
Language Assessment and Programme Evaluation
Brian K. Lynch(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 25. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7486-1562-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines the overlapping areas of evaluation and assessment, where 'evaluation' is defined as the systematic use of information to make decisions about language teaching programmes and 'assessment' as the systematic use of information to make decisions about individuals and their language ability. A variety of topics are covered, including paradigms and purposes, design techniques, quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting and analysing data, and ethical, social and political considerations in the conduct of evaluation and assessment. The book has two important goals: to underscore the relationships between the enterprises of evaluation and assessment, and to encourage the use of new paradigms in our approaches to these enterprises. Features:*The first treatment of assessment and evaluation in one volume*Exercises and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter*Includes an extensive bibliography.
Reviews / Votes
A unique contribution of interest for language educators ! the volume works as an introduction to prominent concerns and procedures in language assessment and program evaluation. Studies in Second Language Acquisition A comprehensive, non-technical introduction to two rapidly evolving specialist fields. Language Awareness A unique contribution of interest for language educators ! the volume works as an introduction to prominent concerns and procedures in language assessment and program evaluation. A comprehensive, non-technical introduction to two rapidly evolving specialist fields.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-1562-9 (9780748615629)
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Language Assessment and Programme Evaluation
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Person
Brian K. Lynch is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University. He has also taught applied linguistics at UCLA and the University of Melbourne, and has worked on English language teaching programmes in China, Mexico, Australia, and the United States.
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction: paradigms and purposes; 2. Designing assessment and evaluation; 3. Developing measures of language ability and program effectiveness; 4. Analysing measurement data for assessment and evaluation; 5. Developing interpretivist procedures for language assessment and program evaluation; 6. Analysing interpretivist assessment and evaluation information; 7. Validity and ethics; References.