Validation in language assessment : selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Long Beach (Record no. 13186)

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ISBN 9780805827521 (cloth : alk. paper)
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ISBN 0805827528
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ISBN 9780805827538
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ISBN 0805827536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Title Validation in language assessment : selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Long Beach
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Place of publication Mahwah, N.J. :
Name of publisher L. Erlbaum,
Year of publication c1998.
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Number of Pages xiii, 290 pages :
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Formatted contents note Approaches to validation in language assessment / Antony John Kunnan --<br/>Part I: Test development and test-taking process --<br/>An investigation of the validity of task demands on performance-based tests of oral proficiency / Dorry M. Kenyon --<br/>Validating a test to measure depth of vocabulary knowledge / John Read --<br/>Prediction of item difficulty in the English subtest of Israel's inter-university psychometric entrance test / Ruth Fortus, Rikki Coriat, and Susan Fund --<br/>Part II: Test-taker characteristics and feedback --The effect of planning time on second language test discourse / Gillian Wigglesworth --<br/>The development and construct validation of an instrument designed to investigate selected cognitive background characteristics of test-takers / James E. Purpura --<br/>The effect of language proficiency and background knowledge on EAP students' reading comprehension / Caroline Clapham --<br/>Language background, ethnicity, and the internal construct validity of the advanced placement Spanish language examination / April Ginther and Joseph Stevens --<br/>The role of language background in the validation of a computer-adaptive test / Annie Brown and Noriko Iwashita --<br/>The effect of test-taker characteristics on reactions to and performance on an oral English proficiency test / Kathryn Hill --<br/>Why the "monkeys passage" bombed: tests, genres, and teaching / Bonny Norton and Pippa Stein --<br/>Part III: Perspective on validation research --<br/>Perspectives on validity: a historical analysis of language testing conference abstracts / Liz Hamp-Lyons and Brian K. Lynch.
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Summary, etc Features selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium. The volume contributes to the variety of validation approaches, analytical and interpretive techniques recently adopted by language assessment researchers by presenting diverse approaches with an international perspective
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Topical Term Language and languages
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Topical Term Language and languages -- Ability testing -- Congresses.
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Topical Term Language and languages -- Examinations -- Congresses.
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Topical Term Language and languages -- Ability testing.
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Personal name Kunnan, Antony John.
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Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 26/06/2013 Purchased 5275.00 418.0076 LAN 013286 Reference Books

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