
Testing Second Language Speaking
Glenn Fulcher(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 2016
Book
Hardback
310 pages
978-1-138-13979-4 (ISBN)
Description
The testing and assessment of second language learners is an essential part of the language learning process. Glenn Fulcher's Testing Second Language Speaking is a state-of-the-art volume that considers the assessment of speaking from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives.
The book offers the first systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the testing of second language speaking. Written in a clear and accessible manner, it covers:
Explanations of the process of test design
Costing test design projects
How to put the test into practice
Evaluation of speaking tests
Task types for testing speaking
Testing learners with disabilities
It also contains a wealth of examples, including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects.
Successfully integrating practice and theory, this book demystifies the process of testing speaking and provides a thorough treatment of the key ethical and technical issues in speaking evaluation.
The book offers the first systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the testing of second language speaking. Written in a clear and accessible manner, it covers:
Explanations of the process of test design
Costing test design projects
How to put the test into practice
Evaluation of speaking tests
Task types for testing speaking
Testing learners with disabilities
It also contains a wealth of examples, including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects.
Successfully integrating practice and theory, this book demystifies the process of testing speaking and provides a thorough treatment of the key ethical and technical issues in speaking evaluation.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
634 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-13979-4 (9781138139794)
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Testing Second Language Speaking
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10/2014
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Testing Second Language Speaking
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Testing Second Language Speaking
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Person
Glenn Fulcher is Director, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Dundee
Content
Preface 1. The history of testing second language speaking 2. Defining the construct 3. Tasks for second language speaking tests 4. Rating scales 5. Test specifications 6. Raters, training and administration 7. Evaluating second language speaking tests 8. Researching second language speaking tests ReferencesAppendicesIndex