This book contains 10 empirical studies of English language learning, teaching and testing where English is an additional language. Focusing on English-as-a-Foreign-Language contexts, they involve varied learner populations, from children to yo...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-Feb-2018, Paperback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108437691)
The Discourse of the IELTS Speaking Test provides a unique dual perspective on the evaluation of spoken discourse in that it combines a detailed portrayal of the design of a face-to-face speaking test with its actual implementation in interactional...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-Dec-2014, Hardback, Leidėjas: Peter Lang AG, ISBN-13: 9783631656556)
Liontou presents students, academics, researchers, and practitioners with an investigation of a range of linguistic features that characterize texts used at the independent user and proficient user levels of the Greek State Certificate of English Lan...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Jul-2014, Hardback, Leidėjas: Peter Lang AG, ISBN-13: 9783631653791)
Testing of second language pragmatics has grown as a research area but still suffers from a tension between construct coverage and practicality. In this book, the authors describe the development and validation of a web-based test of second language...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 28-Nov-2013, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ISBN-13: 9783034314176)
To facilitate comparing different tests of Japanese learners of English, Inoue explores evidence for equivalence between different spoken narrative tasks, and identifies which variables can be used to establish such evidence. She details the methodol...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Jun-2011, Hardback, Leidėjas: Peter Lang AG, ISBN-13: 9783631617236)
Paired speaking tests are increasingly used in both low- and high-stakes second language assessment contexts. Until recently, very little was known about the way in which raters interpret and apply descriptors relating to interactional competence to...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Jan-2011, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ISBN-13: 9783034304702)
Communicative language teaching is based on the notion that involving learners in interactive tasks where meaningful dialogue and functional language is transferred will promote learning. Curriculum development, which includes assessment, must integr...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Jan-2009, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Peter Lang AG, ISBN-13: 9783631564967)
This book intends to provide a theoretical overview of examining candidates oral abilities in different examination formats. In particular, it explores specific partner effects on discourse outcomes and proficiency ratings in the framework of paired...Daugiau...
Serija: Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Mar-2005, Paperback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9780521544726)
This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by smallwords, such as well, sort of, and you know, in bringing abo...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Mar-2005, Hardback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9780521836135)
This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by smallwords, such as well, sort of, and you know, in bringing abou...Daugiau...
