Impact Theory and Practice: Studies of the IELTS Test and Progetto Lingue 2000: 24 (Studies in Language Testing, Series Number 24) - Softcover

Hawkey, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521680972 ISBN 13: 9780521680974

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book clarifies the concept of impact and related terms, such as washback, evaluation, monitoring and validation, and focuses on the impact of language tests and language programmes on a range of stakeholders, including test-takers, teachers, textbook writers, testers and institutions. First-hand experience is cited from two new impact studies. One analyses the impact of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), the second looks at the Progetto Lingue 2000 (Year 2000 Languages Project), a state-school foreign-language education improvement programme undertaken by the Ministry of Education in Italy. The main findings of these studies are presented, as well as theoretical and practical lessons to be learnt from them. The context is the role of impact studies in the test development and validation systems of Cambridge ESOL, the sponsor of both impact studies.

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Book Description

This book analyses the impact of the IELTS test and the Progetto Lingue programme on a range of stakeholders.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521680972
• ISBN 13: 9780521680974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246