Hughes, Arthur.

Testing for language teachers. - ix, 172 p. - Cambridge handbooks for language teachers . - Cambridge handbooks for language teachers. .

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Teaching and testing -- Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book -- Kinds of tests and testing -- Validity -- Reliability -- Achieving beneficial backwash -- Stages of test development -- Common test techniques -- Testing writing -- Testing oral ability -- Testing reading -- Testing listening -- Testing grammar and vocabulary -- Testing overall ability -- Tests for young learners -- Test administration -- The statistical analysis of test data -- Item banking -- Questions on the New Zealand youth hostels passage -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3.

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