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Author : Gary Buck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521661625
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing Listening written by Gary Buck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-12 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides language teachers with guidelines to develop suitable listening tests
Author : Gary J. Ockey
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263639
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing L2 Listening written by Gary J. Ockey and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening inputs; the use of audio-visual texts; and assessing listening as part of an interactive speaking/listening construct. Each theme is introduced with a review of the relevant literature, and then is examined through either two or three empirical studies. The notion of authenticity underlies each of these four themes. By creating more authentic test tasks that are similar to real world language tasks, test developers can create listening assessments that not only more effectively assess test takers’ communicative competence, but can also have a positive washback effect on educational systems.
Author : Dina Tsagari
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501500864
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book Handbook of Second Language Assessment written by Dina Tsagari and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second language assessment is ubiquitous. It has found its way from education into questions about access to professions and migration. This volume focuses on the main debates and research advances in second language assessment in the last fifty years or so, showing the influence of linguistics, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and psychometrics. There are four parts which, when taken together, address the principles and practices of second language assessment while considering its impact on society. Read separately, each part addresses a different aspect of the field. Part I deals with the conceptual foundations of second language assessment with chapters on the purposes of assessment, and standards and frameworks, as well as matters of scoring, quality assurance, and test validation. Part II addresses the theory and practice of assessing different second language skills including aspects like intercultural competence and fluency. Part III examines the challenges and opportunities of second language assessment in a range of contexts. In addition to chapters on second language assessment on a national scale, there are chapters on learning-oriented assessment, as well as the uses of second language assessment in the workplace and for migration. Part IV examines a selection of important issues in the field that deserve attention. These include the alignment of language examinations to external frameworks, the increasing use of technology to both deliver and score second language tests, the responsibilities associated with assessing test takers with special needs, the concept of 'voice' in second language assessment, and assessment literacy for teachers and other test and score users.
Author : Ardeshir Geranpayeh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107602637
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book Examining Listening written by Ardeshir Geranpayeh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the nature of second language listening proficiency and how it can be assessed. The book highlights the need for test developers to provide a clear explication of the ability constructs which underpin the tests they offer in the public domain. This is increasingly necessary if claims about the validity of test score interpretation and use are to be supported both logically and with empirical evidence. It operationalises a comprehensive test validation framework which adopts a socio-cognitive perspective. The framework embraces six core components, examining and then analysing Cambridge ESOL listening tasks from the following perspectives: Test Taker; Cognitive Validity; Context Validity; Scoring Validity; Criterion-related Validity; and Consequential Validity.
Author : Tamala S. Bradham
Publisher : Plural Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1597567272
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing Listening and Spoken Language in Children with Hearing Loss written by Tamala S. Bradham and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pan Zhixin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315526689
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing Listening for Chinese English Learners written by Pan Zhixin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports in detail the newly developed Communicative Listening Comprehension Test (CLCT) for the National College English Test (CET) of China. Following the principles of communicative testing in general and test construction approach proposed by Bachman and Palmer (1996) in particular, the project develops CLCT for CET-4 and CET-6. The research begins with the construction of frameworks of listening task characteristics and communicative listening ability. Subsequently, based on a survey of Chinese college students' English listening needs and an analysis of listening tasks in influential English listening course books and public tests, CLCT-4 and CLCT-6 test specifications are developed. Finally, sample papers are produced and a series of posteriori studies are conducted to examine the difficulty and usefulness of the newly developed notes-completion task type in two CLCT tests. As an example of successful integration of communicative testing theories and test construction practice, this research provides valuable insights into listening test development for other large-scale tests.
Author : Gary Buck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521666619
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing Listening written by Gary Buck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book outlines the major areas of listening research in an accessible manner and provides language teachers with guidelines to design and develop suitable listening tests for their students.
Author : Xiaoming Xi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351142380
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions written by Xiaoming Xi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is a state-of-the-art overview of advances in theories and practices relevant to the assessment of academic English skills for higher education admissions purposes. The volume includes a brief introduction followed by four main chapters focusing on critical developments in theories and practices for assessing reading, listening, writing, and speaking, of which the latter two also address the assessment of integrated skills such as reading-writing, listening-speaking, and reading-listening-speaking. Each chapter reviews new task types, scoring approaches, and scoring technologies and their implications in light of the increasing use of technology in academic communication and the growing use of English as a lingua franca worldwide. The volume concludes with recommendations about critical areas of research and development that will help move the field forward. Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is an ideal resource for researchers and graduate students in language testing and assessment worldwide.
Author : Margo Gottlieb
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1506342132
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity written by Margo Gottlieb and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build the bridges for English language learners to reach success! This thoroughly updated edition of Gottlieb’s classic delivers a complete set of tools, techniques, and ideas for planning and implementing instructional assessment of ELLs. The book includes: A focus on academic language use in every discipline, from mathematics to social studies, within and across language domains Emphasis on linguistically and culturally responsive assessment as a key driver for measuring academic achievement A reconceptualization of assessment “as,” “for,” and “of” learning Reflection questions to stimulate discussion around how students, teachers, and administrators can all have a voice in decision making
Author : William G. Christ
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136689583
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Assessing Communication Education written by William G. Christ and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a handbook, this text provides media, speech (public speaking, interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication), and theatre educators with both the theoretical and practical ammunition to fight the assessment battles on their campuses. The philosophical implications of accountability are balanced with concrete, specific, and usable assessment strategies. Stressing student, faculty, course, program, department, and institutional assessment, this book's aim is to provide, in one place, information that will help diverse and complex communication programs face the growing challenges in assessment. The book is divided into three sections: background and foundational information for assessment; broad assessment strategies that apply to a variety of media, "speech," and theatre courses and programs; and context-specific assessment strategies. While covering a host of topics, it: * provides an overview of assessment and suggests how it might impact communication education, * discusses the elements of program assessment and how linkage of mission statements with outcomes can lead to strong, innovative programs, * compares and contrasts regional association requirements and presents a specific how-to strategy for writing outcome statements, * discusses teaching evaluation and argues that we need to identify the "what" of teaching before we try to measure the "how," * looks at creative ways for formative and summative course evaluation that starts with the creation of an explicit syllabus, * discusses the use of capstone courses as a way of evaluating not only their major but also how students have integrated their "total" educational experience, * suggests the variety of ways that interpersonal communication can be assessed and calls for future research that stresses the "knowledge" component of learning, * reports on a strategy for developing small group communication assessment measures, and * provides media, speech, and theatre faculty and administrators with the background, understanding and tools to build stonger programs and develop better courses and educational experiences for their students.
