A completely revised and updated edition of A Course in Language Teaching. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to English language teaching, and is suitable for teachers in a variety of educational settings, including compulsory ......Daugiau...
Documents the development of the Cambridge ESOL Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS), a suite of modular examinations first offered in 2002. As a context for how CELS was conceived, developed, constructed, validated and managed, the book ......Daugiau...
Language testers have generally come to recognize the limitations of traditional statistical methods for validating oral language tests. They have begun to consider more innovative approaches to test validation, approaches that promise to illuminate......Daugiau...
Teachers of English need not only to have a good productive command of the language; they also need to know a good deal about the way the language works. This book asks: What is it that a teacher needs to know about English in order to teach it ......Daugiau...
This practical guide can be used by teachers who wish to develop their professional expertise by investigating their own teaching in a systematic and organised way. It is also invaluable for teachers or trainee teachers who have to produce a ......Daugiau...
Activities for Very Young Learners is an essential resource for practising and trainee language teachers of three to seven-year-olds. This handbook contains over 90 easy-to-use activities for the very young learner classroom, and is ideal for ......Daugiau...
This volume brings together 11 TIRF-related research papers on the development and application of English language teaching and learning strategies on English language assessment. The papers are all written by recipients of The International ......Daugiau...
This book is aimed at all those responsible for advising teachers including teaching practice supervisors, mentors, INSET tutors, state education inspectors, directors of studies, and teachers working together as critical friends in informal ......Daugiau...
The affective domain and the emotional factors which influence language learning have been of interest in the field of language teaching for a number of years. By proposing a holistic approach to the learning process, this volume takes the position ......Daugiau...
Alan Maleys 50 Creative Activities is a collection of 50 classroom activities designed to promote creative language use. It is based on the premise that one of the major benefits of fostering creativity is the formation of enduring attitudes among ......Daugiau...
The Council of Europe released a preliminary version of the Manual for Relating Language Examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in 2003. A variety of institutions and individuals conducted case studies to ......Daugiau...
Alive to Language encourages teachers to question and extend their knowledge of how language works by examining the concepts of language-in-use and associated systems, language variety, change, and the interaction between language and power....Daugiau...
This volume takes a framework for validating tests that was developed in language testing, and applies it to an admissions test used for biomedical courses. The framework is used to consider validity in the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT). Each ......Daugiau...
An extensively revised and updated edition of this popular and accessible text. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching Third edition is an extensive revision of this highly successful book. As in previous editions, both major and alternative ......Daugiau...
The methodology of English language education has been developed mainly in the English-speaking countries of the west and does not always fit the needs of the rest of the world. Appropriate Methodology and Social Context investigates this state of......Daugiau...
A renewed interest in grammar, from pedagogical and research perspectives, has created the need for new approaches to assessing the grammatical ability of language learners. This book presents a comprehensive framework of second language grammatical......Daugiau...
This volume charts the development of the Cambridge teaching qualifications and tests, and presents case studies demonstrating their impact. Described by teacher and teacher educator Scott Thornbury as a very welcome addition to the literature on ......Daugiau...
In 1998 and 1999, three of the largest providers of educational tests introduced computer-based versions of proficiency tests for English as a foreign language. Around the same time, many institutions began to offer Web-based tests for particular ......Daugiau...
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....Daugiau...
Speaking is a central yet complex area of language acquisition. The assessment of this crucial skill is equally complex. This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking as well as through current ......Daugiau...
This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the vocabulary knowledge of second language learners....Daugiau...
Writing is one of the central skills a student must master. Why should they be tested? How should they be tested? What tasks should be used? The answers to these questions are provided by this book, which examines the theory behind the practice of ......Daugiau...
In this book the author builds a comprehensive framework for the assessment of young language learners in both foreign language and second language learning situations. She begins by considering why we need a special book on young learner ......Daugiau...
Beginning to Write contains over 100 writing activities suitable for elementary and intermediate learners. It shows that it is possible to take the teaching of writing seriously at an early stage in language learning. It also recognises the role ......Daugiau...
Beyond Training examines the nature of second language teacher development and how teachers practices are influenced by their beliefs and principles. It seeks to move discussion of language teacher development beyond the level of training, which ......Daugiau...
Gordon Lewis, Shaun Wilden, Sally Farley, Mark Furr, Richard Day, Thomas Robb, Jennifer Bassett, Nick Bullard, Erika Osvath, Nick Thorner...
Learn about the research into extensive reading and evidence of its success. Discover how to introduce extensive reading into your class, and the importance of using graded readers. Extensive reading is an increasingly important part of English ......Daugiau...
This collection provides an overview of current issues, debates, and approaches in Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) presented by internationally prominent researchers, educators, and emerging scholars. Chapters address such issues as ......Daugiau...
Despite persistent assertions of washback (the influence of testing on teaching and learning) limited research studies have been undertaken on the subject. Even fewer studies have made use of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine washback.......Daugiau...
