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Language Testing and Assessment: An Advanced Resource Book, 1st Edition

An Advanced Resource Book

Author: Fulcher/Davidso and Glenn Fulcher   Series: Routledge Applied Linguistics

ISBN / EAN: 9780415339476
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Summary

Introducing students to the methods and debates associated with language testing assessment, this book has been written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field. Supported by a companion website, it includes commentary on key readings.

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Description

Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics.

Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline.

  • Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers’ techniques of analysis through practical application.
  • Section B, Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field.
  • Section C, Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses.

Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader’s understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions.

Language Testing and Assessment:

  • introduces students to the key methods and debates surrounding language testing and assessment
  • explores the testing of linguistic competence of children, students, asylum seekers and many others in context of the uses to which such research can be put
  • presents influential and seminal readings in testing and assessment by names such as Michael Canale and Merrill Swain, Michael Kane, Alan Davies, Lee Cronbach and Paul Meehl, and Pamela Moss.

The accompanying website to this book can be found at

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Critic Reviews

“'Perhaps the greatest strength of this text is the way it considers a wide range of topics from a philosophical perspective... Already a bit worn from extensive cross-reading, this is a book I will be referring to frequently for years to come.'- Tim Newfields, Toyo University”

'Perhaps the greatest strength of this text is the way it considers a wide range of topics from a philosophical perspective... Already a bit worn from extensive cross-reading, this is a book I will be referring to frequently for years to come.'- Tim Newfields, Toyo University

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About the Author

Glenn Fulcher, Fred Davidson

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Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive resource books, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics. Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline. Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers' techniques of analysis through practical application. Section B, Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field. Section C, Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses. Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader's understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions. Language Testing and Assessment: provides a innovative and thorough review of a wide variety of issues from practical details of test development to matters of controversy and ethical practice investigates the importance of the philosophy of pragmatics in assessment, and coins the term '

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Product Details

Publisher
Routledge
Published
31st January 2007
Edition
1st
Pages
403
ISBN
9780415339476

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ISBN / EAN: 9780415339476
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