Studies in Language Testing 3

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 fm.author_biographical_note2 Klappentext This volume contains a selection of research papers that were presented at the 15th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC). Zusammenfassung This volume contains a selection of research papers that were presented at the 15th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Cross-cultural pragmatics in oral proficiency; 2 Decision dependability of subtests! tests and the overall TOEFL test battery; 3 Development of new proficiency based skill level descriptors for translation: theory and practice; 4 Comparing test difficulty and text reliability in the evaluation of an extensive reading programme; 5 Performance assessment and the components of the oral construct across different tests and rater groups; 6 Applying ethical standard of portfolio assessment of writing English as a Second Language; 7 Equating national exams of foreign language reading comprehension; 8 Taking a multifaceted view of the unidimensional measurement from Rasch analysis in language tests; 9 A qualitative approach to monitoring examiner conduct in CASE; 10 Linguistics accuracy versus coherence in assessing examination answers in content subjects; 11 A study of the Decision-making Behaviour of Composition Markers; 12 What raters really pay attention to; 13 A study of writing tasks assigned in academic degree programs: a report on stage 1 of the project; 14 Content validity in tests for well-defined LSP domains: an approach to defining what is to be tested; 15 Early bilingualism! cognition and Assessment; 16 A comparative study of four ESL placement instruments

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• Autori: L. F. Bachman, Language Testing Research Colloquium, Michael Milanovic, University Of Cambridge Local Examinatio, University Of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Milanovic (Editore), Nick Saville (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.1998
• EAN: 9780521484657
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48465-7
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: Print on demand titles
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Letture / interpretazioni / ausili per la lettura > Inglese; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature