Language Testing Reconsidered
ÉducationÉditeur : Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press
Lieu d’édition : Ottawa
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 27 septembre 2017
Collection : Éducation
Année d’édition : 2007
Nombre de pages : x-178
Présentation
Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching language testing should have a copy of this book. The information, discussions, and reflections offered within the volume address major developments within the field over the past decades, enlivened by current "takes" on these issues. The real value of this collection, however, lies in its consideration of the past as a means of defining the future agenda of language testing.
Sommaire
Janna Fox
IntroductionSection I. What does it mean to know a language?
Bernard Spolsky
1. On Second ThoughtsSection II. What are we measuring?
J. Charles Alderson
2. The Challenge of (Diagnostic) Testing: Do We Know What We Are Measuring?Lyle F. Bachman
3. What is the Construct? The Dialectic of Abilities and Contexts in Defining Constructs in Language AssessmentSection III. Language Testing Research: Points of Departure
Andrew D. Cohen
5. The Coming of Age for Research on Test-Taking StrategiesAnne Lazaraton et Lynda Taylor
6. Qualitative Research Methods in Language Test Development and ValidationTim McNamara
7. Language Testing: A Question of ContextSection IV. Antecedents and Prospects
Elana Shohamy
8. Tests as Power Tools: Looking Back, Looking ForwardLe texte seul est utilisable sous licence Licence OpenEdition Books. Les autres éléments (illustrations, fichiers annexes importés) sont « Tous droits réservés », sauf mention contraire.