Testing for Language Teachers.

Autor/in	Hughes, Arthur
Titel	Testing for Language Teachers.
Quelle	(1989), (181 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-521-27260-2
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Aptitude Tests; Foreign Countries; Grammar; Language Teachers; Language Tests; Oral Language; Reading Tests; Second Languages; Test Construction; Test Interpretation; Test Reliability; Test Use; Test Validity; Testing; Vocabulary Development; Writing Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Ausland; Grammatik; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Lesetest; Second language; Zweitsprache; Testaufbau; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Testreliabilität; Testanwendung; Testvalidität; Testdurchführung; Testen; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	The book is designed to help language teachers write better tests, taking the view that test construction is an exercise in problem-solving, with every teaching situation presenting a different problem that an understanding of the underlying principles of testing can help solve. Examples are given from testing of English as a Second Language (ESL). The first chapter discusses the relationship between teaching and testing, and the second presents the notion of testing as problem-solving. Various kinds of tests (proficiency, achievement, diagnostic, placement) and testing (direct/indirect, discrete-point/integrative, norm-referenced/criterion-referenced, objective/subjective, communicative) are reviewed in the third chapter. Test validity and reliability are discussed in chapters 4 and 5. The potential for "beneficial backwash," or learning from the testing experience, is explored in chapter 6. Chapters 7 and 8 outline stages in test construction (writing specifications, writing the test, pretesting, validation) and techniques for testing overall ability through multiple-choice items. Five subsequent chapters discuss testing techniques in relation to particular abilities: writing; oral ability; reading; listening; and grammar and vocabulary. A final chapter lists considerations and procedures in test administration. An article on statistical analysis of test results, questions from one standardized English test, a bibliography, and an index are appended. (MSE)
Anmerkungen	Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th St., New York, NY 1011-4211 (paperback: ISBN-0-521-27260-2, $14.95; clothbound: ISBN-0-521-25264-4, $39.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01