The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities

Introduction
Tobias Haug, Wolfgang Mann, & Ute Knoch

Topic 1: Development of First Language Assessments
Chapter 1.1: Issues Related to the Development of Spoken Language Tests for L1 Children
Penny Roy & Shula Chiat
Chapter 1.2: Issues in the Development of Signed Language Tests for Deaf Children
Ros Herman & Kate Rowley
Chapter 1.3: Discussion: Developing Tests of Spoken and Signed Language Development
Shula Chiat, Ros Herman, Kate Rowley & Penny Roy

Topic 2: Score Use and Interpretation of First Language Assessments
Chapter 2.1: Score Use and Interpretation of Standardized Assessments of Hearing L1
Bernard Camillieri
Chapter 2.2: How to Use and Interpret Scores on Signed Language Tests for Primary Language Users
Charlotte Enns & Patrick Boudreault
Chapter 2.3: Discussion of Issues Related to Score Use and Interpretation of Spoken and Signed Language Assessments
Patrick Boudreault, Bernard Camilleri, & Charlotte Enns

Topic 3: Dynamic Assessment of Language Learning
Chapter 3.1: Dynamic Assessment of Learners of a Spoken Language
Natalie Hasson
Chapter 3.2: Using Dynamic Assessment to Assess the Language and Communication Skills of Signing Deaf Children
Wolfgang Mann, Joanna Hoskin, & Hilary Dumbrill
Chapter 3.3: Discussion on Issues Related to the Use of Dynamic Assessment
Wolfgang Mann, Joanna Hoskin, Natalie Hasson, & Hilary Dumbrill

Topic 4: Assessing Atypical Language Development in Children: The Case of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Chapter 4.1: Assessing Spoken Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Amy Frisbie
Chapter 4.2: Assessing Signed Language Development in Deaf/Signing Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Aaron Shield, Deborah Mood, Nicole Salamy, & Jonathan Henner
Chapter 4.3: Discussion on Assessing Atypical Language Development in Children: The Case of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Amy Kissel Frisbie, Aaron Shield, Deborah Mood, Nicole Salamy, & Jonathan Henner

Topic 5: Assessing Atypical Language Development in Children: The Case of Developmental Language Disorder
Chapter 5.1: Developmental Language Disorder and the Assessment of Spoken Language
Carol-Anne Murphy, Pauline Frizelle, & Cristina McKean
Chapter 5.2: Developmental Language Disorder and the assessment of signed language
David Quinto-Pozos
Chapter 5.3: Discussion on Assessing Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
Carol-Anne Murphy, Pauline Frizelle, Cristina McKean, & David Quintos-Pozos

Topic 6: Assessing Bi- and Multilingual Learners
Chapter 6.1: Assessing the oral language skills of bilinguals with and without Developmental Language Disorders
Lisa M. Bedore, Elizabeth D. Pena, Kathleen Durant, & Stephanie McMillen
Chapter 6.2: Assessing Bilingual Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Kathryn Crowe
Chapter 6.3: Assessment of Bi/multilingual Children
Lisa M. Bedore, Kathryn Crowe, Elizabeth D. Pena, Kathleen Durant, & Stephanie McMillen

Topic 7: Construct Issues in Second Language Assessments
Chapter 7.1: Construct in Assessments of Spoken Language
Susy Macqueen
Chapter 7.2: Construct Issues in Second Signed Language Assessment
Tobias Haug
Chapter 7.3:: Issues in Spoken and Signed Language Assessment Constructs
Susy Macqueen & Tobias Haug

Topic 8: Validation of Second Language Assessments
Chapter 8.1: Validation of Second Language Spoken Assessments
Carol Chapelle and Hye-won Lee
Chapter 8.2: Validation of Signed Language Tests for Adult L2 Learners
Peter Hauser, Krister Schoenstroem & Christian Rathmann
Chapter 8.3: Discussion of Validation Issues in Second Language Assessment
Carol A. Chapelle, Peter C. Hauser, Hye-won Lee, Christian Rathmann, & Krister Schoenstroem

Topic 9: Scoring Issues in Second Spoken and Signed Language Assessment
Chapter 9.1: Scoring Spoken Second Language Assessment
Ute Knoch
Chapter 9.2: Scoring Second Signed Language Assessment
Tobias Haug, Eveline Boers-Visker, Wolfgang Mann, Geoffrey Poor, and Beppie Van den Bogaerde
Chapter 9.3: Discussion on Scoring Issues in Second Language Assessment
Tobias Haug, Ute Knoch & Wolfgang Mann

Topic 10: Discourse Analysis and Language Assessment
Chapter 10.1: Discourse Analysis in Second Language Speaking Assessment
Kellie Frost
Chapter 10.2: Interviewer accommodation in Sign Language Proficiency Interviews
Rachel McKee, Sara Pivac Alexander, & Wenda Walton
Chapter 10.3: Discourse Analysis in Signed and Spoken Language Assessment
Rachel McKee and Kellie Frost

Topic 11: Language Assessment Literacy in Second Language Assessment Contexts
Chapter 11.1: Language Assessment Literacy in Second Spoken Language Assessment
Luke Harding, Benjamin Kremmel, & Kathrin Eberharter
Chapter 11.2: Language Assessment Literacy in Second Signed Language Assessment
Eveline Boers-Visker & Annemiek Hammer
Chapter 11.3: Discussion on Language Assessment Literacy
Eveline Boers-Visker, Kathrin Eberharter, Annemiek Hammer, Luke Harding & Benjamin Kremmel

Topic 12: Use of New Technologies in Second Language Assessment
Chapter 12.1: New Technologies in Second Language Spoken Assessment
Phuong Nguyen & Volker Hegelheimer
Chapter 12.2: Use of New Technologies in L2 Signed Language Assessment
Sarah Ebling, Necati Cihan Camgoez & Richard Bowden
Chapter 12.3: Discussion on New Technologies in Spoken and Signed Language Testing
Sarah Ebling, Phuong Nguyen, Volker Hegelheimer, Cihan Camgoez, & Richard Bowden

Epilogue: Finding common ground in language assessment of signed and spoken language: So far and yet so close
Wolfgang Mann, Tobias Haug, & Ute Knoch