James E Purpura – författare & böcker

Assessing Grammar

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

729 kr

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A renewed interest in grammar from pedagogical and research perspectives has created the need for new approaches to assessing the grammatical ability of language learners. Assessing Grammar presents a broadened and comprehensive framework of second language grammatical knowledge and uses this as a base to help teachers create their own assessment tools to test students' grammar.

Del 8 - Studies in Language Testing

Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests

AvJames E. Purpura

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

927 kr

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Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests investigates the relationships between learner strategy use and performance on second language tests. To this effect, it examines the construct validity of two questionnaires, designed within a model of human information processing, that purport to measure testakers' self-reported cognitive and metacognitive strategy use. It then examines the construct validity of the FCE Anchor test, developed by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, to measure second language proficiency. It is a useful resource for those interested in understanding the effects of strategy use on performance, for those interested in training students to use strategies in language classrooms and for those interested in using structural equation modelling as an analytic tool for examining the effects of socio-psychological background variables on performance.