TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Rosemary
AU  - Poulter,Monica
TI  - Assessing language teachers' professional skills and knowledge
T2  - Studies in language testing
SN  - 110749978X
AV  - PE1128.A2 A775 2015
U1  - 428.0071 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - English teachers
KW  - Rating of
KW  - Training of
KW  - Standards
KW  - Certification
KW  - Vocational qualifications
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Section 1; History and Background --; Section 2; Development and Assessment --; Section 3; Focus on the Assessment of Specific Criteria --; Section 4; Assessment in Context
N2  - "This volume charts the development of the Cambridge teaching qualifications and tests, and presents case studies demonstrating their impact. Described by teacher and teacher educator Scott Thornbury as 'a very welcome addition to the literature on teacher assessment', this edited volume discusses key issues in assessing language teachers' professional skills and knowledge. It also provides case study illustrations of how teacher knowledge and teaching skills are assessed at pre-service and in-service levels within the framework of the Cambridge English Teaching Qualifications, and includes examples of specific assessment procedures for both teaching knowledge and practical classroom skills"--; "The growth in English language teaching worldwide and the related increase in teacher training programmes of all kinds highlight the need for greater accountability in the assessment of teachers. The need for formal summative assessment has taken on greater importance in training programmes and requires procedures which do not always sit easily with the development process, while transparency of assessment procedures is also increasingly demanded by the candidates themselves. This edited volume discusses key issues in assessing language teachers' professional skills and knowledge and provides case study illustrations of how teacher knowledge and teaching skills are assessed at pre-service and in-service levels within the framework of the Cambridge English Teaching Qualifications. The volume provides: - discussion of ways in which the changing nature of English language teaching has impacted on teacher education and assessment - examples of specific assessment procedures for both teaching knowledge and practical classroom skills - accounts of the ways in which the Cambridge English Teaching Qualifications have been integrated into and adapted for local contexts. This is the first volume of its kind wholly dedicated to language teacher assessment and as such will be of interest to language teachers and teacher educators as well as to researchers and postgraduate students"--
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