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Author : Gary Buck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521661621
This book provides language teachers with guidelines to develop suitable listening tests
Author : Pan Zhixin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315526676
This book reports in detail the newly developed Communicative Listening Comprehension Test (CLCT) for the National College English Test (CET) of China. Following the principles of communicative testing in general and test construction approach proposed by Bachman and Palmer (1996) in particular, the project develops CLCT for CET-4 and CET-6. The research begins with the construction of frameworks of listening task characteristics and communicative listening ability. Subsequently, based on a survey of Chinese college students' English listening needs and an analysis of listening tasks in influential English listening course books and public tests, CLCT-4 and CLCT-6 test specifications are developed. Finally, sample papers are produced and a series of posteriori studies are conducted to examine the difficulty and usefulness of the newly developed notes-completion task type in two CLCT tests. As an example of successful integration of communicative testing theories and test construction practice, this research provides valuable insights into listening test development for other large-scale tests.
Author : Tamala S. Bradham,K. Todd Houston
Publisher : Plural Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597567275
Author : Gary J. Ockey,Elvis Wagner
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027263636
This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening inputs; the use of audio-visual texts; and assessing listening as part of an interactive speaking/listening construct. Each theme is introduced with a review of the relevant literature, and then is examined through either two or three empirical studies. The notion of authenticity underlies each of these four themes. By creating more authentic test tasks that are similar to real world language tasks, test developers can create listening assessments that not only more effectively assess test takers’ communicative competence, but can also have a positive washback effect on educational systems.
Author : Gary Buck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521666619
The book outlines the major areas of listening research in an accessible manner and provides language teachers with guidelines to design and develop suitable listening tests for their students.
Author : Margo Gottlieb
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781506342139
Build the bridges for English language learners to reach success! This thoroughly updated edition of Gottlieb’s classic delivers a complete set of tools, techniques, and ideas for planning and implementing instructional assessment of ELLs. The book includes: A focus on academic language use in every discipline, from mathematics to social studies, within and across language domains Emphasis on linguistically and culturally responsive assessment as a key driver for measuring academic achievement A reconceptualization of assessment “as,” “for,” and “of” learning Reflection questions to stimulate discussion around how students, teachers, and administrators can all have a voice in decision making
Author : Xiaoming Xi,John M. Norris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351142380
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is a state-of-the-art overview of advances in theories and practices relevant to the assessment of academic English skills for higher education admissions purposes. The volume includes a brief introduction followed by four main chapters focusing on critical developments in theories and practices for assessing reading, listening, writing, and speaking, of which the latter two also address the assessment of integrated skills such as reading-writing, listening-speaking, and reading-listening-speaking. Each chapter reviews new task types, scoring approaches, and scoring technologies and their implications in light of the increasing use of technology in academic communication and the growing use of English as a lingua franca worldwide. The volume concludes with recommendations about critical areas of research and development that will help move the field forward. Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is an ideal resource for researchers and graduate students in language testing and assessment worldwide.
Author : Dina Tsagari,Jayanti Banerjee
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501500862
Second language assessment is ubiquitous. It has found its way from education into questions about access to professions and migration. This volume focuses on the main debates and research advances in second language assessment in the last fifty years or so, showing the influence of linguistics, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and psychometrics. There are four parts which, when taken together, address the principles and practices of second language assessment while considering its impact on society. Read separately, each part addresses a different aspect of the field. Part I deals with the conceptual foundations of second language assessment with chapters on the purposes of assessment, and standards and frameworks, as well as matters of scoring, quality assurance, and test validation. Part II addresses the theory and practice of assessing different second language skills including aspects like intercultural competence and fluency. Part III examines the challenges and opportunities of second language assessment in a range of contexts. In addition to chapters on second language assessment on a national scale, there are chapters on learning-oriented assessment, as well as the uses of second language assessment in the workplace and for migration. Part IV examines a selection of important issues in the field that deserve attention. These include the alignment of language examinations to external frameworks, the increasing use of technology to both deliver and score second language tests, the responsibilities associated with assessing test takers with special needs, the concept of 'voice' in second language assessment, and assessment literacy for teachers and other test and score users.
