Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment
A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman
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Beschreibung
This edited book is a collection of papers, written by language assessment professionals to reflect the guidance of Professor Lyle F. Bachman, one of the leading second language assessment experts in the field for decades. It has three sub-themes: assessment of evolving language ability constructs, validity and validation of language assessments, and understanding internal structures of language assessments. It provides theoretical guidelines for practical language assessment challenges. Chapters are written by language assessment researchers who graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where Professor Bachman trained them including the book editors.
This edited book is a collection of papers, written by language assessment professionals to reflect the guidance of Professor Lyle F. Bachman, one of the leading second language assessment experts in the field for decades. It has three sub-themes: assessment of evolving language ability constructs, validity and validation of language assessments, and understanding internal structures of language assessments. It provides theoretical guidelines for practical language assessment challenges. Chapters are written by language assessment researchers who graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where Professor Bachman trained them including the book editors.
Provides examples of defining language constructs in diverse settings, such as community college and universities Gives theoretical guidelines for practical language assessment challenges Presents an overview of the work of Lyle Bachman, one of the most renowned language assessment experts
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Gary J. Ockey
Themen in »Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment«
Second Language Assessment English as a Foreign Language Innovative Language Assessments Assessing Oral Communication Assessing English for Specific Purposes Summative Second Language Assessments Formative Second Language Assessments Defining Second Language Constructs