Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171).
Contents:
Language assessment - Purposefully chosen terminology -- Communicative language teaching and testing -- The CFR and its impact on testing -- English school-leaving examinations in their local contexts -- Conclusions and recommendations.
Summary:
This book presents an overview of communicative language teaching and testing in Central and Eastern European countries. It focuses on the impact of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) and its model of language use. The author provides a user-friendly introduction to the process of linking local language examinations to the common reference levels of language proficiency in order to encourage local examination providers to assure quality in high-stakes testing. In response to different approaches in language examination development, the book includes some practical samples as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the examinations developed and implemented in local contexts.
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