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Paperback. Condition: Good +. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 184pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Stamp to bottom edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This report is the first in a multi-part technical report series that describes the development, calibration, and validation of standards-based tests for English as a first foreign language at the Institute for Educational Progress (Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen, IQB) in Berlin, Germany. It describes the process of task development in alignment with the National Educational Standards (NES) (Länderübergreifende Bildungsstandards) for English as a first foreign language at the secondary level for the Hauptschulabschluss and the Mittlerer Schulabschluss. The objective of this first volume is to provide a transparent description of the task development process that illustrates the numerous decisions that were made during this process to make overt the resulting consequences for interpreting scores from the standards-based tests as well as the decisions that could be based on these interpretations. This volume comprises background information about the context within which the NES were formulated, the theoretical frameworks for the test development, the test specifications and constructs, as well as a detailed description of the item writing process. Furthermore, key results from various pre-trials that were conducted to obtain preliminary empirical evidence for the functioning of the items are presented, and the pool of newly developed English tasks is characterized.(Publisher).

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Paperback. Condition: New. The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language is a comprehensive survey of diagnostic assessment of second/foreign language (SFL) writing. In this innovative book, a compelling case is made for SFL writing as an individual, contextual, and multidimensional ability, combining several theoretically informed approaches upon which to base diagnosis. Using the diagnostic cycle as the overarching framework, the book starts with the planning phase, cover design, development, and delivery of diagnostic assessment, ending with feedback and feed-forward aspects to feed diagnostic information into the teaching and learning process. It covers means to diagnose both the writing processes and products, including the design and development of diagnostic tasks and rating scales, as well as automated approaches to assessment. Also included is a range of existing instruments and approaches to diagnosing SFL writing.Addressing large-scale as well as classroom contexts, this volume is useful for researchers, teachers, and educational policy-makers in language learning.

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Festeinband. Condition: Wie neu. 223 Seiten : Illustrationen. Wie neu. Like new. - This Festschrift has been compiled to honour Günther Sigott for his notable contributions to academia in general and to the field of language testing in particular. The contributors to this volume come from all over the world, spanning regions from Austria and its neighbouring countries Slovenia and Germany, to the UK, USA, all the way to Japan and Iran. They work as test developers, teacher educators, psychometricians and researchers, taking up a variety of subjects such as washback of standardized tests, the acknowledgement of language varieties in high-stakes exams, fostering language assessment literacy or psychometric models to enhance C-test interpretations or scoring validity. - Acknowledgements - - Introduction - - Barry O'Sullivan / Micheline Chalhoub-Deville Validity: An Integrated Arguments Approach - - Klaus Siller - - Bridging the Gap: Using E8 Reading Test Tasks in the Classroom - - Armin Berger / Helen Heaney - - Language Assessment Literacy in Teacher Education: Factoring Difficulty Into Course Design - - Ga per Ilc / Andrej Stopar - - Exploring Language Accuracy in a B2 Examination - - Manuela Glaboniat - - Testing German - More Than Just One?! The Pluricentric Approach Within ÖSD Examinations - - Florian Pibal - - Developing a C-Test Anchoring Procedure for Parallel Forms on Different Proficiency Levels of the Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch (ÖSD) . - - Purya Baghaei / Farshad Effatpanah - - An Alternative Strategy for Modeling Local Item Dependence in C-Tests - - John M. Norris / Ikkyu Choi - - Predicting C-Test Difficulty: An Efficient Empirical Approach - - Thomas Eckes - - Detecting and Measuring Rater Effects in Performance Assessments: - - Advances in Many-Facet Rasch Modeling. ISBN 9783631871430 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

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Festeinband. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 440 Seiten : 100 Illustrationen. Like new. Wie neu. - "With the growing recognition of the need to broaden the definition of Interactional Competence (IC) for communication and learning, this monograph offers the first book-length treatment on the conceptualization, development and validation of IC assessment instruments. Combining psychometrics with discourse analysis, highlights of the book include: 1) evidence that a holistic IC construct encompassing the sequential, emotional, logical, moral and categorial dimensions can be assessed reliably, 2) a practical IC rubric that is adaptable to diverse languages and contexts, 3) demonstration that L2 speakers can have stronger IC than L1 speakers. The book argues that IC needs to be taught and assessed for both L1 and L2 speakers to promote fairness in language education." - - Preface - - Foreward - - Summary of the Book - - Acknowledgements - - List of Tables - - List of Figures - - List of abbreviations - - Chapter 1 - - Introduction - - Chapter 2 Literature review - - 2.1 A philosophical account of interaction - - 2.1.1 Interaction and pragmatics - - 2.1.2 An intentionalist perspective on interaction - - 2.1.3 A rationalist-utilitarian perspective on interaction - - 2.1.4 An empiricist-interactional perspective on interaction - - 2.1.5 A unified account of interaction for assessment - - 2.2 Interaction in computer-mediated communication - - 2.2.1 CMC and L2-speaker interaction - - 2.2.2 An empiricist-interactional approach to CMC - - 2.2.3 Five CMC considerations for test design - - 2.3 Defining an IC construct: A theoretical discussion - - 2.3.1 A brief history of IC - - 2.3.2 Assessing I - - 2.3.3 Differentiating speaking/LC and talking/IC - - 2.3.4 Strong on speaking/LC but weak on talking/IC - - 2.3.5 Strong on talking/IC but weak on speaking/LC - - 2.4 Defining an IC construct: An operational discussion - - 2.4.1 Are we measuring talking/IC or speaking/LC? - - 2.4.2 Separating IC from LC - - 2.4.3 Going beyond the mechanics of interaction: Hymes and Goffman revisited - - 2.4.4 Emotional, logical and moral IC markers - - 2.4.5 Aristotelian artistic proofs: Pathos, logos, and ethos - - 2.4.6 Membership categorization analysis: Categorial IC markers - - 2.5 Designing IC test tasks - - 2.5.1 From the target language domain to a test - - 2.5.2 Task-based needs analysis - - 2.5.3 Triangulation in needs analysis - - 2.5.4 Paucity of TBNA in L2 Chinese - - 2.6 Designing IC rating materials - - 2.6.1 IC rating materials development - - 2.6.2 The rater perspective and indigenous criteria - - 2.6.3 Test-taker exemplars in IC rating - - Chapter 3 Interpretive argument and research design - - 3.1 The inferences and assumptions in the interpretive argument - - 3.1.1 The domain description inference - - 3.1.2 The evaluation inference - - 3.1.3 The generalization inference - - 3.1.4 The explanation inference - - 3.1.5 The extrapolation inference - - 3.2 The design of the three studies - - 3.2.1 Study one, relevant assumptions and research questions - - 3.2.2 Study two, relevant assumptions and research questions - - 3.2.3 Study three, relevant assumptions and research questions - - Chapter 4 - - Study one: Task-based needs analysis and test design - - 4.1 Methodology of study one - - 4.1.1 Participants - - 4.1.1.1 TBNA participants - - 4.1.1.2 Test design participants - - Item review and moderation participants - - Norming session participants - - 4.1.2 Instruments - - 4.1.2.1 ???A instruments - - Hermeneutic-Socratic interviews - - Longitudinal reflective diaries - - 4.1.2.2 Test design instruments - - Norming questionnaires - - 4.1.3 Procedures - - 4.1.3.1 TBNA procedure - - 4.1.3.2 Test design procedure - - 4.1.4 Data analysis - - 4.1.4.1 TBNA data analysis - - 4.1.4.2 Test design data analysis - - 4.2 Results and initial discussion of study one - - 4.2.1 TBNA results - - 4.2.1.1 Social actions - - 4.2.1.2 Sociopragmatic and pragmalinguistic issues - - 4.2.1.3 Interactional features and content knowledge - - 4.2.1.4 Linguistic issues and multimodal cues - - 4.2.2 The test specifications - - 4.2.3 Generating draft items - - 4.2.4 Revising the draft items. ISBN 9783631882504 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 729.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The book offers a fresh perspective on second language assessment, addressing the need for approaches that reflect the complexity of real-life communication in a connected, multimodal world. Grounded in learning-oriented assessment, it investigates the interplay between language ability, speaking performance, and topical knowledge. The study outlines the theoretical foundations, development process, and implementation of a new assessment prototype, supported by empirical research. The book contributes to ongoing dialogue on how language testing can better support learning, teaching, and real-world communication. The book offers a fresh perspective on second language assessment, addressing the need for approaches that reflect the complexity of real-life communication in todays world. Grounded in learning-oriented assessment, it investigates the interplay between language ability, speaking, and topical knowledge. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Condition: New. Ari Huhta is Professor of Language Assessment at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyvaeskylae, Finland.Claudia Harsch is Professor of Research into Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment at.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language is a comprehensive survey of diagnostic assessment of second/foreign language (SFL) writing. In this innovative book, a compelling case is made for SFL writing as an individual, contextual, and multidimensional ability, combining several theoretically informed approaches upon which to base diagnosis. Using the diagnostic cycle as the overarching framework, the book starts with the planning phase, cover design, development, and delivery of diagnostic assessment, ending with feedback and feed-forward aspects to feed diagnostic information into the teaching and learning process. It covers means to diagnose both the writing processes and products, including the design and development of diagnostic tasks and rating scales, as well as automated approaches to assessment. Also included is a range of existing instruments and approaches to diagnosing SFL writing.Addressing large-scale as well as classroom contexts, this volume is useful for researchers, teachers, and educational policy-makers in language learning.

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