Assessment of Second Language Performance.

Autor/in	Lumley, Tom
Institution	National Languages and Literacy Inst., Melbourne (Australia).
Titel	Assessment of Second Language Performance.
Quelle	(1996) 11, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Allied Health Occupations Education; College Students; Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Language Teachers; Language Tests; Performance Tests; Predictive Validity; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages; Teacher Certification; Teacher Competency Testing; Tourism; Trend Analysis; Vocational English (Second Language); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache; Tourismus; Trendanalyse; Australien
Abstract	A discussion of current second language testing trends and practices in Australia focuses on the use of performance assessment, providing examples of its application in four specific contexts: an occupational English test used for to assess job-related English language skills as part of the certification procedure for health professionals; performance tests developed to assess the language skills of second language teachers; an oral interaction test for tour guides; and English-as-a-Second-Language tests for prospective university students. Issues discussed in these contexts include how tasks are selected for inclusion in the tests, what really gets assessed in a performance test, whether overall language proficiency can be assessed with a performance test, whether such assessment can be fair, whether abilities other than productive performance can be tested, and the advantages and disadvantages of this form of testing. Contains 19 references. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC