Assessment for Language Teaching / Aek Phakiti and Constant Leung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phakiti, Aek, author.

Leung, Constant, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in language teaching

Elements in Language Teaching Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This Element reviews the key foundational concepts, beliefs, and practices underpinning approaches to assessment in English Language Teaching. Exploring major concepts and practices through educational, social, and ethical perspectives, it offers theoretically informed and close-to-practice descriptions and up-to-date explanations of the affordances and limitations of different assessment approaches related to language teaching. This Element presents a cohesive and pragmatic framework that allows teachers to efficiently implement tests and assessments in their contexts

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Assessment

3. Essential concepts in assessment

4. Types of language assessment

5. Key theoretical and technical concepts

6. Summative assessment design - types and processes

7. Quality aspects in assessment

8. Further developments

Appendix: Test specifications

Glossary of language assessment

References

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 May 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781108946117

1108946119

9781108945356

110894535X

9781108934091

1108934099