Fairness and Validation in Language Assessment - Selected Papers From 19th Language Testing Research Colloquium,

Klappentext This collection of papers from 19th LTRC brought to sharp focus Fairness in Language Testing. Zusammenfassung This collection of papers from 19th LTRC brought to sharp focus Fairness in Language Testing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Fairness and justice for all; 2. Fairness in language testing; 3. Language! meaning! and marking agenda; 4. Fairnesses in language testing; 5. Enhanced fairness through a social contract; 6. What! if any! are the limits of our responsability for fairness in language testing?; 7. Non-native varieties and issues of fairness in testing English as a world language 8. Assessing the communication skills of veterinary students. Whose criteria? 9. Is it fair to assess native and non-native speakers in common on school foreign language examinations? The case of Italian in Australia; 10. Identifying suspect item bundles for the detection of differential bundle functioning in an EFL reading test: a preliminary study;11. Validation of holistic scores for ESL writing assessment: How raters evaluate compositions12. Ratings! raters and test performance: an exploratory study;13. A job-relevant listening summary translation exam in Minnan;14. Schema theory and selected response item formats: from theory to practice;15. Reading research and its implications for reading assessment; 16. A post-modern view of language assessment.

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• Autori: Antony John Kunnan, Language Testing Research Colloquium, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndica
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Milanovic (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.10.2000
• EAN: 9780521658744
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65874-4
• 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 > Linguistica generale e comparata