Toward A Reconceptualization Of Second Language Classroom Assessment

Author : Matthew E. Poehner,Ofra Inbar-Lourie
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030350819

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Toward a Reconceptualization of Second Language Classroom Assessment by Matthew E. Poehner,Ofra Inbar-Lourie Pdf

This book responds to the call for praxis in L2 education by documenting recent and ongoing projects around the world that see partnership with classroom teachers as the essential driver for continuing to develop both classroom assessment practice and conceptual frameworks of assessment in support of teaching and learning. Taken together, these partnerships shape the language assessment literacy, the knowledge and skills required for theorizing and conducting assessment activities, of both practitioners and researchers. While united by their orientation to praxis, the chapters offer considerable diversity with regard to languages taught, learner populations included (varying in age and proficiency level), specific innovations covered, research methods employed, and countries in which the work was conducted. As a whole, the book presents a way of engaging in research with practitioners that is likely to stimulate interest among not only language assessment scholars but also those studying second language education and language teacher education as well as language teaching professionals themselves.

Author : Sin Wang Chong,Hayo Reinders
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031189500

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Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment by Sin Wang Chong,Hayo Reinders Pdf

This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses. Learning-oriented language assessment refers to language assessment strategies that capitalise on learner differences and their relationships with the learning environments. In other words, learners are placed at the centre of the assessment process and its outcomes. The book features 17 chapters on learning-oriented language assessment practices in China, Brazil, Turkey, Norway, UK, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Spain. Chapters include teachers’ reflections and practical suggestions. This book will appeal to researchers, teacher educators, and language teachers who are interested in advancing research and practice of learning-oriented language assessment.

Author : Dennis Alonzo,Chris Davison,Chris Ann Harrison
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832524084

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Exploring classroom assessment practices and teacher decision-making by Dennis Alonzo,Chris Davison,Chris Ann Harrison Pdf

Author : Atta Gebril
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000378467

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Learning-Oriented Language Assessment by Atta Gebril Pdf

This collection brings together research on learning-oriented language assessment from scholars working across geographic and educational contexts, highlighting the opportunities of assessment practices which seek to better align assessment and learning tasks and support effective learning. The volume begins by introducing learning-oriented assessment (LOA) and the context around its growing popularity, especially in accountability-oriented settings which favor summative large-scale tests. The first part of the book charts the development of LOA’s theoretical and conceptual underpinnings, outlining the ways in which they have been informed by theories of learning and key elements. The second part demonstrates LOA in practice, drawing on examples from different countries and instructional settings to explore such topics as the role of technology in LOA and developing feedback materials based around LOA principles and developed for core literacy skills. Offering a holistic view of learning-oriented assessment and the real-world affordances and challenges of its implementation, this book is key reading for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in language testing and assessment, TESOL, and language education.

Author : Jean Fornasiero,Sarah M. A. Reed,Rob Amery,Eric Bouvet,Kayoko Enomoto,Hui Ling Xu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030509255

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Intersections in Language Planning and Policy by Jean Fornasiero,Sarah M. A. Reed,Rob Amery,Eric Bouvet,Kayoko Enomoto,Hui Ling Xu Pdf

This volume encompasses the range of issues encountered by language scholars who teach and research in departments of languages and cultures within the higher education system, predominantly in Australia, but touching other universities worldwide. Related studies on language planning, methodology or pedagogy have focused on one or more of these same issues, but rarely on their totality. Intersections as a metaphor running discreetly through the essays in this volume, connects them all to a lived reality. The field of languages and cultures, as it is practised and reflected upon in Australian universities, is essentially an interdisciplinary and interconnecting space - one in which linguistic and disciplinary diversities meet and join forces, rather than collide or disperse along different pathways. The international and local studies featured here focus on language planning, new pedagogies and language reclamation and link to meeting points and commonalities. They show that language scholars are increasingly finding themselves on common ground as they tackle issues of policy and practice affecting their field, whether within their institutions, within the tertiary system, or within the framework of government policy.

Author : Glenn Fulcher,Luke Harding
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000464665

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The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing by Glenn Fulcher,Luke Harding Pdf

This second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing provides an updated and comprehensive account of the area of language testing and assessment. The volume brings together 35 authoritative articles, divided into ten sections, written by 51 leading specialists from around the world. There are five entirely new chapters covering the four skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking, as well as a new entry on corpus linguistics and language testing. The remaining 30 chapters have been revised, often extensively, or entirely rewritten with new authorship teams at the helm, reflecting new generations of expertise in the field. With a dedicated section on technology in language testing, reflecting current trends in the field, the Handbook also includes an extended epilogue written by Harding and Fulcher, contemplating what has changed between the first and second editions and charting a trajectory for the field of language testing and assessment. Providing a basis for discussion, project work, and the design of both language tests themselves and related validation research, this Handbook represents an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners working in language testing and assessment and the wider field of language education.

Author : Troy McConachy,Irina Golubeva,Manuela Wagner
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800412620

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Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond by Troy McConachy,Irina Golubeva,Manuela Wagner Pdf

This book provides a contemporary and critical examination of the theoretical and pedagogical impact of Michael Byram’s pioneering work on intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship within the field of language education and beyond. The chapters address important theoretical and empirical work on the teaching, learning, and assessment of intercultural learning, and highlight how individual language educators and communities of practice enact intercultural learning in locally appropriate ways. The book offers comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible knowledge for researchers, teachers, teacher-trainers and students.

Author : Anitia Lubbe
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781776341634

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Learning through assessment by Anitia Lubbe Pdf

This book aims to contribute to the discourse of learning through assessment within a self-directed learning environment. It adds to the scholarship of assessment and self-directed learning within a face-to-face and online learning environment. As part of the NWU Self-Directed Learning Book Series, this book is devoted to scholarship in the field of self-directed learning, focusing on ongoing and envisaged assessment practices for self-directed learning through which learning within the 21st century can take place. This book acknowledges and emphasises the role of assessment as a pedagogical tool to foster self-directed learning during face-to-face and online learning situations. The way in which higher education conceptualises teaching, learning and assessment has been inevitably changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now more than ever we need learners to be self-directed in their learning. Assessment plays a key role in learning and, therefore, we have to identify innovative ways in which learning can be assessed, and which are likely to become the new norm even after the pandemic has been brought under control. The goal of this book, consisting of original research, is to assist with the paradigm shift regarding the purpose of assessment, as well as providing new ideas on assessment strategies, methods and tools appropriate to foster self-directed learning in all modes of delivery.

Author : John M. Norris
Publisher : Natl Foreign Lg Resource Ctr
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780824821098

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Designing Second Language Performance Assessments by John M. Norris Pdf

This volume focuses on the decision-making potential provided by second language performance assessments. The authors first situate performance assessment within a broader discussion of alternatives in language assessment and in educational assessment in general. They then discuss issues in performance assessment design, implementation, reliability, and validity. Finally, they present a prototype framework for second language performance assessment based on the integration of theoretical underpinnings and research findings from the task-based language teaching literature, the language testing literature, and the educational measurement literature. The authors outline test and item specifications, and they present numerous examples of prototypical language tasks. They also propose a research agenda focusing on the operationalization of second language performance assessments.

Author : Fred Genesee,John A. Upshur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521566810

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Classroom-Based Evaluation in Second Language Education by Fred Genesee,John A. Upshur Pdf

Classroom-based Evaluation in Second Language Education has been written to help foreign and second language educators in planning and carrying out effective and comprehensive evaluations in their classrooms. The book emphasizes the value of classroom-based assessment as a tool for improving both teaching and learning. The presentation is non-technical and does not require a specialized background in psychometrics, statistics, or research. The suggested assessment procedures are useful for a broad range of proficiency levels, teaching situations, and instructional approaches. Preview questions and follow-up activities assist the reader in applying the material discussed in each chapter.

Author : Jo Angouri,Julie Kerekes,Minna Suni
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800416963

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Language, Migration and In/Exclusion in the Workplace by Jo Angouri,Julie Kerekes,Minna Suni Pdf

In today’s globalised world, large-scale migration is the norm. A contributing factor to the successful settlement of migrants is the ability to access work and economic security. This book focuses on the lived experiences of migrants who (try to) access the workplace, and explores the barriers and support they encounter. The editors bring together studies which look at the ways in which inclusion and exclusion from the workplace are done linguistically from historical, discourse analytical, narrative and language assessment perspectives. The chapters represent an innovative, holistic, intersectional and multidisciplinary approach to the subject, and illustrate a wide range of analytical methods and theoretical tools for the study of multilingualism and professional identity. The rich empirical data contained in the book cover a variety of professional contexts and countries, and the book will appeal to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Author : Margo Gottlieb
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781544394503

