Exploring Language Assessment and Testing

Language in Action
2. New Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-38877-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics

The Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics series takes an innovative 'practice to theory' approach, with a 'back-to-front' structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and issues, through a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations.

Exploring Language Assessment and Testing offers a straightforward and accessible introduction that starts from real-world experiences and uses practical examples to introduce the reader to the academic field of language assessment and testing.

Extensively updated, with additional features such as reader tasks (with extensive commentaries from the author), a glossary of key terms and an annotated further reading section, this second edition provides coverage of recent theoretical and technological developments and explores specific purposes for assessment. Including concrete models and examples to guide readers into the relevant literature, this book also offers practical guidance for educators and researchers on designing, developing and using assessments.

Providing an inclusive and impartial survey of both classroom-based assessment by teachers and larger-scale testing, this is an indispensable introduction for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students studying Language Education, Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Tables

Permissions

Acknowledgements

Series Editors’ Introduction

Part I

1 Putting Language Assessment in Its Place

2 Purposes for Assessment

3 The Practice of Language Assessment

4 The Qualities of Effective Assessment Systems

Part II

5 Assessing Receptive Skills

6 Assessing Productive and Interactive Skills

Part III

7 Multiplication and Division: Trends in Language Assessment

8 Commentary on Tasks

Glossary

Further Reading

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Green is Professor in Language Assessment at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. His other publications include IELTS Washback in Context (2007) and Language Functions Revisited (2012). He has taught courses in Language Assessment around the world and has extensive practical experience of testing and assessment – including working as a test researcher, developer, item writer and language teacher.