TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawkey,Roger
TI  - A modular approach to testing English language skills: the development of the Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS) examinations 
T2  - Studies in language testing
SN  - 0521813514
AV  - PE1128.A2 H376 2004
U1  - 428.0071 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Examinations
KW  - Ability testing
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 546-552) and index; Ch. 1; The linguistic, language teaching and language testing background --; Ch. 2; The Oxford-ARELS examinations : history and characteristics --; Ch. 3; 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 --; Ch. 4; The certificates in English language skills examination : rationale, and development --; Ch. 5; The certificates in English language skills examination : specifications and samples
N2  - "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
ER  -