From Testing to Assessment

English An International Language
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-43760-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Applied Linguistics and Language Study

From Testing to Assessment: English as an International Language provides a critical review of conventional and alternative approaches to the assessment of English literacy skills in various parts of the world. It presents empirical studies conducted in three major settings: in countries such as Japan and Brazil where English functions as the language of international commernce; in multilingual countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe where English is the national language of education and government; and in such countries as Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States where English is the dominant language.The book opens with a discussion of language assessment in relation to debates about the nature of literacy; it concludes with a discussion of policy implications, which is grounded in literacy theory as well as in practical constraints such as available human and material resources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, Clifford

Parry, Kate

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Theoretical Considerations

1. Models of literacy: the nature of reading tests, Clifford Hill and Kate Parry

Part II: Reading Tests

2. The Test of Enlgish as a Foreign Language: developing items for reading comprehension, Bonny Norton Peirce

3. An entrance test to Japanese universities: social and historical context, John E. Ingulsrud

4. The test and the text: readers in a Nigerian secondary school, Kate Parry

5. Adult education in the United States: adapting material for reading tests, Clifford Hill and Laurie Anderson

Part III: Literacy Assessment

6. English education in Zimbabwe: testing communicative competence, Kate Allen

7. English for academic purposes in Brazil: the use of summary tasks, Andrew Cohen

8. An adult learner in Canada: watching assessmen take place, Patrick Cummins and Stan Jones

9. Assessing adult literacy in the United Kingdom: the Progress Profile, Deryn Holland and Brian Street

Part IV: Policy Implications

10. Assessing English language and literacy around the world, Clifford Hill and Kate Parry

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Clifford Hill, Kate Parry