Developing C-tests for estimating proficiency in foreign language research. Language testing and evaluation ; volume 39.

Norris, John (ed.):

ISBN 10: 3631742061 / ISBN 13: 9783631742068

Published by Berlin : Peter Lang, 2018

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309 S., Abb. A very good copy. - This book explores the development of C-tests for providing efficient measures of foreign language proficiency in eight different languages: Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Researchers report on how C-test principles were applied in creating the new language tests, with careful attention to language-specific challenges and solutions. The final, five-text C-tests in all languages demonstrated impressive psychometric qualities as well as strong relationships with criterion variables such as learner self-assessments and instructional levels. These test development projects provide new tests for use by foreign language researchers, and they demonstrate innovative and rigorous test development practices in diverse languages. - Table of Contentrs: John M. Norris: Developing and investigating C-tests in eight languages: Measuring proficiency for research purposes -- Michael Raish: Design and development of an Arabic C-test -- Todd McKay & Nandini Abedin: Developing a C-test for Bangla -- Shoko Sasayama: Development and validation of a Japanese C-test -- Young A Son, Amy I. Kim, Eunyoung Cho & John McE. Davis: A Korean C-test for university language learners -- Merve Demiralp: Designing a C-test for foreign language learners of Turkish -- Corinne L. Counsell: The C-test in French: Development and validation of a language proficiency test for research purposes -- Luciane L. Maimone: The development of a Portuguese C-test for research purposes -- Daniel Riggs & Luciane L. Maimone: A computer-administered C-test in Spanish -- Carsten Roever: Developing C-tests across eight languages: Discussion. ISBN 9783631742068 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 497.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developing C-tests for estimating proficiency in foreign language research. Language testing and evaluation ; volume 39.
• Publisher: Berlin : Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631742061
• ISBN 13: 9783631742068
• Binding: Originalhardcover.
• Condition: Sehr gut
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This book explores the development of C-tests for providing efficient measures of foreign language proficiency in eight different languages: Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Researchers report on how C-test principles were applied in creating the new language tests, with careful attention to language-specific challenges and solutions. The final, five-text C-tests in all languages demonstrated impressive psychometric qualities as well as strong relationships with criterion variables such as learner self-assessments and instructional levels. These test development projects provide new tests for use by foreign language researchers, and they demonstrate innovative and rigorous test development practices in diverse languages.

About the Author

John M. Norris is Senior Research Director at the Educational Testing Service, in the USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition. He has worked as a professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and at Georgetown University, and as assessment specialist at Northern Arizona University.