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Testing academic language proficiency /
This book focuses on the development of the process of teaching and assessing foreign language competence for study purposes in a pluricultural and plurilingual context. It addresses not only the individual who is learning the language for academic purposes (LAP), but also other stakeholders, like t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One; 1.1 International overview; 1.2 Language for Academic Purposes in the English-speaking world; 1.3 A wider view; 1.4 Defining language for study purposes; 1.4.1 Varieties of language; 1.4.2 The process of academic acculturation; 1.4.3 EAP approaches; 1.5 What EAP is exactly; 1.5.1 The implications of the distinction between EGAP/ESAP; 1.5.2 Advantages and disadvantages of general study purpose and specific study purpose language; 1.5.3 The Italstudio option; 1.5.4 ItalstudioG content; Chapter Two; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A definition
- 2.3 Type of test2.4. Communicative language competences and cultural-subject knowledge; 2.5 Background knowledge and language testing; 2.6 The link between background knowledge and top-down processing; 2.7 Cognitive demand in language testing; 2.8 An inferential approach; 2.9 Note-taking a high cognitive demand activity; 2.10 Italstudio test structure; 2.10.1 Overview; 2.10.2 Candidate characteristics; 2.10.3 Context validity; 2.10.4 Test tasks; 2.10.5 Towards the test; Chapter Three; 3.1 The Italstudio test; 3.2 The creation of the Italstudio test for schools; 3.3 The structure of Italstudio
- 3.3.1 The test format3.4 A2 Level; 3.4.1 Listening; 3.4.2 Reading; 3.4.3 Use of language; 3.4.4 Writing; 3.5 B1 and B2 levels; 3.5.1 B1 level; 3.5.2 B2 level; 3.6 Marking scheme; 3.7 Marking scheme and assessment; 3.8 Designing the Italstudio test for university; 3.8.1 Drafting the test; 3.8.2 Experimental data; 3.9 Piloting the Italstudio University test; 3.9.1 The context; 3.9.2 The Italstudio University test; 3.9.3 Italstudio University and the CEFR; 3.9.4 B1 level descriptors; 3.9.5 Study skills syllabus; 3.10 Administering the test; 3.10.1 Target users; 3.10.2 Timing
- 3.10.3 The structure of the test3.10.4 Text and activity types; 3.10.5 Guidelines for test administration; 3.10.6 Assessment: procedures and criteria; 3.10.7 Summary Table; Chapter Four; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Context and methods: a statistical analysis of the experimental version; 4.3 Context and methods: a statistical analysis of the 2011-2015 Italstudio tests; 4.3.1 Findings; 4.4. Conclusion; Chapter Five; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methods; 5.3 Findings; 5.4 Discussion; Bibliography