Language testing : theories and practices /
edited by Barry O'Sullivan.
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- xviii, 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: TEST THEORIES, EVIDENCE AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE -- PART II: BROADENING THE BOUNDARIES: NEW RESEARCH APPROACHES -- PART III: ISSUES OF LOCALISATION AND FRAGMENTATION -- PART IV: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR POLARISATION: TESTERS AND TEST STAKEHOLDERS -- Index.
"Based in the present, but with the main focus on the future, international contributors give a coherent overview of some of the key contemporary issues in Language Testing, but crucially also offer the reader insight into the future direction of the field"--
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Language and languages--Ability testing.
Language and languages--Examinations.
Language and languages--Study and teaching.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
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Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: TEST THEORIES, EVIDENCE AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE -- PART II: BROADENING THE BOUNDARIES: NEW RESEARCH APPROACHES -- PART III: ISSUES OF LOCALISATION AND FRAGMENTATION -- PART IV: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR POLARISATION: TESTERS AND TEST STAKEHOLDERS -- Index.
"Based in the present, but with the main focus on the future, international contributors give a coherent overview of some of the key contemporary issues in Language Testing, but crucially also offer the reader insight into the future direction of the field"--
9780230230637 (pbk.)
2011004150
Language and languages--Ability testing.
Language and languages--Examinations.
Language and languages--Study and teaching.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
P53 / .L3647 2011
402.8/7