Author : William G. Christ
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136689581
Designed as a handbook, this text provides media, speech (public speaking, interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication), and theatre educators with both the theoretical and practical ammunition to fight the assessment battles on their campuses. The philosophical implications of accountability are balanced with concrete, specific, and usable assessment strategies. Stressing student, faculty, course, program, department, and institutional assessment, this book's aim is to provide, in one place, information that will help diverse and complex communication programs face the growing challenges in assessment. The book is divided into three sections: background and foundational information for assessment; broad assessment strategies that apply to a variety of media, "speech," and theatre courses and programs; and context-specific assessment strategies. While covering a host of topics, it: * provides an overview of assessment and suggests how it might impact communication education, * discusses the elements of program assessment and how linkage of mission statements with outcomes can lead to strong, innovative programs, * compares and contrasts regional association requirements and presents a specific how-to strategy for writing outcome statements, * discusses teaching evaluation and argues that we need to identify the "what" of teaching before we try to measure the "how," * looks at creative ways for formative and summative course evaluation that starts with the creation of an explicit syllabus, * discusses the use of capstone courses as a way of evaluating not only their major but also how students have integrated their "total" educational experience, * suggests the variety of ways that interpersonal communication can be assessed and calls for future research that stresses the "knowledge" component of learning, * reports on a strategy for developing small group communication assessment measures, and * provides media, speech, and theatre faculty and administrators with the background, understanding and tools to build stonger programs and develop better courses and educational experiences for their students.
Author : Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou,Παύλος Παύλου
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194372812
Helps teachers to assess children's progress in English, in a way that is appropriate for young learners.
Author : J. Read
Publisher : Springer
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137315694
This book focuses on strategies and procedures for assessing the academic language ability of students entering an English-medium university, so that those with significant needs can have access to opportunities to enhance their language skills.
Author : Pekka Lintunen,Maarit Mutta,Pauliina Peltonen
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788926324
This book brings together theoretical and empirical approaches to second language (L2) fluency and provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on the topic. The strength of the volume lies in its interdisciplinarity: the chapters approach fluency from non-traditional starting points and go beyond disciplinary boundaries in their contributions. The volume includes chapters investigating fluency from an L2 perspective and integrates perspectives from related fields, such as psycholinguistics, sign language studies and L2 assessment. The book extends the common foci and approaches of fluency studies and offers new perspectives that enable readers to evaluate critically existing paradigms and models. This encourages the development of more comprehensive frameworks and directs future L2 fluency research into new areas of L2 learning and use.
Author : Isabelle Boisvert,Melanie Ferguson,Astrid van Wieringen,Todd Andrew Ricketts
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832501047
Author : Ardeshir Geranpayeh,Lynda B. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107602632
This volume examines the nature of second language listening proficiency and how it can be assessed. The book highlights the need for test developers to provide a clear explication of the ability constructs which underpin the tests they offer in the public domain. This is increasingly necessary if claims about the validity of test score interpretation and use are to be supported both logically and with empirical evidence. It operationalises a comprehensive test validation framework which adopts a socio-cognitive perspective. The framework embraces six core components, examining and then analysing Cambridge ESOL listening tasks from the following perspectives: Test Taker; Cognitive Validity; Context Validity; Scoring Validity; Criterion-related Validity; and Consequential Validity.
Author : Christine Anne Coombe,Keith S. Folse,Nancy J. Hubley
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015079248962
For many teachers of English language learners, the field of assessment is foreign territory. Assessment has its own culture, traditions, and terminology. This training guide is intended to help classroom teachers become more comfortable creating and using assessments. A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners provides helpful insights into the practice and terminology of assessment. The text focuses on providing the cornerstones of good assessments—usefulness, validity, reliability, practicality, washback, authenticity, transparency, and security—and techniques for testing. It devotes a chapter to the assessment of each of the four main skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking), and also covers placement testing, such as using TOEFL® and MELAB, diagnostic testing, evaluation, and instructional decision-making with regard to testing. Tips to improve students’ test-taking strategies are offered, and each chapter ends with a helpful list of Ten Things to Remember, as well as informative case studies featuring two teachers and their assessment decisions. Incorporating its own principles, A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners opens with a short quiz for the reader called Are You Testwise? that quickly determines how each teacher will benefit from this indispensable guide.