TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bachman,Lyle F.
AU  - Palmer,Adrian S.
TI  - Language testing in practice: designing and developing useful language tests 
T2  - Oxford applied linguistics
SN  - 0194371484
AV  - P53.4 .B331 1996
U1  - 418.0076 21
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Ability testing
KW  - Examinations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-370) and index; Part One; Conceptual bases of test development --; 1; Objectives and expectations --; 2; Test usefulness: Qualities of language tests --; 3; Describing tasks: Language use in language tests --; 4; Describing language ability: Language use in language tests --; Part Two; Language test development --; 5; Overview of test development --; 6; Describing, identifying, and defining --; 7; Developing a plan for the evaluation of usefulness --; 8; Identifying, allocating, and managing resources --; 9; Operationalization: Developing test tasks and blueprints --; 10; Preparing effective instructions --; 11; Scoring method --; 12; Language test administration --; Part Three; 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
ER  -