Testing the Untestable in Language Education /

Testing the Untestable in Language Education / / ed. by Amos Paran, Lies Sercu.

The testing and assessment of language competence continues to be a much debated issue in foreign language teaching and research. This book is the first one to address the testing of four important dimensions of foreign language education which have been left largely unconsidered: learner autonomy,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Benson, Phil,
Dam, Leni,
Korhonen, Kaisu,
Lamb, Terry,
Legenhausen, Lienhard,
Leung, Constant,
Liddicoat, Anthony J.,
Lin, Hui-Wei,
Low, Marylin,
Mohan, Bernard,
Paran, Amos,
Scarino, Angela,
Sercu, Lies,
Slater, Tammy,
Spiro, Jane,
HerausgeberIn:
Paran, Amos,
Sercu, Lies,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. More than Language: The Additional Faces of Testing and Assessment in Language Learning and Teaching
  • Part 1: Intercultural Competence
  • 2. Assessing Intercultural Competence: More Questions than Answers
  • 3. Interculturally Savvy or Not? Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence in the Context of Learning for Business
  • 4. Eliciting the Intercultural in Foreign Language Education at School
  • Part 2: Autonomy
  • 5. Measuring Autonomy: Should We Put Our Ability to the Test?
  • 6. Assessment of Autonomy or Assessment for Autonomy? Evaluating Learner Autonomy for Formative Purposes
  • 7. Learners Reflecting on Learning: Evaluation versus Testing in Autonomous Language Learning
  • Part 3: Literature
  • 8. Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Dilemmas of Testing Language and Literature
  • 9. Crossing the Bridge from Appreciative Reader to Reflective Writer: The Assessment of Creative Process
  • 10. The Taming of the Immeasurable: An Empirical Assessment of Language Awareness
  • Part 4: Language and Content
  • 11. Assessing Language and Content: A Functional Perspective
  • 12. Teachers and Texts: Judging What English Language Learners Know From What They Say
  • 13. Towards Systematic and Sustained Formative Assessment of Causal Explanations in Oral Interactions

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