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Direct linkHill, Kathryn; McNamara, Tim – Language Testing, 2012
This paper presents a comprehensive framework for researching classroom-based assessment (CBA) processes, and is based on a detailed empirical study of two Australian school classrooms where students aged 11 to 13 were studying Indonesian as a foreign language. The framework can be considered innovative in several respects. It goes beyond the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Classroom Environment, Literacy
Wigglesworth, Gillian; Storch, Neomy – Language Testing, 2009
The assessment of oral language is now quite commonly done in pairs or groups, and there is a growing body of research which investigates the related issues (e.g. May, 2007). Writing generally tends to be thought of as an individual activity, although a small number of studies have documented the advantages of collaboration in writing in the…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Collaborative Writing
Peer reviewedBrindley, Geoff – Language Testing, 2001
Illustrates some of the issues that have arisen in the implementation of outcomes-based systems of assessment and reporting. Two examples from school and adult immigrant education in Australia are provided that demonstrate some of the political and technical problems involved in implementation in both high- and low-stakes contexts. Outlines ways…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency
Arkoudis, Sophie; O'Loughlin, Kieran – Language Testing, 2004
This article reports on a collaborative study involving ESL teachers in an Australian English Language Centre as they work through some of their concerns about reliability and validity in their assessment practices. The focus of this article is on how teachers work with the Curriculum Standards Framework (CSF) as an assessment tool. The discussion…
Descriptors: Validity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigrants
Peer reviewedSpence-Brown, Robyn – Language Testing, 2001
Explores theoretical and practical issues surrounding authenticity in course-based assessment, drawing on data from a university-level Japanese language course in Australia. Examines a teaching and assessment activity based around interviewing native speakers outside the classroom, which was designed to optimize authenticity. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBrindley, Geoff – Language Testing, 1998
Examines the nature of outcomes-based assessment and reporting systems in language education, noting problems that may arise in their development and implementation by presenting case studies of assessment innovations in the United Kingdom and Australia, which experienced various political, technical, and practical problems. The relationship…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
