The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics)

ISBN 10: 1138205362 / ISBN 13: 9781138205369

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

About this Item

pp. 560.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138205362
• ISBN 13: 9781138205369
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Winner of the SAGE/ILTA Book Award 2016

The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing will provide a comprehensive account of the area of language assessment and testing. Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together approximately 35 authoritative articles (around 8000 words each). The proposed outline for the Handbook (below) is divided into ten sections. The section titles reflect the contents of their Language Testing and Assessment –textbook in our RAL series and sketch a useful overview of the discipline. Each chapter has been carefully selected to relate to key issues raised in the respective topic, providing additional historical background, critical discussion, reviews of key research methods, and an assessment of what the future might hold.

About the Author

Glenn Fulcher is Professor of Education and Language Assessment at the University of Leicester, UK.

Fred Davidson is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.