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Validity in Language Assessment.
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Chapelle, Carol A. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Provides a history of validation in language testing, discusses current approaches to validation in language testing (hypothesis about testing outcomes, relevant evidence for testing the hypothesis, developing a validity argument), and gives an overview of current challenges in language-test validation (defining the language construct to be…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Theory, Test Validity
Discourse Analysis in Language Testing.
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Shohamy, Elana – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1990
Reviews studies and tests that show how discourse analysis has contributed to the theory, research, and development of language testing, covering the relations among discourse analysis and competence and testing theory; research on language tests and tasks; and task development. A 60-citation unannotated bibliography is included. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Tests
Language Testing--SLA Research Interfaces.
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Bachman, Lyle F. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1988
Discusses three research/testing interfaces in second-language (L2) testing: the covariance structure analysis of ex post facto correlational data, the qualitative investigation of test-taking processes, and the development of L2 assessment instruments based on developmental sequences in L2 acquisition. (61 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Tests, Multivariate Analysis
Performance Assessment in Language Testing.
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Shohamy, Elana – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent trends in performance testing, focusing on different definitions of performance testing; the extent to which performance tests have drawn upon the theoretical discussions of competence and performance; research on performance tests; and future developmental and research questions. (66 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Assessment and Testing.
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Clapham, Caroline – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Explores the term "applied linguistics" and discusses the role of language testing within this discipline, the relationship between testing and teaching, and the relationship between testing and assessment (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Evaluation Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Language Tests
Developments in Language Testing.
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Douglas, Dan – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent theoretical, methodological, and analytical developments in language testing, focusing on more refined models of language ability, reliability and validity, performance testing, innovative test formats, new applications of Item Response Theory and Generalizability Theory to test performance. An annotated bibliography discusses seven…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests