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A guide to useful evaluation of language programs
One of the most difficult questions in education is, how do we know that students have learned what we are trying to teach them? This is particularly difficult for language teachers, who struggle with evaluating their programs and curricula with limited resources and, often, without linguistics knowledge (most especially, without an understanding of SLA). This volume, written chiefly by John Davis and Todd McKay with additional contributors, will provide a step-by-step instructional advice to help language educators conduct a program evaluation, from initial planning through to project design, data collection, analysis, and use of results, to aid teachers and programs in determining whether or not their program is achieving their goals. The book will be useful for those with limited knowledge in this area who are tasked with determining the efficacy of their program and curriculum. Written by a seasoned program evaluator and students in GU's renowned linguistics program, this short book is practical and timely, and will find an audience in all languages (including EFL) and at all levels.
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Assessing the language of young learners
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Handbook of Second Language Assessment
Second language assessment is ubiquitous. It has found its way from education into questions about access to professions and migration. This volume focuses on the main debates and research advances in second language assessment in the last fifty years or so, showing the influence of linguistics, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and psychometrics. There are four parts which, when taken together, address the principles and practices of second language assessment while considering its impact on society. Read separately, each part addresses a different aspect of the field. Part I deals with the conceptual foundations of second language assessment with chapters on the purposes of assessment, and standards and frameworks, as well as matters of scoring, quality assurance, and test validation. Part II addresses the theory and practice of assessing different second language skills including aspects like intercultural competence and fluency. Part III examines the challenges and opportunities of second language assessment in a range of contexts. In addition to chapters on second language assessment on a national scale, there are chapters on learning-oriented assessment, as well as the uses of second language assessment in the workplace and for migration. Part IV examines a selection of important issues in the field that deserve attention. These include the alignment of language examinations to external frameworks, the increasing use of technology to both deliver and score second language tests, the responsibilities associated with assessing test takers with special needs, the concept of 'voice' in second language assessment, and assessment literacy for teachers and other test and score users.
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English Learners’ Access to Postsecondary Education
Why does a public high school, despite having resources and
educators with good intentions, end up graduating English learners
(ELs) without preparing them for college and career? This book
answers this question through a longitudinal ethnographic case
study of a diverse high school in Pennsylvania. The author takes
the reader on a journey with seven EL students through their last
two years of high school, exploring how and why none of them
reached the postsecondary destinations they originally aspired to.
This book provides a sobering look into the systemic undereducation
of high school ELs and the role of high schools in limiting their
postsecondary options.
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Rethinking the second language listening test : from theory to practice
Testing second language listening proficiency validly and reliably has always posed a challenge. In the days before the widespread availability of recorded material, tests were reliant upon the voice of the examiner. Each test administration was a unique phonetic event, with enormous variations of delivery between examiners and even within the performance of a single examiner on different occasions. The presentation was read-aloud, and the texts chosen were often those that had been written to be read (including literary extracts). The resulting input to test takers bore little resemblance to natural connected speech.
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Rethinking the second language listening test : from theory to practice
Testing second language listening proficiency validly and reliably has always posed a challenge. In the days before the widespread availability of recorded material, tests were reliant upon the voice of the examiner. Each test administration was a unique phonetic event, with enormous variations of delivery between examiners and even within the performance of a single examiner on different occasions. The presentation was read-aloud, and the texts chosen were often those that had been written to be read (including literary extracts). The resulting input to test takers bore little resemblance to natural connected speech.
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Multilingual Testing and Assessment
The field of multilingual testing and assessment has grown
rapidly in recent years due to the widespread need to integrate
immigrant populations into mainstream education and to provide fair
and equitable forms of assessment for all students. However, a
continuing emphasis on bilingual students has created a significant
gap in testing and assessment research. This book addresses the
need for research and guidance on testing multilingual students: at
its heart is the difference between designing multilingual tests
and testing multilingual individuals. The author introduces an
integrated approach to testing and assessment, a flexible approach
that combines information about multilingual learners' knowledge,
skills and abilities with information about their language
background and living environment. The book provides an overview of
existing research conducted with multilingual populations; provides
guidelines for test-writers, teachers and educators that outline
the steps involved in the design, administration, scoring and
interpretation of tests for multiple language speakers; and
demonstrates how to use the integrated approach to testing and
assessment in a multilingual educational context.
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