Author: Walter H. Bartz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Testing Oral Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom
Author: Walter H. Bartz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Talking and Testing
Author: Richard Young
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027285543
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This book brings together a collection of current research on the assessment of oral proficiency in a second language. Fourteen chapters focus on the use of the language proficiency interview or LPI to assess oral proficiency. The volume addresses the central issue of validity in proficiency assessment: the ways in which the language proficiency interview is accomplished through discourse.Contributors draw on a variety of discourse perspectives, including the ethnography of speaking, conversation analysis, language socialization theory, sociolinguistic variation theory, human interaction research, and systemic functional linguistics. And for the first time, LPIs conducted in German, Korean, and Spanish are examined as well as interviews in English. This book sheds light on such important issues as how speaking ability can be defined independently of an LPI that is designed to assess it and the extent to which an LPI is an authentic representation of ordinary conversation in the target language. It will be of considerable interest to language testers, discourse analysts, second language acquisition researchers, foreign language specialists, and anyone concerned with proficiency issues in language teaching and testing.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027285543
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This book brings together a collection of current research on the assessment of oral proficiency in a second language. Fourteen chapters focus on the use of the language proficiency interview or LPI to assess oral proficiency. The volume addresses the central issue of validity in proficiency assessment: the ways in which the language proficiency interview is accomplished through discourse.Contributors draw on a variety of discourse perspectives, including the ethnography of speaking, conversation analysis, language socialization theory, sociolinguistic variation theory, human interaction research, and systemic functional linguistics. And for the first time, LPIs conducted in German, Korean, and Spanish are examined as well as interviews in English. This book sheds light on such important issues as how speaking ability can be defined independently of an LPI that is designed to assess it and the extent to which an LPI is an authentic representation of ordinary conversation in the target language. It will be of considerable interest to language testers, discourse analysts, second language acquisition researchers, foreign language specialists, and anyone concerned with proficiency issues in language teaching and testing.
Testing Second Language Speaking
Author: Glenn Fulcher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317873688
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The testing and assessment of second language learners is an essential part of the language learning process. Glenn Fulcher's Testing Second Language Speaking is a state-of-the-art volume that considers the assessment of speaking from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives. The book offers the first systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the testing of second language speaking. Written in a clear and accessible manner, it covers: Explanations of the process of test design Costing test design projects How to put the test into practice Evaluation of speaking tests Task types for testing speaking Testing learners with disabilities It also contains a wealth of examples, including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects. Successfully integrating practice and theory, this book demystifies the process of testing speaking and provides a thorough treatment of the key ethical and technical issues in speaking evaluation.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317873688
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The testing and assessment of second language learners is an essential part of the language learning process. Glenn Fulcher's Testing Second Language Speaking is a state-of-the-art volume that considers the assessment of speaking from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives. The book offers the first systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the testing of second language speaking. Written in a clear and accessible manner, it covers: Explanations of the process of test design Costing test design projects How to put the test into practice Evaluation of speaking tests Task types for testing speaking Testing learners with disabilities It also contains a wealth of examples, including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects. Successfully integrating practice and theory, this book demystifies the process of testing speaking and provides a thorough treatment of the key ethical and technical issues in speaking evaluation.
Testing Spoken Language
Author: Nic Underhill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783125339880
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783125339880
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Diagnostic Testing and Teaching of Oral Communication in English as a Foreign Language
Author: Grace Show-ying Chen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Oral Communication Testing
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Issues in Teaching, Learning and Testing Speaking in a Second Language
Author: Mirosław Pawlak
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642383394
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art account of issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking in a second language. It brings together contributions by Polish and international scholars which seek to create links between theory, research and classroom practice, report the findings of studies investigating the impact of linguistic, cognitive and affective factors on the development and use of speaking skills, and provide concrete pedagogic proposals for instruction and assessment in this area. As such, the book will be of interest not only to second language acquisition theorists and researchers, but also to foreign language teachers willing to enhance the quality of speaking instruction in their classrooms.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642383394
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art account of issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking in a second language. It brings together contributions by Polish and international scholars which seek to create links between theory, research and classroom practice, report the findings of studies investigating the impact of linguistic, cognitive and affective factors on the development and use of speaking skills, and provide concrete pedagogic proposals for instruction and assessment in this area. As such, the book will be of interest not only to second language acquisition theorists and researchers, but also to foreign language teachers willing to enhance the quality of speaking instruction in their classrooms.
Teaching, Testing, and Assessment
Author: Charles R. Hancock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Focuses on the relationship among teaching, testing and assessment. Explores ways in which foreign language professionals can answer a key question: "Do my teaching, testing and assessment match?"
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Focuses on the relationship among teaching, testing and assessment. Explores ways in which foreign language professionals can answer a key question: "Do my teaching, testing and assessment match?"
Practical Language Testing
Author: Glenn Fulcher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1444128019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Practical Language Testing equips you with the skills, knowledge and principles necessary to understand and construct language tests. This intensely practical book gives guidelines on the design of assessments within the classroom, and provides the necessary tools to analyse and improve assessments, as well as deal with alignment to externally imposed standards. Testing is situated both within the classroom and within the larger social context, and readers are provided the knowledge necessary to make realistic and fair decisions about the use and implementation of tests. The book explains the normative role of large scale testing and provides alternatives that the reader can adapt to their own context. This fulfils the dual purpose of providing the reader with the knowledge they need to prepare learners for tests, and the practical skills for using assessment for learning. Practical Language Testing is the ideal introduction for students of applied linguistics, TESOL and modern foreign language teaching as well as practicing teachers required to design or implement language testing programmes. The book is supported by frequently updated online resources at http://languagetesting.info/ including sets of scenarios providing resources to study aviation English assessment, call centre assessment, military language assessment, and medical language assessment. The materials can be used to structure debates and seminars, with pre-reading and video activities. Practical Language Testing was commended as a 2012 runner-up of the prestigious SAGE/ILTA Award for Best Book on Language Testing.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1444128019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Practical Language Testing equips you with the skills, knowledge and principles necessary to understand and construct language tests. This intensely practical book gives guidelines on the design of assessments within the classroom, and provides the necessary tools to analyse and improve assessments, as well as deal with alignment to externally imposed standards. Testing is situated both within the classroom and within the larger social context, and readers are provided the knowledge necessary to make realistic and fair decisions about the use and implementation of tests. The book explains the normative role of large scale testing and provides alternatives that the reader can adapt to their own context. This fulfils the dual purpose of providing the reader with the knowledge they need to prepare learners for tests, and the practical skills for using assessment for learning. Practical Language Testing is the ideal introduction for students of applied linguistics, TESOL and modern foreign language teaching as well as practicing teachers required to design or implement language testing programmes. The book is supported by frequently updated online resources at http://languagetesting.info/ including sets of scenarios providing resources to study aviation English assessment, call centre assessment, military language assessment, and medical language assessment. The materials can be used to structure debates and seminars, with pre-reading and video activities. Practical Language Testing was commended as a 2012 runner-up of the prestigious SAGE/ILTA Award for Best Book on Language Testing.
Communicative Language Testing
Author: Peter S. Green
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287110527
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287110527
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description