Changing Language Assessment : New Dimensions, New Challenges

Sahbi Hidri

ISBN 10: 3030422682 / ISBN 13: 9783030422684

Published by Springer, 2020

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This edited book brings together fifteen original empirical studies from a variety of international contexts to provide a detailed exploration of language assessment, testing and evaluation. Language assessment has a key role in the development and implementation of language and educational policies at the national level, and this book examines some of the impacts - both positive and negative - of different skills testing and examination approaches on learning outcomes and individual students' language learning. This book will be of interest to scholars working in applied linguistics and language education, teacher training, testing and evaluation, as well asstakeholders such as practitioners, educators, educational agencies, and test developers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Language Assessment : New Dimensions, New Challenges
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030422682
• ISBN 13: 9783030422684
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 27D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 638 grams

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Synopsis

This edited book brings together fifteen original empirical studies from a variety of international contexts to provide a detailed exploration of language assessment, testing and evaluation. Language assessment has a key role in the development and implementation of language and educational policies at the national level, and this book examines some of the impacts - both positive and negative - of different skills testing and examination approaches on learning outcomes and individual students' language learning. This book will be of interest to scholars working in applied linguistics and language education, teacher training, testing and evaluation, as well as stakeholders such as practitioners, educators, educational agencies, and test developers.

About the Author

Sahbi Hidri is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Tunis University, Tunisia, and Senior Specialist in Assessment at Abu Dhabi Women's College, UAE.