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Palgrave Language Testing Theories and Practices 2011 Edition by Barry O'Sullivan
Aimed at researchers and students interested in language testing theory and practice, the chapters in this book vary in style and content and are both stimulating and robust. The book brings together a fascinating group of authors from the established to the new, presenting new ideas and challenging current orthodoxies. Table of contents : - Series Preface Acknowledgements List Of Contributors Introduction; B.O'Sullivan Test Development and Validation; B.O'Sullivan & C.J.Weir Describing Language Levels; B.North Testing Linguistic Relativity; A.Davies Componentiality in L2 Listening; P.Joyce Benchmarking and Standards in Language Tests; E.Kantarc?o?lu & S.Papageorgiou Producing an Index of Word Difficulty Through Learner Self-Assessment Data: An Application of Rasch Modelling; T.Shiotsu An Alternative Approach to Rating Scale Development; A.H.A.Raof Quantifying Conversational Styles in Group Oral Test Discourse; B.O'Sullivan & F.Nakatsuhara A Case of Testing L2 English Reading for Class Level Placement; A.Green A Model for the Development and Application of a Diagnostic Test for Trainee Foreign Language Teachers; D.Burrell , U.Graham , D.Medley , B.Richards & J.Roberts Developing Affordable 'Local' Tests: The Exaver Project , A.A.Florescano , B.O'Sullivan , C.S.Chavez , D.E.Ryan , E.Z.Lara , L.A.S.Martinez , M.I.G.Macias , M.M. Hart , P.E.Grounds , P.R.Ryan , R.A.Dunne & T.De Jesus Romero Barradas The Development and Validation of an Online Rater Training and Marking System: Promises and Pitfalls; A.Brown & P.Jaquith The 'Hard' Criterion: The Use of Language Test Information in University Admissions Processes; P.Rea-Dickins , R.Kiely & G.Yu Assessment in the Learning System; J.O'Dwyer Index