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844222
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Green, Anthony,1966-
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| Title & Author
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Exploring language assessment and testing : : language in action /\ Anthony Green.
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| Publication Statement
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London, New York :: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group,, 2014.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge introductions to applied linguistics
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xvii, 269 pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0415597234
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: 0415597242
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: 9780415597234
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: 9780415597241
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9781315889627
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.
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| Contents
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Contents note continued: 6. Assessing productive and interactive skills -- Defining productive and interactive language abilities -- Purposes for assessment -- Assessment design -- Speaking tasks -- Task review -- Trying out material -- Scoring performance -- Score reporting and feedback -- Standard setting -- Part III -- 7. Multiplication and division: trends in language assessment -- Introduction -- What to test? Constructs -- The psycholinguistic---socio-linguistic phase -- Integrative testing -- The mastery learning movement -- Two approaches to score interpretation -- Pragmatic tests and the unitary competence hypothesis -- The `promised land' of communicative testing -- Rapprochement: communicative language ability -- Developments in formative assessment -- Assessment wars: teacher assessment versus external tests -- Ethical and critical language assessment -- Higher, wider, deeper: some emerging trends in language assessment -- Last words -- 8.Commentary on selected tasks.
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Machine generated contents note: Part I -- 1. Putting language assessment in its place -- Language as evidence about people -- Assessment and testing -- 2. Purposes for assessment -- Purposes for assessment -- Educational assessment in teaching and learning -- 3. The practice of language assessment -- Building quality systems for language assessment -- Effective assessment comes at a PRICE -- The assessment cycle -- 4. The qualities of effective assessment systems -- Four qualities of useful assessments -- Practicality -- Reliability -- Validity -- Interpretative arguments: assessing the evidence -- Assessments as maps -- Beneficial consequences -- Summary: the right tool for the job -- Part II -- 5. Assessing receptive skills -- Defining reading and listening abilities -- Specifications -- Assessing grammar and vocabulary -- Preparing items for assessing reading and listening -- Trying out material -- Scoring performance -- Score reporting and feedback -- Standard setting.
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| Abstract
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Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates.
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Language and languages-- Ability testing.
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Language and languages-- Study and teaching.
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Language and languages-- Ability testing.
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Language and languages-- Study and teaching.
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Languages.
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Languages.
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Langues-- Étude et enseignement.
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Tests linguistiques.
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| Dewey Classification
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418.0076
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| LC Classification
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P53.G675 2014
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