Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices - Couverture souple

Brown, H. Douglas; Abeywickrama, Priyanvada

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0138149313 ISBN 13 : 9780138149314

Editeur : Pearson Education (US), 2010

Synopsis

Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices, offers a clear, comprehensive survey of the essential principles of assessing second language learning, as well as the critical tools teachers need to evaluate performance fairly and effectively.  This invaluable resource joins Brown's classic texts, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching and Teaching by Principles, in providing indispensible guidance for second language instruction.

Language Assessment provides a working knowledge of the principles of assessment and their practical application in the classroom. This concise, comprehensive treatment of all four skills includes classification of assessment techniques ranging from controlled to open-ended item types, while a discussion of standardized tests examines their design, purpose, validity and utility.

Additional key features:

• Clearly framed fundamental principles for evaluating and designing assessment procedures
• A focus on classroom-based assessment at all levels of proficiency
• A thorough examination of standards-based assessment and standardized testing
• A wealth of practical examples to illustrate principles and guidelines
• An exploration of the ethics of testing in an educational and commercial world
• Comprehensive treatment of alternatives in assessment
• A chapter devoted to guidelines and practical suggestions for assigning grades
• End-of-chapter exercises and suggested additional readings

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. H. Douglas Brown, a professor in the MA-TESOL program at San Francisco State University, has written many articles, teacher training books, and textbooks on language pedagogy. A past president of TESOL and recipient of the James A. Alatis Award for Distinguished Service, Dr. Brown has lectured to English language teaching audiences around the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education (US)
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0138149313
• ISBN 13: 9780138149314
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Pearson; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; Italie