The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment /
edited by Christine Coombe, Peter Davidson, Barry O'Sullivan, and Stephen Stoynoff.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- x, 321 p. : ill ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This collection of 35 original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the tests they develop and implement. Written by internationally prominent researchers and educators, the chapters are organized into five sections including:
Key issues in the field
Assessment purposes and approaches
Assessment of second language skills
Technology in assessment
Administrative issues Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style." (Book Cover) Preface /
Arthur Hughes A. Key Issues
1. A brief history of language testing / 2. Foreign/second language assessment literacy / 3. Principles of language assessment / 4. The assessment development process / 5. Test Specifications / 6. Linking assessment with instructional aims and learning / 7. An overview of language standards for language learners / 8. The common European framework of reference / 9. Test impact and washback /
10. Test-taking strategies / 11. What teachers need to know about test analysis / 12. Ethics in language testing and assessment / 13. Professional development in language assessment / Barry O'Sullivan
Christine Coombe, Salah Troudi and Mashael Al-Hamly
Hossein Farhady
Barry O'Sullivan
Fred Davidson and Glenn Fulcher
Anne Katz
Margo Gottlieb
Elif Kantarcioglu and Spiros Papageorgiou
Liying Cheng and Andy Curtis
Andrew D. Cohen
James Dean Brown
Annie Brown
Stephen Stoynoff and Christine Coombe B. Assessment Purposes and Approaches
14. Choosing the right type of assessment / 15. Communicative language testing / 16. Alternative assessment in language education / 17. Task-based language assessment / 18. Authentic assessment / 19. Placement testing / 20. Assessing young learners / 21. ESL assessment in the workplace / 22. Student involvement in assessment through self and peer assessment / 23. Assessment of second language pragmatics / James Dean Brown
Keith Morrow
Christine Coombe and Kerry Purmensky
Ali Shehadeh Peter Davidson
Tony Green
Angela Hasselgreen
Ingrid Greenberg
Neil J. Anderson
Zohreh R. Eslami and Azizullah Mirzaei C. Assessing Second Language Skills
24. Assessing reading / 25. Assessing writing Sara / 26. Assessing listening / 27. Assessing speaking / 28. Assessing grammar / Nancy Hubley
Cushing Weigle
John Flowerdew and Lindsay Miller
Barry O'Sullivan
Wayne Jones D. Technology in Assessment
30. Computerized language assessment / 31. Web-based language assessment / 32. Software to facilitate language assessment / Peter Davidson and Christine Coombe
Sunyoung Shin
Young-Ju Lee; E. Administrative Issues
33. Managing assessment in large EFL classes / 34. Marking assessments (rubrics, rating scales) / 35. Accommodation in language testing / Brock Brady
Tony Green and Roger Hawkey
Lynda Taylor Author/subject index
"This collection of original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the tests they develop and implement. Written by internationally prominent researchers and educators, the chapters are organized into five sections: key issues in the field, assessment purposes and approaches, assessment of second language skills, technology in assessment, and administrative issues. Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style"--
9781107017146 1107017149 9781107677074 (pbk) 1107677076 (pbk)
2011036567
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This collection of 35 original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the tests they develop and implement. Written by internationally prominent researchers and educators, the chapters are organized into five sections including:
Key issues in the field
Assessment purposes and approaches
Assessment of second language skills
Technology in assessment
Administrative issues Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style." (Book Cover) Preface /
Arthur Hughes A. Key Issues
1. A brief history of language testing / 2. Foreign/second language assessment literacy / 3. Principles of language assessment / 4. The assessment development process / 5. Test Specifications / 6. Linking assessment with instructional aims and learning / 7. An overview of language standards for language learners / 8. The common European framework of reference / 9. Test impact and washback /
10. Test-taking strategies / 11. What teachers need to know about test analysis / 12. Ethics in language testing and assessment / 13. Professional development in language assessment / Barry O'Sullivan
Christine Coombe, Salah Troudi and Mashael Al-Hamly
Hossein Farhady
Barry O'Sullivan
Fred Davidson and Glenn Fulcher
Anne Katz
Margo Gottlieb
Elif Kantarcioglu and Spiros Papageorgiou
Liying Cheng and Andy Curtis
Andrew D. Cohen
James Dean Brown
Annie Brown
Stephen Stoynoff and Christine Coombe B. Assessment Purposes and Approaches
14. Choosing the right type of assessment / 15. Communicative language testing / 16. Alternative assessment in language education / 17. Task-based language assessment / 18. Authentic assessment / 19. Placement testing / 20. Assessing young learners / 21. ESL assessment in the workplace / 22. Student involvement in assessment through self and peer assessment / 23. Assessment of second language pragmatics / James Dean Brown
Keith Morrow
Christine Coombe and Kerry Purmensky
Ali Shehadeh Peter Davidson
Tony Green
Angela Hasselgreen
Ingrid Greenberg
Neil J. Anderson
Zohreh R. Eslami and Azizullah Mirzaei C. Assessing Second Language Skills
24. Assessing reading / 25. Assessing writing Sara / 26. Assessing listening / 27. Assessing speaking / 28. Assessing grammar / Nancy Hubley
Cushing Weigle
John Flowerdew and Lindsay Miller
Barry O'Sullivan
Wayne Jones D. Technology in Assessment
30. Computerized language assessment / 31. Web-based language assessment / 32. Software to facilitate language assessment / Peter Davidson and Christine Coombe
Sunyoung Shin
Young-Ju Lee; E. Administrative Issues
33. Managing assessment in large EFL classes / 34. Marking assessments (rubrics, rating scales) / 35. Accommodation in language testing / Brock Brady
Tony Green and Roger Hawkey
Lynda Taylor Author/subject index
"This collection of original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the tests they develop and implement. Written by internationally prominent researchers and educators, the chapters are organized into five sections: key issues in the field, assessment purposes and approaches, assessment of second language skills, technology in assessment, and administrative issues. Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style"--
9781107017146 1107017149 9781107677074 (pbk) 1107677076 (pbk)
2011036567
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.