Learning about language assessment : dilemmas, decisions, and directions

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bailey, Kathleen M. (Author), Curtis, Andy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : National Geographic Learning/Heinle, Cengage, Learning , c2015
Edition:Second edition
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Assessment as infromation gathering: dilemmas of conflicting purposes
  • 2. A framework for analyzing tests: entering a new culture
  • 3. Another dilemma: contrasting pairs of concepts
  • 4. The role of background knowledge: assessing the receptive skills
  • 5. Making meaning: comunicative language testing
  • 6. Making meaning: a cloze-knit family
  • 7. Measuring meaning: communicative language testing
  • 8. Eliciting oral language production: role plays
  • 9. Measuring language production: scoring writing samples
  • 10. Multiple-choice test and item analysis
  • 11. Different paths to testing: alternative assessment
  • 12. Specific purpose language testing: the importance of context
  • 13. Content-based assessment: integrating language and content
  • 14. Self-assessment in language learning