Accommodation in language testing / Lynda Taylor. A brief history of language testing / Barry O'Sullivan -- Foreign and second language teacher assessment literacy : issues, challenges, and recommendations / Christine Coombe, Salah Troudi, and Mashael Al-Hamly -- Validity in language testing / Ramin Akbari -- Principles of language assessment / Hossein Farhady -- The assessment development process / Barry O'Sullivan -- Developing test specifications for language assessment / Fred Davidson and Glenn Fulcher -- Linking assessment with instructional aims and learning / Anne Katz -- An overview of language standards for elementary and secondary education / Margo Gottlieb -- The common European framework of reference / Elif Kantarcioğlu and Spiros Papageorgiou -- Test impact and washback : implications for teaching and learning / Liying Cheng and Andy Curtis -- Test-taking strategies / Andrew D. Cohen -- What teachers need to know about test analysis / James Dean Brown -- Ethics in language testing and assessment / Annie Brown -- Professional development in language assessment / Stephen Stoynoff and Christine Coombe -- Choosing the right type of assessment / James Dean Brown -- Communicative language testing / Keith Morrow -- Alternative assessment in language education / Christine Coombe, Kerry Purmensky, and Peter Davidson -- Task-based language assessment : components, development, and implementation / Ali Shehadeh -- Placement testing / Anthony Green -- Assessing young learners / Angela Hasselgreen -- ESL needs analysis and assessment in the workplace / Ingrid Greenberg -- Student involvement in assessment : healthy self-assessment and effective peer assessment / Neil J. Anderson -- Assessment of second language pragmatics / Zohreh R. Eslami and Azizullah Mirzaei -- Assessing reading / Nancy J. Hubley -- Assessing writing / Sara Cushing Weigle -- Assessing listening / John Flowerdew and Lindsay Miller -- Assessing speaking / Barry O'Sullivan -- Assessing students' grammatical ability / Wayne Jones -- Assessing vocabulary / John Read -- Computerized language assessment / Peter Davidson and Christine Coombe -- Web-based language testing / Sun-Young Shin -- Software to facilitate language assessment : focus on quest, facets, and turnitin / Young-Ju Lee -- Managing assessment in large EFL classes / Brock Brady -- Marking assessments : rating scales and rubrics / Anthony Green and Roger Hawkey -- Accommodation in language testing / Lynda Taylor.
Summary:
"This collection of original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing as well as practical advice on how to improve the effectiveness of the tests they develop and implement. Written by internationally prominent researchers and educators, the chapters are organized into five sections: key issues in the field, assessment purposes and approaches, assessment of second language skills, technology in assessment, and administrative issues. Chapters assume no particular background knowledge and are written in an accessible style"-- Provided by publisher. "The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment aims to present in one volume an up-to-date guide to the central areas of assessing the second language performance of English by speakers of other languages. This volume provides snapshots of significant issues and trends that have shaped language assessment in the past and highlights the current state of our understanding of these issues"-- Provided by publisher.
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