This book covers crucial knowledge and skill sets for developing language tests and setting assessments. Aimed at practitioners of applied linguistics and TESOL and complete with online resources in a Companion Website for students and lecturers, the book:
· is an introductory, yet comprehensive, text on language testing and assessment
· covers the theoretical and methodological framework and rationale for language test use, assessment techniques in different language skills and basic strategies for analysis of test quality
· stresses the importance of test reliability, validity and fairness in language assessment
· provides its audience with theoretical and practical knowledge in language assessment
· forms an accessible gateway into the often intimidating world of language assessment, and a unique opportunity for the readers to ground their knowledge of principles in language assessment research.
This book will equip readers with the ability to use theories and principles in language testing and assessment to design and use language tests and assessments optimally, given the available time and resources in a given context, and promote good practice and research in language testing and assessment.
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Covers essential knowledge and skills for developing and using language tests and assessments in applied linguistics, applied language studies, and/or TESOL
PART I: Language Testing and Assessment
1: Language Testing and Assessment in Contexts
2: Key Considerations in Language Testing and Assessment
3: Cycles of Language Testing and Assessment
4: Current Issues and Trends in Language Testing and Assessment
PART II: Assessment Methods and Techniques
5: Common Test Techniques
6: Self- and Peer-assessment
7: Scales and Rating Scales
PART III: Assessing Language Areas
8: Assessing Listening
9: Assessing Speaking
10: Assessing Reading
11: Assessing Writing
12: Assessing Other Language Areas
PART IV: Operationalization of Language Tests and Assessments
13: Test Specifications and Developments
14: Basic Statistics, Test Analyses, Displays and Reports
References
Glossary of key terms in language testing and assessment
Appendices
Indexes
Aek Phakiti is Professor in TESOL in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is co-editor of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Resource (Bloomsbury Academic, 2015) and author of Experimental Research Methods in Language Learning (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014).
