The Language Testing Cycle: From Inception to Washback. Series S, Number 13.

Sonst. Personen	Wigglesworth, Gillian (Hrsg.); Elder, Catherine (Hrsg.)
Institution	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, Clayton.
Titel	The Language Testing Cycle: From Inception to Washback. Series S, Number 13.
Quelle	(1996), (247 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISSN	0817-9514
Schlagwörter	Applied Linguistics; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Hindi; Language Research; Language Tests; Languages for Special Purposes; Second Language Instruction; Test Construction; Test Interpretation; Test Use; Testing; Testing Problems; Time Factors (Learning); Uncommonly Taught Languages; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Sprachforschung; Language test; Sprachtest; Sprachhandlungsfähigkeit; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Testaufbau; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Testanwendung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Minderheitensprache; Australien
Abstract	A selection of essays on language testing includes: "Perspectives on the Testing Cycle: Setting the Scene" (Catherine Elder, Gillian Wigglesworth); "The Politicisation of English: The Case of the STEP Test and the Chinese Students" (Lesleyanne Hawthorne); "Developing Language Tests for Specific Populations" (Rosemary Baker); "Developing Rating Scales for the Assessment of Second Language Performance" (Carolyn E. Turner, John A. Upshur); "Administering a Performance Test in Fiji Hindi" (Nikhat Shameen, John Read); "Specific-Purpose Language Performance Tests: Task and Interaction" (Tom Lumley, Annie Brown); "Rasch Scaling: How Valid Is It as the Basis for Content-Referenced Descriptors of Test Performance?" (Joy McQueen); "Test Interpretation, Test Use, and Pedagogical Implications" (Micheline Chalhoub-Deville); and "Investigating Washback in Japanese EFL Classrooms: Problems of Methodology" (Yoshinori Watanabe). (MSE)
Anmerkungen	Linguistics, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC