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Testing the Untestable in Language Education.

The testing and assessment of language competence continues to be a much debated issue in foreign language teaching and research. This book addresses the testing of four important dimensions of foreign language education which have been left largely unconsidered: learner autonomy, intercultural comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paran, Amos
Otros Autores: Sercu, Lies
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2010.
Colección:New Perspectives on Language and Education, No. 17
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 More than Language: The Additional Faces of Testing and Assessment in Language Learning and Teaching; Part 1 Intercultural Competence; Chapter 2 Assessing Intercultural Competence: More Questions than Answers; Chapter 3 Interculturally Savvy or Not? Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence in the Context of Learning for Business; Chapter 4 Eliciting the Intercultural in Foreign Language Education at School; Part 2 Autonomy; Chapter 5 Measuring Autonomy: Should We Put Our Ability to the Test?
  • Chapter 6 Assessment of Autonomy or Assessment for Autonomy? Evaluating Learner Autonomy for Formative PurposesChapter 7 Learners Reflecting on Learning: Evaluation versus Testing in Autonomous Language Learning; Part 3 Literature; Chapter 8 Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Dilemmas of Testing Language and Literature; Chapter 9 Crossing the Bridge from Appreciative Reader to Reflective Writer: The Assessment of Creative Process; Chapter 10 The Taming of the Immeasu.