Designing Second Language Performance Assessments (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	National Foreign Language Center technical reports, No 18
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	June 1998
Authors:	John M. Norris • James Dean Brown • Thom Hudson • Jim Yoshioka
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-8248-2109-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Usage guides Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching theory & methods Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Examinations & assessment Promotions
LSN:	0-8248-2109-2
Barcode:	9780824821098

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