TY  - GEN
T1  - Handbook of Second Language Assessment
T2  - Handbooks of applied linguistics ;
A2  - Tsagari, Dina
A2  - Banerjee, Jayanti
LA  - English
PP  - Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
YR  - 2016
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn933446721
AB  - Second language assessment is ubiquitous. It has found its way from education into questions about access to professions and migration. This volume focuses on the main debates and research advances in second language assessment in the last fifty years or so, showing the influence of linguistics, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and psychometrics. There are four parts which, when taken together, address the principles and practices of second language assessment while considering its impact on society. Read separately, each part addresses a different aspect of the field. Part I deals with the conceptual foundations of second language assessment with chapters on the purposes of assessment, and standards and frameworks, as well as matters of scoring, quality assurance, and test validation. Part II addresses the theory and practice of assessing different second language skills including aspects like intercultural competence and fluency. Part III examines the challenges and opportunities of second language assessment in a range of contexts. In addition to chapters on second language assessment on a national scale, there are chapters on learning-oriented assessment, as well as the uses of second language assessment in the workplace and for migration. Part IV examines a selection of important issues in the field that deserve attention. These include the alignment of language examinations to external frameworks, the increasing use of technology to both deliver and score second language tests, the responsibilities associated with assessing test takers with special needs, the concept of 'voice' in second language assessment, and assessment literacy for teachers and other test and score users.
OP  - 437
CN  - P118 .H365 2016eb
SN  - 9781614513827
SN  - 1614513821
SN  - 9781501500862
SN  - 1501500864
SN  - 9781614515425
SN  - 1614515425
KW  - Second language acquisition : Evaluation : Handbooks, manuals, etc.
KW  - Second language acquisition : Ability testing : Handbooks, manuals, etc.
KW  - Language and languages : Study and teaching : Evaluation : Handbooks, manuals, etc.
KW  - Langue seconde : Acquisition : Évaluation : Guides, manuels, etc.
KW  - Langue seconde : Acquisition : Tests d'aptitude : Guides, manuels, etc.
KW  - Langage et langues : Étude et enseignement : Évaluation : Guides, manuels, etc.
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY : Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Alphabets & Writing Systems.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Grammar & Punctuation.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Linguistics : General.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Readers.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Spelling.
KW  - Language and languages : Study and teaching : Evaluation
KW  - Second language acquisition : Ability testing
KW  - Second language acquisition : Evaluation
KW  - Fremdsprachenlernen
KW  - Fremdsprachenkenntnis
KW  - Sprachunterricht
KW  - handbooks.
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
KW  - Handbooks and manuals.
KW  - Guides et manuels.
ER  -