Assessing reading

Alderson, J.Charles ;

Assessing reading - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xv, 398 p. : illustrations ;

Included Bibliography, Index.

Contenido: The nature of reading --
Variables that affect the nature of reading --
Research into the assessment of reading ability --
A framework for test desing --
Tests in the real world: test purposes --
Techniques for testing reading --
The development of reading ability --
The way forward. Assessing the interaction between reader and text: processes and strategies.

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the assessment of reading in a foreign or second language. It reviews theory, research and practice in the assessment of reading.

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Reading -- Ability testing.
Educational tests and measurements.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Reading, Psychology of.

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