Talking About Language Assessment: The LAQ Interviews (New Perspectives on Language Assessment) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138785520 ISBN 13: 9781138785526

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Talking About Language Assessment is the first book to take an interview-based approach to the history of language assessment. This collection consists of interviews originally featured in Language Assessment Quarterly with renowned language assessment experts. Contextualized with commentary by the editor, the articles in this text cover many of the essential areas of language testing and assessment including assessment design, validation argument, epistemological issues in research, and language assessment policy. This text is a valuable compilation on the history of language assessment, and an ideal resource for researchers and students in the field of language testing and assessment.

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About the Author

Antony John Kunnan is Professor of English at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the editor of The Companion to Language Assessment (2014), the founding Editor of the journal Language Assessment Quarterly (2003-13), as well as Past President of the International Language Testing Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138785520
• ISBN 13: 9781138785526
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Kunnan Antony John