easy to understand. In the Japanese context, this book is highly recommended for university faculty members involved in obtaining assessment literacy, teachers who want to validate their exploratory teaching and testing, or applied linguistics students new to the language testing field. The book is divided into four main sections. The first provides an overview of the principles of language testing. The next contains short extracts from the testing literature with questions which stimulate further thinking. Section 3 is a list of references with brief annotations and Section 4 a glossary of referenced testing terms.