Recent developments in language assessment and the case of four large-scale tests of ESOL ability: State-of-the-Art Article  

Oleh:

Stoynoff, Stephen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Teaching: The International Abstracting Journal for Language Teachers and Applied Linguistics (ada di PROQUEST th. 2002 - ) vol. 42 no. 1 (Jan. 2009), page 1-40.
Topik: developments in language assessment; large-scale tests of ESOL ability
Fulltext: 2009.1.1-40.pdf (199.48KB)

Isi artikel

This review article surveys recent developments and validation activities related to four large-scale tests of L2 English ability: the iBT TOEFL, the IELTS, the FCE, and the TOEIC. In addition to describing recent changes to these tests, the paper reports on validation activities that were conducted on the measures. The results of this research constitute some of the evidence available to support claims that these tests are suitable for their intended purposes. The discussion is organized on the basis of a framework that considers test purpose, selected test method characteristics, and important aspects of test usefulness.

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