Revisiting the Assessment of Second Language Abilities: From Theory to Practice
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| Summary: | IX, 503 p. 45 illus., 12 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Second Language Learning and Teaching,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62884-4 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of 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 UkrainianContext (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).