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Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages by Margo Gottlieb Pdf

What if multilingual learners had the freedom to interact in more than one language with their peers during classroom assessment? What if multilingual learners and their teachers in dual language settings had opportunities to use assessment data in multiple languages to make decisions? Just imagine the rich linguistic, academic, and cultural reservoirs we could tap as we determine what our multilingual learners know and can do. Thankfully, Margo Gottlieb is here to provide concrete and actionable guidance on how to create assessment systems that enable understanding of the whole student, not just that fraction of the student who is only visible as an English learner. With Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages as your guide, you’ll: Better understand the rationale for and evidence on the value and advantages of classroom assessment in multiple languages Add to your toolkit of classroom assessment practices in one or multiple languages Be more precise and effective in your assessment of multilingual learners by embedding assessment as, for, and of learning into your instructional repertoire Recognize how social-emotional, content, and language learning are all tied to classroom assessment Guide multilingual learners in having voice and choice in the assessment process Despite the urgent need, assessment for multilingual learners is generally tucked into a remote chapter, if touched upon at all in a book; the number of resources narrows even more when multiple languages are brought into play. Here at last is that single resource on how educators and multilingual learners can mutually value languages and cultures in instruction and assessment throughout the school day and over time. We encourage you to get started right away. “Margo Gottlieb has demonstrated why the field, particularly the field as it involves the teaching of multilingual learners, needs another assessment book, particularly a book like this. . . . Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages quite likely could serve as a catalyst toward the beginning of an enlightened discourse around assessment that will benefit multilingual learners.” ~Kathy Escamilla

Author : Janna Fox,Natasha Artemeva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351184557

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Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment by Janna Fox,Natasha Artemeva Pdf

This volume reconsiders the problem of context in language testing and other modes of assessment from the perspective of transdisciplinarity. Transdisciplinary assessment research brings together collaborators who draw on the strengths of their differing backgrounds and expertise in order to address high-stakes complex socially-relevant problems. Traditional treatments of context in language assessment research have generally been informed by individualist cognitive theories within measurement and psychometrics. The additive potential of alternative social theories, including theories of genre, situated learning, distributed cognition, and intercultural communication, has largely been overlooked. In this book, the benefits of socio-theoretical reconsiderations of context are discussed and further exemplified in transdisciplinary research studies that investigate the use of assessment in classroom and workplace settings. The book offers a renewed view of context in arguments for the validity of assessment practices, and will be of interest to assessment researchers, practitioners, and students in applied linguistics, education, educational psychology, language testing, and other related disciplines and fields.

Author : Fiona O'Neill
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030525316

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The Intercultural Professional by Fiona O'Neill Pdf

This book considers what is at stake for professionals whose work increasingly involves communicating in linguistically and culturally diverse contexts, and argues for the need to better understand the crucial role of languages and cultures in the modern workplace. With a focus on the experience of multilingual professionals, the author's position is that such professionals, exemplified by those who have relocated internationally, deploy their unique linguistic, cultural and intercultural repertoires in their work. This book examines the ways in which professionals interpret and manage their experience of working within and across languages and cultures in ways that create affordances for them, their professional practice, and those who depend on their knowledge and expertise. It will be relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking studies in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, intercultural education and professional communication in any discipline.

Author : Araujo, Juan J.,Araujo, Dawn L.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799887270

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Handbook of Research on Reconceptualizing Preservice Teacher Preparation in Literacy Education by Araujo, Juan J.,Araujo, Dawn L. Pdf

As it stands, there is currently a void in education literature in how to best prepare preservice teachers to meet the needs of individualized learners across multiple learning platforms, social/economical contexts, language variety, and special education needs. The subject is in dire need of support for the ongoing improvement of administrative, clinical, diagnostic, and instructional practices related to the learning process. The Handbook of Research on Reconceptualizing Preservice Teacher Preparation in Literacy Education stimulates the professional development of preservice and inservice literacy educators and researchers. This book also promotes the excellence in preservice and inservice literacy both nationally and internationally. Discussing topics such as virtual classrooms, critical literacy, and teacher preparation, this book serves as an ideal resource for tenure- track faculty in literacy education, clinical faculty, field supervisors who work with preservice teacher educators, community college faculty, university faculty who are in the midst of reconceptualizing undergraduate teacher education curriculum, mentor teachers working with preservice teachers, district personnel, researchers, students, and curricula developers who wish to understand the needs of preservice teacher education.