Ildiko Porter-Szucs, Cynthia J Macknish, Suzanne Toohey

A Practical Guide to Language Assessment

How Do You Know That Your Students Are Learning?

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Produktbeschreibung

A Practical Guide to Language Assessment prepares educators to create and implement assessments that truly reflect student proficiency and learning outcomes. With a focus on practical training and essential tools, this real-world guide enables instructors to develop effective test blueprints, craft precise assessment items, address the unique needs of young learners, integrate recent innovations like ungrading and AI, and much more. Offering insights for improving assessment outcomes, each chapter is grounded in extensive research and tailored to the evolving demands of modern language education-simplifying complex concepts and showing you how to apply them effectively in various educational contexts. Throughout the book, a team of highly experienced educators highlights the critical role of well-chosen assessments, explores the potential consequences of misaligned tools, and equips you with the knowledge to make informed decisions. Ideal for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the field of language education, A Practical Guide to Language Assessment supports courses in second or foreign language assessment, testing, and professional development. It is also a valuable resource for in-service teachers, assessment managers, and policymakers in language program evaluation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781394238736
• ISBN-10: 1394238738
• Artikelnr.: 71298468

Autorenporträt

Ildiko Porter-Szucs is Professor of ESL and TESOL at Eastern Michigan University, a K-12 certified ESL and German teacher, and co-founder of the Polish Language Center of Ann Arbor. She has extensive experience teaching Polish, Hungarian, German, and English to diverse age groups in public schools, language schools, corporate settings, refugee programs, and higher education. She spent four years working for a high-stakes standardized testing organization. Cynthia J. Macknish is Professor of ESL and TESOL at Eastern Michigan University. She has taught at a range of levels in several countries, including Canada, the Bahamas, and Singapore, where she taught pedagogy and assessment courses to pre- and in-service teachers at the National Institute of Education. Cynthia was also a certified IELTS examiner for 14 years. Suzanne Toohey is Supervisor of Instruction and Pedagogy at Oakland Schools. She has taught ELs for seventeen years, with her passion for second language acquisition ignited during her service as a Peace Corps volunteer. She has published work in the Detroit Free Press and MITESOL Messages as well as for TESOL Press and the National Association of English Language Program Administrators.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
1 Concepts 1
2 Qualities of Test Usefulness and the Assessment Use Argument 31
3 Test Design 51
4 Crafting Assessments 79
5 Tools of the Trade 123
6 Assessing Young Learners 143
7 PK-12 in the United States and Canada: Assessment Is Not a Dirty Word 157
8 Assessing Exceptional Language Learners 177
9 Assessing Listening, Viewing, Representing, Speaking, and Pronunciation
193
10 Assessing Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Writing 225
11 Grading, Evaluation, and Feedback 261
12 Ethics, Fairness, and Security 285
13 Technology for Language Assessment 295
14 Improving Assessments Through Statistics 313
15 Conclusion 331
Appendices 333
Appendix A: Diagnostic Test (Pre-Test) 333
Appendix B: Achievement Test (Post-Test) 339
Appendix C: Answer Keys 345
Glossary 347
Bibliography 355
Index 377