Language Testing in School. AFinLA Yearbook 1985. No. 41.

Sonst. Personen	Kohonen, Viljo (Hrsg.); Pitkanen, Antti J. (Hrsg.)
Institution	Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics, Helsinki.
Titel	Language Testing in School. AFinLA Yearbook 1985. No. 41.
Quelle	(1985), (252 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch; finnisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	951-9388-28-1
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Academic Ability; Communication Skills; Communicative Competence (Languages); Educational Policy; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Language Research; Language Skills; Language Tests; Policy Formation; Redundancy; Second Language Instruction; Test Reliability; Test Use; Test Validity; Czechoslovakia; Finland; Norway; USSR; West Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsstil; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ausland; Sprachforschung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Politische Betätigung; Redundanz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Testreliabilität; Testanwendung; Testvalidität; Tschechoslowakei; Finnland; Norwegen
Abstract	Eighteen papers, 11 in English, and 6 in Finnish and 1 in German are presented on the general theme "Language--Knowledge and Skill," a theme that emphasizes the need to examine the communicative goal in foreign language education from the perspective of both theory and practice. The English-language articles on foreign language testing, following opening remarks at the Heinola seminar by Kalevi Pohjala include: "Criterion- referenced Testing in Foreign Language Teaching" (Sauli Takala); "Tests of Reduced Redundancy--Theory" (Christine Klein-Braley); "Tests of Reduced Redundancy--The C-Test, A Practical Example" (Raatz, Ulrich); "Testing Language Skills in the Norwegian Comprehensive School" (Lars Sigfred Evensen); "Effect of Mixing Ability Groups on Ability Levels Attained" (John H. A. L. de Jong); "Testing Communication Skills in Mixed-Ability Groups" (Viljo Kohonen); "On the Whys and Hows of Language Testing" (Torsten Lindblad); "Current Trends in FL Testing in Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union" (Jan Prucha); "From Testing Research to Educational Policy: Introducing a New Comprehensive Test of Oral Proficiency" (Elana Shohamy, Thea Reves, Yael Bejarano); "Language Testing in German Schools--Theory and Practice" (Bernd Voss); and "The Teaching of Testing: Reliability, Validity, and All That Stuff" (Douglas K. Stevenson). (MSE)
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