Revisiting the assessment of second language abilities : from theory to practice /: from theory to practice. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sahbi Hidri, editor.
• Editors: Hidri, Sahbi
• Contents: Part I: Assessing Speaking -- Ch. 1: Assessing Spoken Language Ability: A Many-Facet Rasch Analysis (Sahbi Hidri) -- Ch. 2: Investigating the Use of an EBB Scale for the Assessment of English Language Spoken Proficiency (Stefan O?grady) -- Ch. 3: The Measurement of Language Ability and Impairment in Arabic-speaking Children (Areej Balilah and Lisa Archibald) -- Ch. 4: Developing a Formative Assessment Instrument for an In-Service Speaking Course (Rezvan Rashidi Pourfard) -- Part II: Assessing Writing -- Ch. 5: Does the Feedback Feed Forward? Student Response to and Views of Teacher Feedback in an EFL Academic Writing class (Eddy White) -- Ch. 6: Designing and Rating Academic Writing Tests: Implications for Test Specifications (Amani Mejri) -- Part III: Assessing English for Specific Purposes -- Ch. 7: Academic Writing Needs Assessment: A Case Study of MPH Students, University of Khartoum (Abuelgasim Sabah Elsaid Mohammed) -- Ch. 8: Teachers? Conceptions of Assessment in an ESP Context (Yosra Naimi) -- Part IV: Assessing Translation and Literature -- Ch. 9: Assessing Textual Competence in Translation into a Second Language (Tamara Kavytska and Olga Kvasova) -- Ch. 10: Assessing Literature for the Classroom among Female Learners of English in an EFL Context in Saudi Arabia (Manal Qutub) -- Part V: Assessing Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar -- Ch. 11: Assessing Two Strategies of Vocabulary Learning (Manal Sabbah) -- Ch. 12: Testing Usefulness of Reading Comprehension Exams among First Year Students of English at the Tertiary Level in Tunisia (Yassmine Mattoussi) -- Ch. 13: Techniques in Teaching and Testing Vocabulary for Learners of English in an EFL Context (Imen Riahi) -- Ch 14: Testing Grammar in an EFL Context (Yasmine Chniti) -- Part VI: Assessment Literacy and Test Fairness -- Ch. 15: Continuous Cumulative Assessment in Higher Education: Coming to grips with Test Enhanced Learning (Katerina Popkova) -- Ch 16: Developing Student Teachers? Classroom Assessment Literacy: The Ukrainian Context (Olga Ukrayinska) -- Ch 17: Valid for the Elites? The Trade-off between Test Fairness and Test Validity (Kioumars Razavipour) -- Ch 18: Student-Related Challenges of Performing Alternative Assessments from the Perspective of Kurdish Tertiary TESOL Teachers (Dler Abdullah Ismael) -- Part VII: Standard Exams and Test-Taking Strategies -- Ch 19: Washback on Language Skills: A Study of EFL Multi-Exam Preparation Classes (Irini Papakamenou) -- Ch. 20: Extending the Scope of the English Exit Exam: A Study from a Ukrainian Classical University (Olesia Liubashenko and Olga Yashenkova) -- Part VIII: Alternative Forms of Assessment -- Ch. 21: Performance-Based Assessment: A Shift towards an Assessment for Learning Culture (Zineb Djoub) -- Ch. 22: Utilizing Dynamic Assessment to Activate EFL Inert Grammar (Mahmoud Ibrahim) -- Ch. 23: Analyzing the Impact of Formal Assessments on EFL Learner?s Use of Language Learning Strategies (Misbah Rosheen Khan and Misbah Afsheen Khan).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 401.93; Education; Language and languages -- Ability testing; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Second language acquisition; Language and languages; Applied linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General; Language and languages -- Ability testing; Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Second language acquisition; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language: reference & general; Education -- Language Experience Approach; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Education; Language Education; Applied Linguistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319628844; 3319628844
• Related ISBNs: 9783319628837; 3319628836
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