Testing Spoken Language: A Handbook of Oral Testing Techniques (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) - Couverture souple

Underhill, Nic

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ISBN 10 : 0521312760 ISBN 13 : 9780521312769

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

A practical guide taking the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at each stage.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a practical guide to designing and using oral tests of language ability. It is for teachers, testers, course designers and educational planners. The organisation follows the sequence of stages in which a new testing programme would logically be carried out. It takes the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at each stage. Testing Spoken Language removes testing from the realm of the specialist and presents it as an integral part of a language learning programme. It describes the range of test-types and discusses their suitability for different aims and resources; lists over fifty oral test techniques and variations, with comments on each; integrates the marking system into the process of test design; and provides suggestions for monitoring and improving a test once it is in use.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a handbook of practical testing techniques intended for anyone who has to design, adapt, or use oral tests of English as a foreign language. It is therefore intended for native- and non-native speaker teachers, testers, course designers, and educational planners. The book follows the logical stages of a test program, beginning with the reasons for testing, an analysis of the learner's background and needs, and the resources available. It goes on to present oral test techniques and variations, with comments on each, and finally discusses scoring techniques, monitoring, and improving a test program. Underhill is concerned exclusively with oral tests in which the learner has to speak out loud. Although it is designed for use in teaching English, the book could readily be used to create tests in other languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521312760
• ISBN 13: 9780521312769
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible