Performance Testing, Cognition and Assessment

University Of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 3
• This volume contains a selection of research papers that were presented at the 15th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) on the themes o... Lees meer

An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes

Cyril Weir, Yang Huizhong, Jin Yan

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 12
• The focus on careful reading in theoretical literature has meant that we have somewhat ignored reading behaviours such as skimming, scanning and searc... Lees meer

Second Language Assessment and Action Research

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 48
• This volume brings together a collection of chapters outlining the principles and processes of action research and providing case studies of practitio... Lees meer

Test Taker Characteristics and Test Performance

Antony John Kunnan

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 2
• This book investigates the influence of test taker characteristics on performance in tests of English as a foreign language by exploring the relations... Lees meer

European Language Testing in a Global Context

University Of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 18
• The ALTE conference, Euopean Language Testing in a Global Context, was held in Barcelona in 2001 in support of the European Year of Languages. The con... Lees meer

Examining Speaking

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 30
• This edited volume develops a theoretical framework for validating tests of second language ability. The chapter authors show how an understanding and... Lees meer

IELTS Collected Papers

Lynda Taylor, Peter Falvey

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 19
• This volume brings together a set of ten IELTS-related research studies - four on Speaking and six on Writing - conducted between 1995 and 2001. The t... Lees meer

Issues in Testing Business English

Barry O'Sullivan

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 17
• Demand is steadily growing for language tests with a specialized focus which will suit the needs of key professional domains as diverse as business, l... Lees meer

Assessing Academic English

Alan Davies

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 23
• The volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK (and later Australia), from the British Co... Lees meer

Measured Constructs

Cyril J Weir, Ivana Vidakovic, Evelina D Galaczi

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing
• This volume establishes how English language constructs were measured in Cambridge English examinations over the period 1913 to 2012. An addition to t... Lees meer

Validating Second Language Reading Examinations

Rachel Yi-Fen Wu

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 41
• This volume describes an empirical framework for test validation and comparison of level-based test batteries. The Common European Framework of Refere... Lees meer

On Topic Validity in Speaking Tests

Nahal Khabbazbashi

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing
• Topics are often used as a key speech elicitation method in performance-based assessments of spoken language and yet, the validity and fairness issues... Lees meer

Issues in Computer-Adaptive Testing of Reading Proficiency

Micheline Chalhoub-Deville

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 10
• Language testers are increasingly directing their attention to the development of computer-adaptive testing (CAT) instruments for assessing learners' ... Lees meer

Changing Language Teaching Through Language Testing

Liying Cheng

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 21
• Despite persistent assertions of washback (the influence of testing on teaching and learning) limited research studies have been undertaken on the sub... Lees meer

Advancing the Field of Language Assessment

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 46
• This volume brings together research papers on the development and application of English language teaching and learning strategies on English languag... Lees meer

Examining Reading

Hanan Khalifa, Cyril J Weir

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 29
• This publication highlights the need for test developers to provide clear explanations of the ability constructs which underpin tests offered in the p... Lees meer

A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests

University Of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 14
• Language testers have generally come to recognize the limitations of traditional statistical methods for validating oral language tests. They have beg... Lees meer

Examining Listening

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 35
• This volume examines the nature of second language listening proficiency and how it can be assessed. The book highlights the need for test developers ... Lees meer

Verbal Protocol Analysis in Language Testing Research

Alison Green

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 5
• Verbal protocol analysis (VPA) is a methodology that is being used extensively by researchers. Recently, individuals working in the area of testing, a... Lees meer

Testing Reading Through Summary

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 39
• This volume explores the use of summary tasks as an effective means of assessing reading comprehension ability. It reports on a series of empirical st... Lees meer

Language Testing Matters

Lynda Taylor, Cyril J. Weir

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 31
• Language Testing Matters explores the social and educational impact of language testing and assessment at regional, national and international level. ... Lees meer

Components of L2 Reading

Toshihiko Shiotsu

• Paperback | Studies in Language Testing
• The book investigates the linguistic and processing factors underpinning Japanese EFL learners' reading comprehension performance. Lees meer

Examining Writing

Stuart D Shaw, Cyril J Weir

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 26
• This publication highlights the need for test developers to provide clear explanations of the ability constructs which underpin tests offered in the p... Lees meer

Second Language Assessment and Mixed Methods Research

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Language Testing | nr. 43
• This volume provides a theoretical and practical discussion of mixed methods research and its application in language assessment. The authors present ... Lees meer