English Language Proficiency Assessments for Young Learners (Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment at ETS) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138940356 ISBN 13: 9781138940352

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

English Language Proficiency Assessments for Young Learners provides both theoretical and empirical information about assessing the English language proficiency of young learners. Using large-scale standardized English language proficiency assessments developed for international or U.S. contexts as concrete examples, this volume illustrates rigorous processes of developing and validating assessments with considerations of young learners’ unique characteristics. In this volume, young learners are defined as school-age children from approximately 5 to 13 years old, learning English as a foreign language (EFL) or a second language (ESL). This volume also discusses innovative ways to assess young learners’ English language abilities based on empirical studies, with each chapter offering stimulating ideas for future research and development work to improve English language assessment practices with young learners. English Language Proficiency Assessments for Young Learners is a useful resource for students, test developers, educators, and researchers in the area of language testing and assessment.

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About the Author

Mikyung Kim Wolf is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for English Language Learning and Assessment Research at Educational Testing Service.

Yuko Goto Butler is Associate Professor in the Educational Linguistics Division and Director of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, U.S.A.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138940356
• ISBN 13: 9781138940352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Kim Wolf Mikyung, Butler Yuko Goto