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Modern Languages in Practice

Validation in Language Testing



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Edited by: Alister H. Cumming
Richard Berwick
 
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Format: Paperback (pp: 251)   ISBN: 1-85359-295-1
Publication date: 22 Sep 1995   13 Digit ISBN: 978-1-85359-295-9

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Summary:
Twelve empirical studies take innovative approaches to validate specific language tests and their impact in different parts of the world. An introductory chapter reviews theories of test validation, distinguishing between techniques for validation presented in following chapters.

Contents:
1. Developing rating scales for the Cambridge assessment of spoken English, M. Milanovic et al.
2. Validation of a new holistic rating scale using Rash multi-faceted analysis, B. Tyndall and D. Mann Kenyon.
3. Hypothesis testing in construct validation, S. Cushing Weigle and B. Lynch.
4. An investigation into the validity of written indicators of second language proficiency, A. Cumming and D. Mellow.
5. Multiple-choice summary, A. Huhta and E. Randell.
6. Using the information curve to assess the efficiency of computerized adaptive language testing, M. Laurier.
7. Comparing the scaling of speaking tasks by language teachers and by the ACTFL guidelines, C. Stansfield and D. Mann Kenyon.
8. A communicative test in analysis: strategies in reading authentic texts, I. Wijgh.
9. What makes an ESP reading test appropriate for its candidates? C. Clapham.
10. Examining washback: the Sri Lankan impact study, D. Wall and C. Alderson.
11. The role of the segmental dictionary in professional validation, A. Davies.
12. Language testing courses, K. Bailey and J.D. Brown.

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