Language testing in practice : designing and developing useful language tests /
Lyle F. Bachman and Adrian S. Palmer.
- vi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Oxford applied linguistics .
- Oxford applied linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-370) and index.
Conceptual bases of test development -- Objectives and expectations -- Test usefulness: Qualities of language tests -- Describing tasks: Language use in language tests -- Describing language ability: Language use in language tests -- Language test development -- Overview of test development -- Describing, identifying, and defining -- Developing a plan for the evaluation of usefulness -- Identifying, allocating, and managing resources -- Operationalization: Developing test tasks and blueprints -- Preparing effective instructions -- Scoring method -- Language test administration -- Illustrative test development projects -- Project 1 High-stakes selection and placement test for students entering a university writing program -- Project 2 Selection / placement test for telephone company employees -- Project 3 Syllabus-based diagnostic achievement test for students in an ESP program -- Project 4 Exit test for students in an adult education conversation course for immigrants -- Project 5 High-stakes ESP screening test for making hiring and training decisions -- Project 6 Placement test for an ESL reading course -- Project 7 Employment / placement / achievement test for immigrants in a government-funded vocational training ESL course -- Project 8 Classroom achievement tests for an introductory German course -- Project 9 Classroom achievement test for the reading component of the Korean-English two-way bilingual immersion program -- Project 10 Syllabus-based EFL progress test for primary school children. Part One. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part Two. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part Three.
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Language and languages--Ability testing Language and languages--Examinations