Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices - Softcover

Brown, H. Douglas; Abeywickrama, Priyanvada

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138149313 ISBN 13: 9780138149314

Verlag: Pearson ELT, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Language Assessment provides teachers with a clear presentation of the essentials for assessing second language learning fairly and effectively. This updated second edition includes new research and information on standardized tests, a new chapter on form-focused assessment, and a concise glossary of terms.

With a focus on the most common pedagogical challenge - classroom-based assessment - Language Assessment delivers useful tools for evaluating and designing practical, effective assessment techniques.

Features:

Updated references and new information reflecting recent advances and current challenges in the field.
Classification of assessment techniques ranging from controlled to open-ended item types on a specified continuum of micro- and macroskills of language.
Systematic treatment of assessment for all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) as well as grammar and vocabulary.
Discussion of large-scale standardized tests, the ethics of testing, letter grading, and overall evaluation of student performance.
Comprehensive presentation of alternatives in assessment, such as portfolios, journals, conferences, observations, interviews, and self- or peer-assessment.
New Features

Chapter objectives that preview content and goals
A new chapter on form-focused assessment
An appendix of commercially available tests
A concise glossary of assessment terms

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. H. Douglas Brown, a professor in the MA-TESOL program at San Francisco State University, has written many articles, teacher training books, and textbooks on language pedagogy. A past president of TESOL and recipient of the James A. Alatis Award for Distinguished Service, Dr. Brown has lectured to English language teaching audiences around the world.

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Language Assessment provides teachers with a clear presentation of the essentials for assessing second language learning fairly and effectively. This updated second edition includes new research and information on standardized tests, a new chapter on form-focused assessment, and a concise glossary of terms.

 

With a focus on the most common pedagogical challenge – classroom-based assessment – Language Assessment delivers useful tools for evaluating and designing practical, effective assessment techniques.

 

Features:

• Updated references and new information reflecting recent advances and current challenges in the field.
• Classification of assessment techniques ranging from controlled to open-ended item types on a specified continuum of micro- and macroskills of language.
• Systematic treatment of assessment for all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) as well as grammar and vocabulary.
• Discussion of large-scale standardized tests, the ethics of testing, letter grading, and overall evaluation of student performance.
• Comprehensive presentation of alternatives in assessment, such as portfolios, journals, conferences, observations, interviews, and self- or peer-assessment.

 New Features

• Chapter objectives that preview content and goals
• A new chapter on form-focused assessment
• An appendix of commercially available tests
• A concise glossary of assessment terms

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson ELT
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0138149313
• ISBN 13: 9780138149314
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Pearson Longman; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia \n Via Arconati, 1 ?; Milano; 20135; Italien