Testing for Language Teachers
This second edition remains the most practical guide for teachers who want to have a better understanding of the role of testing in language teaching. It has a new chapter on testing young learners and expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability.
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This second edition remains the most practical guide to testing language. It has a new chapter on testing young learners.
AcknowledgementsPreface1Teaching and testing12Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book83Kinds of tests and testing114Validity265Reliability366Achieving beneficial backwash537Stages of test development588Common test techniques759Testing writing8310Testing oral ability11311Testing reading13612Testing listening16013Testing grammar and vocabulary17214Testing overall ability18615Tests for young learners19916Test administration215App. 1The statistical analysis of test data218App. 2Item banking234App. 3Questions on the New Zealand youth hostels passage236Bibliography237Subject Index246Author Index250
