Revisiting the Assessment of Second Language Abilities: From Theory to Practice

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hidri, Sahbi (Editor)
Summary:IX, 503 p. 45 illus., 12 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
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).