Language testing reconsidered /
"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 w...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa, Ont. :
University of Ottawa Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | Actexpress.
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Table of Contents:
- On second thoughts / Bernard Spolsky
- The challenge of (diagnostic) testing : do we know what we are measuring? / J. Charles Alderson
- What is the construct? : the dialectic of abilities and contexts in defining constructs in language assessment / Lyle F. Bachman
- Assessing academic English language proficiency : 40+ years of U.K. language tests / Alana Davies
- The coming of age for research on test-taking strategies / Andrew D. Cohen
- Qualitative research methods in language test development and validation / Anne Lazaraton and Lynda Taylor
- Language testing : a question of context / Tim McNamara
- Test as power tools : looking back, looking forward / Elana Shohamy.