Language testing in practice : designing and developing useful langauge tests /
Bachman, Lyle F., 1944-
Language testing in practice : designing and developing useful langauge tests / Lyle F. Bachman and Adrian S. Palmer. - Reprinted edition. - vi, 377 pagess : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford applied linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Conceptual bases of test development; Objectives and expectations -- Test usefulness: qualities of language tests -- Describing tasks: language use in language tests -- Describing language ability: Language use in language tests --
Part Two: Language test development; Overview of test development -- Describing, identifying, and defining -- Developing a plan for the evaluation of usefulness -- Identifying, allocating, and managing resources -- Operationalization: developing test tasks and blueprints -- Preparing effective instructions -- Scoring method -- Language test administration --
Part Three: Illustrative test development projects
Relates language testing practice to views of communicative language teaching and testing. Divided into three sections, this book builds on the theoretical background expounded in Bachman's "Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing", and examines the design, planning, and organization of tests.
0194371484 9780194371483
Language and languages--Ability testing.
Examinations--Design and construction.
--Reading book
418.0076 / BAC
Language testing in practice : designing and developing useful langauge tests / Lyle F. Bachman and Adrian S. Palmer. - Reprinted edition. - vi, 377 pagess : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford applied linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Conceptual bases of test development; Objectives and expectations -- Test usefulness: qualities of language tests -- Describing tasks: language use in language tests -- Describing language ability: Language use in language tests --
Part Two: Language test development; Overview of test development -- Describing, identifying, and defining -- Developing a plan for the evaluation of usefulness -- Identifying, allocating, and managing resources -- Operationalization: developing test tasks and blueprints -- Preparing effective instructions -- Scoring method -- Language test administration --
Part Three: Illustrative test development projects
Relates language testing practice to views of communicative language teaching and testing. Divided into three sections, this book builds on the theoretical background expounded in Bachman's "Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing", and examines the design, planning, and organization of tests.
0194371484 9780194371483
Language and languages--Ability testing.
Examinations--Design and construction.
--Reading book
418.0076 / BAC