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.

Acknowledgements

ix

Preface

xi

Teaching and testing

1

(7)

Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book

8

(3)

Kinds of tests and testing

11

(15)

Validity

26

(10)

Reliability

36

(17)

Achieving beneficial backwash

53

(5)

Stages of test development

58

(17)

Common test techniques

75

(8)

Testing writing

83

(30)

Testing oral ability

113

(23)

Testing reading

136

(24)

Testing listening

160

(12)

Testing grammar and vocabulary

172

(14)

Testing overall ability

186

(13)

Tests for young learners

199

(16)

Test administration

215

(3)

Appendix 1 The statistical analysis of test data

218

(16)

Appendix 2 Item banking

234

(2)

Appendix 3 Questions on the New Zealand youth hostels passage

236

(1)

Bibliography

237

(9)

Subject Index

246

(4)

Author Index

250

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Testing for Language Teachers

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