The Concise Companion to Language Assessment - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1394179596 ISBN 13: 9781394179596

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024

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The field of language assessment is an active and ever-changing field of applied linguistics scholarship. With interconnections with many linguistic subfields--from language teaching to language policy to the sociolinguistics of immigration--language assessment has a real, measurable impact on the lives of language learners, both in the contexts of first and foreign language learning. In an increasingly globalized world, language assessment must continue to evolve in concert with the needs of language learners worldwide.
 
First published in 2014, The Companion to Language Assessment was the first works of its kind. As a four-volume major reference work, it brought together the full field of language assessment into a comprehensive resource that examined all aspects of language assessment across 35 world languages. Building upon the success of the major reference work, The Concise Companion to Language Assessment will collect a selection of some of the most popular chapters from the full work, along with a large selection of wholly new chapters, in a single-volume edition for undergraduate, post-graduate, and graduate students studying language assessment, language teaching and learning, TESOL, second language acquisition, language policy, and other related fields. The Concise Companion accounts for the most recent changes in the field through an increased focus on technology in language assessment and classroom-based assessment, with new coverage of learning-oriented assessment, teacher-based assessment, teacher assessment literacy, writing, pronunciation, speaking, plurilingual assessment, assessment for immigration, and many others. The Concise Companion will also include an almost entirely new selection of articles on innovations in assessment, and throughout the work, new emphasis will be placed on the impacts of colonialism and discrimination on the history of language assessment.
 
In 56 chapters--29 of which will be new-- The Concise Companion to Language Assessment will provide an ideal reference for students pursuing degrees in applied linguistics who are interested in working in language assessment, education, and policy. It is sure to become a standard recommended text for the next generation of applied linguistics students.

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ANTONY JOHN KUNNAN is a specialist in language assessment research who has held academic positions in many universities including ones in Bangalore, Los Angeles, Yerevan, Taichung, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Macau. He has published widely on various topics including validation and fairness and policy and practice for immigration and citizenship. His most recent authored book is Evaluating Language Assessments published in 2018. He was the founding Editor of Language Assessment Quarterly, the founding President of the Asian Association for Language Assessment, and the past President of the International Language Testing Association. In 2024, he was awarded the Cambridge-ILTA Distinguished Achievement Award in language assessment.

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A state-of-the-art overview of the critical areas of language assessment

The dynamic field of language assessment has a tangible impact on the lives of language learners. Consequently, modern assessment approaches must continue to evolve to meet the needs of first- and second-language learners in our increasingly globalized world.

The Concise Companion to Language Assessment combines newly commissioned articles on recent innovations in assessment with an expertly curated selection of chapters from The Companion to Language Assessment, the landmark four-volume reference work first published a decade ago.

Organized around eight themes, The Concise Companion examines a broad range of language assessment topics, from fundamental assessment methods to cutting-edge AI implementations. In forty-five chapters, both established and newer scholars discuss assessment conceptualization, development, research, and policy, as well as developments in independent and integrated language skills assessment, learning-oriented assessment, teacher-based assessment, assessment for immigration and citizenship, and psychometric and technological contributions to assessment.

Addressing multiple assessment environments, including classrooms, universities, employment, and Immigration and citizenship, The Concise Companion to Language Assessment is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses and researchers and policy makers in applied linguistics, language assessment, TESOL, second language acquisition, and language policy.

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1394179596
• ISBN 13: 9781394179596
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 704
• Herausgeber: Kunnan Antony John
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