Testing for Language Teachers (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) - Hardcover

Hughes, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521252644 ISBN 13: 9780521252645

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The main objective of this text is to assist language teachers in writing better tests. The author defines a good test as one that contains validity, reliability, practicality and a positive reaction. Hughes offers practical and realistic guidance on how to create a good test. The author pays special attention to the effect of testing on teaching - a test should not only be reliable and valid but should also have a positive effect on teaching. Chapters on the testing of writing, oral ability, reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary, and test administration are included. Also included are testing techniques that have been proven to be useful for teachers, and statistics that enable teachers to interpret test results. Reader activities can be found at the end of each chapter.

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Book Description

This second edition remains the most practical guide to testing language. It has a new chapter on testing young learners.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521252644
• ISBN 13: 9780521252645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184