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A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests
Av University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
Häftad, 2002
930 kr
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Language testers have generally come to recognize the limitations of traditional statistical methods for validating oral language tests. They have begun to consider more innovative approaches to test validation, approaches that promise to illuminate the assessment process itself, rather than just …
Issues in Testing Business English
The Revision of the Cambridge Business English Certificates
Häftad, 2006
861 kr
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Demand is steadily growing for language tests with a specialized focus which will suit the needs of key professional domains as diverse as business, law, the airline industry, and teacher education. This book explores the testing of language for sepcific purposes (LSP) from a theoretical and a …
Continuity and Innovation
Revising the Cambridge Proficiency in English Examination 1913-2002
Av University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, Professor Weir, Cyril J. m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
937 kr
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Continuity and Innovation: Revising the Cambridge Proficiency in English Examination 1913-2002. This volume documents in some detail the most recent revision of the Certificate in Proficiency in English (CPE) which took place from 1991 to 2002. CPE is the oldest of the Cambridge suite of English as …
A Modular Approach to Testing English Language Skills
The Development of the Certificates in English
Av Roger Hawkey, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 2005
733 kr
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Documents the development of the Cambridge ESOL Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS), a suite of modular examinations first offered in 2002. As a context for how CELS was conceived, developed, constructed, validated and managed, the book traces the history of exams which have influenced …
Components of L2 Reading
Linguistic and Processing Factors in the Reading Test Performances of Japanese EFL Learners
Häftad, 2010
962 kr
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The book investigates the explanatory variables for the passage-reading comprehension performance of Japanese EFL learners and their sentence-reading speed. Following rigorous preliminary studies evaluating the significance of the candidate variables and refining research instruments, a large scale …
Language Testing Matters
Investigating the Wider Social and Educational Impact of Assessment - Proceedings of the ALTE Cambridge Conference April 2008
Av Lynda Taylor, Cyril J. Weir
Häftad, 2010
962 kr
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Language Testing Matters explores the social and educational impact of language testing and assessment at regional, national and international level. It brings together a collection of 20 edited papers based on proceedings of the 2008 ALTE Conference in Cambridge. The selected papers focus on three …
Aligning Tests with the CEFR
Reflections on Using the Council of Europe's Draft Manual
Häftad, 2010
962 kr
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The Council of Europe released a preliminary version of the Manual for Relating Language Examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in 2003. A variety of institutions and individuals conducted case studies to pilot this draft version, prior to its revision in …
Performance Testing, Cognition and Assessment
Selected Papers from the 15th Language Research Testing Colloquium, Cambridge and Arnhem
Av University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, Michael Milanovic m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
898 kr
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This volume contains a selection of research papers that were presented at the 15th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) on the themes of performance testing, and on aspects of communication in relation to cognition and assessment. This edited collection includes contributions …
Test Taker Characteristics and Test Performance
A Structural Modeling Approach
Av Antony John Kunnan, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 1996
841 kr
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This book investigates the influence of test taker characteristics on performance in tests of English as a foreign language by exploring the relationships between these two groups of variables. Data from a test taker questionnaire and performance on the First Certificate in English (FCE) and the …
An Investigation into the Comparability of Two Tests of English as a Foreign Language
Av Lyle F. Bachman, Fred Davidson m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
898 kr
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This book documents a major study comparing the Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) with the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to investigate similarities in test content, candidature and use. While both tests were designed to measure many of the same abilities, they represent …
European Language Testing in a Global Context
Proceedings of the ALTE Barcelona Conference July 2001
Av University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, Michae Milanovic
Häftad, 2004
921 kr
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The ALTE conference, Euopean Language Testing in a Global Context, was held in Barcelona in 2001 in support of the European Year of Languages. The conference papers presented in ths volume represent a small subset of the many excellent presentations made at that event. They have been selected to …
IELTS Collected Papers
Research in Speaking and Writing Assessment
Av Lynda Taylor, Peter Falvey m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
877 kr
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This volume brings together a set of ten IELTS-related research studies - four on Speaking and six on Writing - conducted between 1995 and 2001. The ten studies were funded under the auspices of the British Council/IELTS Australia Joint-funded Research Program which promotes research activity among …
The Impact of High-Stakes Examinations on Classroom Teaching
A Case Study Using Insights from Testing and Innovation Theory
Av Dianne Wall, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 2005
804 kr
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It is widely believed that one of the most effective ways of creating change in an education system is by introducing or by re-designing high-stakes examinations. This method is not foolproof, however, as there are many factors which can affect the impact of such an innovation. This study analyses …
Assessing Academic English
Testing English Proficiency 1950-1989 - The IELTS Solution
Av Alan Davies
Häftad, 2008
877 kr
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The volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK (and later Australia), from the British Council's English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB), through the revolutionary English Language Testing Service (ELTS) to the present solution of IELTS. …
Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians
A Study of Testing Validity and the Role of Smallwords in Contributing to Pupils' Fluency
Häftad, 2005
962 kr
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This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by 'smallwords', such as 'well', 'sort of', and 'you know', in bringing about fluency. The first study builds on the …
Changing Language Teaching through Language Testing
A Washback Study
Av Liying Cheng
Häftad, 2005
902 kr
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Despite persistent assertions of washback (the influence of testing on teaching and learning) limited research studies have been undertaken on the subject. Even fewer studies have made use of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine washback. This book, at the intersection of language …
The Development of IELTS
Av Caroline Clapham, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 1996
846 kr
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This book studies the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension and investigates the claim from the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) that tertiary level students for whom English is a second language should be given reading proficiency tests in their own academic subject …
Verbal Protocol Analysis in Language Testing Research
A Handbook
Av Alison Green, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 1998
921 kr
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Verbal protocol analysis (VPA) is a methodology that is being used extensively by researchers. Recently, individuals working in the area of testing, and in language testing in particular, have begun to appreciate the roles VPA might play in the development and evaluation of assessment instruments. …
Issues in Computer-Adaptive Testing of Reading Proficiency
Av Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline Chalhoub-Deville
Häftad, 2000
896 kr
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Language testers are increasingly directing their attention to the development of computer-adaptive testing (CAT) instruments for assessing learners' second language ability. Issues in Computer-Adaptive Testing of Reading Proficiency examines CAT instruments used to assess the receptive skills, …
An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes
Av Cyril Weir, Yang Huizhong m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
921 kr
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The focus on careful reading in theoretical literature has meant that we have somewhat ignored reading behaviours such as skimming, scanning and search reading in the teaching and testing of reading. These theories do not explain how readers process texts quickly and selectively. The development of …
Fairness and Validation in Language Assessment
Selected Papers from the 19th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Orlando, Florida
Av Antony John Kunnan, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 2000
896 kr
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Fairness of language tests and testing practices has always been a concern among test developers and test users. In the past decade educational and language assessment researchers have begun to focus directly on fairness and related matters such as test standards, test bias and equity and ethics …
Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests
Häftad, 1999
962 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 …
Dictionary of Language Testing
Av Alan Davies, Annie Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
930 kr
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This Dictionary of Language Testing was written over a number of years by a group of researchers at the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. It contains some 600 entries, each listed under a headword with extensive cross-referencing. It is intended for those who may or …
Multilingual Glossary of Language Testing Terms
Av Ucles, Alte Members The Alte Members
Häftad, 1999
921 kr
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Inevitably, it is in the most commonly used languages that the vocabulary of language testing and assessment is most highly developed, and for which most of the literature has been produced. A multilingual glossary has a significant role to play in encouraging the development of language testing in …
The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests
Av Kieran J. O'Loughlin, Michael Milanovic
Häftad, 2001
717 kr
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The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests documents a comparability study of direct (face-to-face) and semi-direct (language laboratory) versions of the speaking component of the access test: an English language test designed in the 1990s as part of the selection process for …
Impact Theory and Practice
Av Roger Hawkey
Häftad, 2006
319 kr
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This book clarifies the concept of impact and related terms, such as washback, evaluation, monitoring and validation, and focuses on the impact of language tests and language programmes on a range of stakeholders, including test-takers, teachers, textbook writers, testers and institutions. …
IELTS Washback in Context
Preparation for Academic Writing in Higher Education
Häftad, 2007
877 kr
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The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) plays a key role in international student access to universities around the world. Although IELTS includes a direct test of writing, it has been suggested that test preparation may hinder international students from acquiring academic …
Examining Writing
Research and Practice in Assessing Second Language Writing
Av Stuart D. Shaw, Cyril J. Weir
Häftad, 2007
962 kr
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This publication highlights the need for test developers to provide clear explanations of the ability constructs which underpin tests offered in the public domain. An explanation is increasingly required, if the validity of test score interpretation and use are to be supported both logically, and …
Multilingualism and Assessment
Achieving Transparency, Assuring Quality, Sustaining Diversity - Proceedings of the ALTE Berlin Conference May 2005
Av Lynda Taylor, Cyril J. Weir
Häftad, 2008
927 kr
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This Studies in Language Testing volume explores the impact of multilingualism on language assessment. It considers ways of describing and comparing language qualifications to establish common levels of proficiency, balancing the need to set common standards and at the same time sustain linguistic …
Examining Speaking
Research and Practice in Assessing Second Language Speaking
Av Lynda Taylor
Häftad, 2011
962 kr
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This edited volume develops a theoretical framework for validating tests of second language ability. The chapter authors show how an understanding and analysis of the framework and its components can assist test developers to operationalise their tests more effectively, especially in relation to …
