Contemporary second language assessment /

"Contemporary Second Language Assessment includes chapters on key aspects of second language assessment such as test construct, diagnosis, exam design, and the growing range of public policy, social and ethical issues. Each of the contributors is an expert in their area; some are established na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Banerjee, Jayanti (Editor ), Tsagari, Dina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
Colección:Contemporary applied linguistics ; v. 4.
Temas:
Second language acquisition > Evaluation.
Second language acquisition > Ability testing.
Language and languages > Study and teaching > Evaluation.
Langue seconde > Acquisition > Évaluation.
Langue seconde > Acquisition > Tests d'aptitude.
Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement > Évaluation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Study & Teaching.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. One Key Theoretical Considerations
  • 1. Modelling Communicative Language Ability: Skills and Contexts of Language Use / Lin Gu
  • 2. Presenting Validity Evidence: The Case of GESE / Cathy Taylor
  • 3.A New National Exam: A Case of Washback / Doris Froetscher
  • 4. Linking to the CEFR: Validation Using a Priori and a Posteriori Evidence / Ying Zheng
  • pt. Two Assessment of Specific Language Aspects
  • 5. Authentic Texts in the Assessment of L2 Listening Ability / Elvis Wagner
  • 6. The Role of Background Factors in the Diagnosis of SFL Reading Ability / Riikka Ullakonoja
  • 7. Understanding Oral Proficiency Task Difficulty: An Activity Theory Perspective / Zhengdong Gan
  • 8. Principled Rubric Adoption and Adaptation: One Multi-method Case Study / Gerriet Janssen
  • 9. The Social Dimension of Language Assessment: Assessing Pragmatics / Carsten Roever
  • pt. Three Issues in Second Assessment
  • 10. Applications of Corpus Linguistics in Language Assessment / Sarah Goodwin
  • 11. Setting Language Standards for International Medical Graduates / Barry O'Sullivan
  • 12. Fairness and Bias in Language Assessment / Patrick McLain
  • 13. ACCESS for ELLs: Access to the Curriculum / Carsten Wilmes
  • 14. Using Technology in Language Assessment / Arthur C. Graesser
  • 15. Future Prospects and Challenges in Language Assessments / Jan-Eric Gustafsson.

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