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Beyond Test Practice: What Test Preparation Can Offer in Locally Contextualized Language Testing - Couverture souple

Dimova, Slobodanka

 
9783639122220: Beyond Test Practice: What Test Preparation Can Offer in Locally Contextualized Language Testing
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639122224 ISBN 13 : 9783639122220
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Synopsis

Most universities use screening methods for oral English proficiency for international teaching assistants, which may be standardized oral English tests (TOEFL or TSE) or tests based on micro teaching and interviews. Purdue University uses POET, a locally-developed, computer-based test for screening oral English proficiency. POET is intended to be an integral part of the language instruction program and Purdue¿s educational framework. This book describes how a test preparation method, POET Tutorial, can help to embed the test in the local context by offering more than test practice. Alongside format introduction and test familiarization, the POET Tutorial promotes awareness of the educational demands and opportunities at Purdue. The three-year study presented in this book follows the POET Tutorial implementation by examining examinees¿ test format knowledge and their opinions about the tutorial¿s helpfulness. This book should be especially useful for professionals who want to achieve integration of language tests and instruction in a particular educational or social context.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Most universities use screening methods for oral English proficiency for international teaching assistants, which may be standardized oral English tests (TOEFL or TSE) or tests based on micro teaching and interviews. Purdue University uses POET, a locally-developed, computer-based test for screening oral English proficiency. POET is intended to be an integral part of the language instruction program and Purdue¿s educational framework. This book describes how a test preparation method, POET Tutorial, can help to embed the test in the local context by offering more than test practice. Alongside format introduction and test familiarization, the POET Tutorial promotes awareness of the educational demands and opportunities at Purdue. The three-year study presented in this book follows the POET Tutorial implementation by examining examinees¿ test format knowledge and their opinions about the tutorial¿s helpfulness. This book should be especially useful for professionals who want to achieve integration of language tests and instruction in a particular educational or social context.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Slobodanka Dimova is an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics at East Carolina University. She holds a doctoral degree from Purdue University. Her interests include language testing and measurement and World Englishes.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639122224
ISBN 13 
9783639122220
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
120
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