Assessment and ESL
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The revised and expanded edition of this bestseller is a comprehensive, easy-to-read resource that explores the theory and practice of ESL assessment. Written for anyone working with English-language learners (elementary and secondary, mainstream and ESL), this new edition of Assessment and ESL presents ideas and tools for alternative assessment. The authors offer methods of documenting the learning and progress of second-language learners-learning and progress that may not always be apparent at first glance. Like the previous edition, the new edition is filled with real stories about students who take baby steps, progress in leaps and bounds toward proficiency, and eventually learn to fly on their own.
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Barbara Law, PhD, has taught ESL students at all levels. As an ESL specialist and university professor, she has provided support and direction for regular classroom teachers working with multilingual classes. Barbara currently conducts teacher training, most recently for the U.S. Department of State, in Syria. https://leftytighty.wordpress.com/
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CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (2007)
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1995)
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Kiss Me Teacher: WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW
Chapter 2. What Shape Will We Use? Red! TESTING VS. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ASSESSMENT
Chapter 3. Determining the Navel Assigned to the Factor: PLACEMENT
Chapter 4. We're Working Hardly: EMERGING LITERACY
Chapter 5. Diving for Pearls in their Shelves: HOW AND WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
Chapter 6. The Santa Maria, the Pimpas, the Ninny Sailing with Bafl af 's Dog: RECORDING YOUR OBSERVATIONS THROUGH CHECKLISTS,RUBRICS, ANECDOTES, AND CONFERENCES
Chapter 7. Finding the Perimeter of a Pollyollygon: EXITING
Chapter 8. The Final Nail in the Coffee: GRADES
Chapter 9. Lunching Several Measures: PRESENTING THE INFORMATION TO STAKEHOLDERS
Chapter 10. Converting Fahrenheit into Cellulose: STANDARDS
Chapter 11. Fight to the Spinach! MAKING THE CHANGE
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
