TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coombe,Christine A.
TI  - The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment
SN  - 9781107017146
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Second language acquisition
N1  - 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; Barry O'Sullivan
; 2. Foreign/second language assessment literacy; Christine Coombe, Salah Troudi and Mashael Al-Hamly
; 3. Principles of language assessment; Hossein Farhady
; 4. The assessment development process; Barry O'Sullivan
; 5. Test Specifications; Fred Davidson and Glenn Fulcher
;  6. Linking assessment with instructional aims and learning; Anne Katz
; 7. An overview of language standards for language learners; Margo Gottlieb
; 8. The common European framework of reference; Elif Kantarcioglu and Spiros Papageorgiou
; 9. Test impact and washback
; Liying Cheng and Andy Curtis
; 10. Test-taking strategies; Andrew D. Cohen
; 11. What teachers need to know about test analysis; James Dean Brown
; 12. Ethics in language testing and assessment; Annie Brown
; 13. Professional development in language assessment; Stephen Stoynoff and Christine Coombe; B. Assessment Purposes and Approaches
; 14. Choosing the right type of assessment; James Dean Brown
; 15. Communicative language testing; Keith Morrow
; 16. Alternative assessment in language education; Christine Coombe and Kerry Purmensky
; 17. Task-based language assessment; Ali Shehadeh; 18. Authentic assessment; Peter Davidson
; 19. Placement testing; Tony Green
; 20. Assessing young learners; Angela Hasselgreen
; 21. ESL assessment in the workplace; Ingrid Greenberg
; 22. Student involvement in assessment through self and peer assessment; Neil J. Anderson
; 23. Assessment of second language pragmatics; Zohreh R. Eslami and Azizullah Mirzaei; C. Assessing Second Language Skills
; 24. Assessing reading; Nancy Hubley
; 25. Assessing writing Sara; Cushing Weigle
; 26. Assessing listening; John Flowerdew and Lindsay Miller
; 27. Assessing speaking; Barry O'Sullivan
; 28. Assessing grammar; Wayne Jones; D. Technology in Assessment
; 30. Computerized language assessment; Peter Davidson and Christine Coombe
; 31. Web-based language assessment; Sunyoung Shin
; 32. Software to facilitate language assessment; Young-Ju Lee; E. Administrative Issues
; 33. Managing assessment in large EFL classes; Brock Brady
; 34. Marking assessments (rubrics, rating scales); Tony Green and Roger Hawkey
; 35. Accommodation in language testing; Lynda Taylor; Author/subject index
N2  - "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"--
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