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Language testing reconsidered / edited by Janna Fox ... [et al.].

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Language testing reconsidered / edited by Janna Fox ... [et al.].
Publication
Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
Fox, Janna D., 1946-
Description
x, 178 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"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. This collection of essays could not have been brought together earlier; the field was due for this."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Actexpress
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • Actexpress
Subject
  • Language and languages > Ability testing
  • Language and languages > Examinations
  • Language and languages > Examinations > Research
  • Langage et langues > Tests d'aptitude
  • Langage et langues > Examens
  • Langage et langues > Examens > Recherche
  • Language Tests
Genre/Form
Examinations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-174) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
On second thoughts / Bernard Spolsky -- The challenge of (diagnostic) testing : do we know what we are measuring? / J. Charles Alderson -- What is the construct? : the dialectic of abilities and contexts in defining constructs in language assessment / Lyle F. Bachman -- Assessing academic English language proficiency : 40+ years of U.K. language tests / Alana Davies -- The coming of age for research on test-taking strategies / Andrew D. Cohen -- Qualitative research methods in language test development and validation / Anne Lazaraton and Lynda Taylor -- Language testing : a question of context / Tim McNamara -- Test as power tools : looking back, looking forward / Elana Shohamy.
ISBN
  • 9780776606576
  • 0776606573
OCLC
  • 126084201
  • SCSB-12435827
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library