Assessing speaking

Speaking is a central yet complex area of language acquisition. The assessment of this crucial skill is equally complex. This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking as well as through current tests of speaking. The book then guides language testers through the stages of test tasks, rating practices and design

Assessing reading

This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the assessment of reading in a foreign or second language

Assessing languages for specific purposes

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in evaluating languages for specific purposes (LSP).

Assessing language through computer technology

In 1998 and 1999, three of the largest providers of educational tests introduced computer-based versions of proficiency tests for English as a foreign language. Around the same time, many institutions began to offer Web-based tests for particular language courses and classes. These two phenomena have greatly added to the momentum of work in computer-assisted testing and mean that assessment thr…

Assessing grammar

A renewed interest in grammar, from pedagogical and research perspectives, has created the need for new approaches to assessing the grammatical ability of language learners. This book presents a comprehensive framework of second language grammatical knowledge and uses this as a base to help readers create their own assessment tools to test students' grammar.

Achieving success in second language acquisition

Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above, this textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user. It teaches students to understand their own preferences in learning, develop individual learning plans and approaches, and select appropriate learning strategies. Each chapter contains an overview and review section, with learning act…

Planning Lesson and Courses : Designing Sequences of Work for the Language Cl…

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Five minutes activities for young learners

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9780511629631

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Second language listening : theory and practice

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0521786479

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Teach talk: better English through reading in science and technology

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