Language assessment and programme evaluation / Brian K. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Brian K., author.

Series:

Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics.

Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Evaluation.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Ability testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 182 pages).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615629);This book explores key areas of modern society in which language is used to form power and social relations. These are presented in five sections:Language and the MediaLanguage and OrganisationsLanguage and GenderLanguage and YouthMultilingualism, Identity and EthnicityThis volume examines the overlapping areas of evaluation and assessment, where 'evaluation' is defined as the systematic use of information to make decisions about language teaching programmes and 'assessment' as the systematic use of information to make decisions about individuals and their language ability. A variety of topics are covered, including paradigms and purposes, design techniques, quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting and analysing data, and ethical, social and political considerations in the conduct of evaluation and assessment.The book has two important goals: to underscore the relationships between the enterprises of evaluation and assessment, and to encourage the use of new paradigms in our approaches to these enterprises.Key FeaturesThe first treatment of assessment and evaluation in one volumeExercises and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapterIncludes an extensive bibliography."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editors' Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: paradigms and purposes

2 Designing assessment and evaluation

3 Developing measures of language ability and programme effectiveness

4 Analysing measurement data for assessment and evaluation

5 Developing interpretivist procedures for language assessment and programme evaluation

6 Analysing interpretivist assessment and evaluation information

7 Validity and ethics

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [166]-175) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474470353

1474470351

OCLC:

1238811655