Scoring Second Language Spoken and Written Performance

Scoring Second Language Spoken and Written Performance
Author: Ute Knoch,Judith Fairbairn,Yan Jin
Publsiher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2021
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1781799539

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The ability to speak and write effectively is widely recognized as an important skill in many contexts and for many purposes, both personal, educational and professional. Because these skills are considered important in second and foreign language learning contexts, they are often included in performance assessments. The scoring of such performances is, however, a complex undertaking and has attracted much attention, both in first and second language learning contexts. The increasing use of automated scoring systems has added to this complexity in recent years. It is therefore all the more surprising that there is no book available that provides an overview of this topic area - the scoring of second language performances. This monograph fills this gap, by drawing together the latest literature in the area. It focusses on issues relating to both rater-mediated assessments and sets out consideration in relation to automated scoring systems (and other technology) which are increasingly used in our field. This monograph provides a useful introduction to graduate students, researchers, test developers, other practitioners and teachers to this topic which has in many ways dominated the field of language assessment over many decades.

The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities

The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities
Author: Tobias Haug,Wolfgang Mann,Ute Knoch
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2021
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780190885052

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"The identification of language problems and subsequent evaluation of interventions depend in part on the availability of useful and psychometrically robust assessments to determine the nature and severity of their problems and monitor progress. The purpose of these assessments may be to measure a child's language proficiency, that is, how they perform relative to other children and whether they have the language level expected and needed for schooling, or they may have a specifically clinical purpose, to identify the occurrence and nature of a disorder. The purpose of assessment is key to the aspects of language targeted in an assessment and the methods used to target these. In the case of spoken English, there are many language assessments ranging from broad language tests to more narrowly focused measures, reflecting the complexity of the language system and its use"--

Local Language Testing

Local Language Testing
Author: Xun Yan,Slobodanka Dimova,April Ginther
Publsiher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9783031335419

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This book describes language testing practices that exist in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, an area that is rarely addressed in language testing literature. Drawing empirical research on a variety of languages, the volume discusses local language tests’ ability to represent local contexts and values, explicitly and purposefully embed test results within instructional practice, and provide data for program evaluation and research. Although local testing practices have been grounded in the theoretical principles of language testing, the authors in this volume supplement the theoretical content with practical examples of how local tests can be designed to effectively function within and across different institutional contexts.

Testing Second Language Speaking

Testing Second Language Speaking
Author: Glenn Fulcher
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2014-10-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781317873686

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The testing and assessment of second language learners is an essential part of the language learning process. Glenn Fulcher's Testing Second Language Speaking is a state-of-the-art volume that considers the assessment of speaking from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives. The book offers the first systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the testing of second language speaking. Written in a clear and accessible manner, it covers: Explanations of the process of test design Costing test design projects How to put the test into practice Evaluation of speaking tests Task types for testing speaking Testing learners with disabilities It also contains a wealth of examples, including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects. Successfully integrating practice and theory, this book demystifies the process of testing speaking and provides a thorough treatment of the key ethical and technical issues in speaking evaluation.

Designing Second Language Performance Assessments

Designing Second Language Performance Assessments
Author: John M. Norris
Publsiher: National Foreign Langauge Resource Center
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: UOM:39015045639419

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This volume focuses on the decision-making potential provided by second language performance assessments. The authors first situate performance assessment within a broader discussion of alternatives in language assessment and in educational assessment in general. They then discuss issues in performance assessment design, implementation, reliability, and validity. Finally, they present a prototype framework for second language performance assessment based on the integration of theoretical underpinnings and research findings from the task-based language teaching literature, the language testing literature, and the educational measurement literature. The authors outline test and item specifications, and they present numerous examples of prototypical language tasks. They also propose a research agenda focusing on the operationalization of second language performance assessments.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian
Author: Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 691
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780429821066

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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy. The Handbook discusses its development and captures critical accounts of cutting edge research within the major subfields of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy, as well as current debates and problems, and goes on to suggest productive lines of future research. The book is divided into the following four parts: I) Theory-driven research on second language acquisition of Persian, II) Language skills in second language acquisition of Persian, III) Classroom research in second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian, and IV) Social aspects of second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian. The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian is an essential reference for scholars and students of Persian SLA and pedagogy as well as those researching in related areas.

Measuring Second Language Performance

Measuring Second Language Performance
Author: Timothy Francis McNamara
Publsiher: Addison Wesley Longman
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1996
Genre: Language and languages
ISBN: UCSC:32106011378798

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The 'performance test' has emerged as the central concept around language testing. McNamara examines recent developments and provides an important contribution to the ongoing debate.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing
Author: Paula Winke,Tineke Brunfaut
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2020-12-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781351034760

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This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners’ personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, and social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers.