Hawkey, Roger, <br/><br/>
A modular approach to testing English language skills :  the development of the Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS) examinations / 
Roger Hawkey. 
 - xii, 564 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies in language testing ;  16 .
 - Studies in language testing ;  16. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 546-552) and index. 
<br/><br/> The linguistic, language teaching and language testing background --  The Oxford-ARELS examinations : history and characteristics --  The Royal Society of Arts examinations in the communicative use of English as a foreign language (CUEFL), and the University of Cambridge local examinations syndicate certificates in communicative skills in English (CCSE) : history and characteristics --  The certificates in English language skills examination : rationale, and development --  The certificates in English language skills examination : specifications and samples.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5. 
<br/><br/> "This volume documents in some detail the development of the Cambridge ESOL Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS), a suite of modular examinations first offered in 2002. As context for the account of how CELS was conceived, developed, constructed, validated and managed, the book traces the history of various exams which have influenced CELS."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521813514 9780521813518 0521013321 9780521013321 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006270091 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Examinations<br/>English language--Ability testing--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1128.A2  / H376 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>428.0071