Synopses & Reviews
This is a second edition of this classic text on language testing. Over the years the first edition has established itself as a core text on many ESL teacher training programs. There is no other text that is as comprehensive and accessible as Testing for Language Teachers. All of the chapters for this second edition have been revised and updated. It also has new chapters on tests for young learners and testing overall ability, as well as new and accessible appendices on statistical analysis and item banking. No other book on language testing covers the areas that all language teachers need to know when testing their students' language skills.
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This second edition remains the most practical guide for teachers who want to have a better understanding of the role of testing in language teaching. It has a new chapter on testing young learners and expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability.
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This second edition remains the most practical guide to testing language. It has a new chapter on testing young learners.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and indexes.
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This second edition of the best selling book on language testing remains the most practical guide for teachers who want to have a better understanding of the role of testing in language teaching. It has a new chapter on testing young learners and expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability. There is also an additional appendix on item banking and a revised appendix on statistical analysis of test data. The principles and practice of testing are still presented in a logical, accessible way and guidance is given for the reader to devise their own tests.
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Hughes offers practical and realistic guidance on how to create a good test. The author pays special attention to the effect of testing on teaching - a test should not only be reliable and valid but should also have a positive effect on teaching. Chapters on the testing of writing, oral ability, reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary, and test administration are included. Also included are testing techniques that have been proven to be useful for teachers, and statistics that enable teachers to interpret test results. Reader activities can be found at the end of each chapter.
Table of Contents
1 Teaching and testing; 2 Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book ; 3 Kinds of tests and testing; 4 Validity; 5 Reliability; 6 Achieving beneficial backwash; 7 Common test techniques; 8 Stages of test development; 9 Testing writing; 10 Testing oral ability; 11 Testing reading; 12 Testing listening; 13 Testing grammar and vocabulary; 14 Testing overall ability; 15 Tests for young learners; 16 Test administration