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Assessment for Language Teaching

Assessment for Language Teaching

Assessment for Language Teaching

Aek Phakiti, University of Sydney
Constant Leung, King’s College London
May 2024
Available
Hardback
9781009468152

    This Element reviews the key foundational concepts, beliefs, and practices underpinning approaches to assessment in English Language Teaching. Exploring major concepts and practices through educational, social, and ethical perspectives, it offers theoretically informed and close-to-practice descriptions and up-to-date explanations of the affordances and limitations of different assessment approaches related to language teaching. This Element presents a cohesive and pragmatic framework that allows teachers to efficiently implement tests and assessments in their contexts.

    Product details

    May 2024
    Hardback
    9781009468152
    112 pages
    235 × 159 × 11 mm
    0.31kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Language assessment
    • 3. Essential concepts in assessment
    • 4. Types of language assessment
    • 5. Essential theoretical and technical concepts
    • 6. Summative assessment design – Types and processes
    • 7. A way forward
    • Appendix: Test specifications
    • Glossary
    • References.
      Authors
    • Aek Phakiti , University of Sydney
    • Constant Leung , King’s College London