Language Assessment in Practice

Name: Language Assessment in Practice
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ISBN: 9780194422932

ISBN-10: 0194422933

ISBN-13: 9780194422932

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Lyle Bachman, Adrian Palmer, Adrian Palmer, H. G. Widdowson, Adrian S. Palmer

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List price: $147.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 9.00" wide x 5.90" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Objectives and expectations, or why we need another book about language testing



Conceptual foundations



Issues and considerations



Describing language use and language ability



Describing characteristics of language use and language assessment tasks



Justifying the use of language assessments



Constructing an Assessment Use Argument



Overview of assessment development and use



Initial planning



Constructing an Assessment Use Argument for developing and justifying a language assessment



The intended consequences of using language assessments



The decisions to be made on the basis of language assessments



Interpretations



Assessment records



Developing and using language assessments in the real world



Real world conditions and constraints on language assessment



Developing a Design Statement



Developing assessment tasks



Recording and interpreting assessment performance



Blueprints



Preparing effective instructions



Collecting feedback and backing



Identifying, allocating, and managing resources



Using language assessments responsibly


Projects



Kindergarten ELL speaking and writing assessment in support of instruction and learning



University ESL reading test for making placement/exemption decisions



University Elementary Modern Chinese speaking assessment


Bibliography


Index