Language Testing and Assessment: From Theory to Practice - Softcover

Aek Phakiti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474290124 ISBN 13: 9781474290128

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK), 2024

Synopsis

This book covers crucial knowledge and skill sets for developing language tests and setting assessments. Aimed at practitioners of applied linguistics and TESOL, the book:

- covers the theoretical and methodological framework and rationale for language test use, assessment techniques in different language skills and basic strategies for analysis of test quality
- stresses the importance of test reliability, validity and fairness in language assessment
- provides its audience with theoretical and practical knowledge in language assessment
- forms an accessible gateway into the often intimidating world of language assessment, and a unique opportunity for the readers to ground their knowledge of principles in language assessment research.

This book equips readers with the ability to use theories and principles in language testing and assessment to design and use language tests and assessments optimally, given the available time and resources in a given context, and promote good practice and research in language testing and assessment.

About this title

About the Author

<b>Aek Phakiti</b> is an Associate Professor in TESOL in the Sydney School Education and Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Sydney, Australia.; He is author of <i>Strategic Competence and EFL Reading Test Performance</i> (2007) and <i>Experimental Research Methods in Language Learning</i> (2014), a multi-authored book <i>Teaching Academic Writing</i> (2009), a <i>Quantitative Methods for Second Language Research: A problem-solving approach</i> ( 2016) (co-authored book with Carsten Roever) and edited books <i>Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics</i> (2010, co-editor Brian Paltridge) and <i>Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Resource</i> (2015, co-editer Brian Paltridge). He has published his research in <i>Language Testing</i>, <i>Language Learning</i>, <i>Language Assessment Quarterly</i>. He is currently Associate Editor of <i>Language Assessment Quarterly: An International Journal</i>. He was Editor of and now is Associate Editor of the <i>University of Sydney Papers in TESOL</i> and has served as a member of editorial board of <i>JALT</i> <i>Journal</i> (Japanese Association of Language Teaching) and <i>Language Assessment Quarterly.</i> With Carsten Roever, he has guest edited a Special Issue of <i>Language Assessment Quarterly</i>

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK)
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474290124
• ISBN 13: 9781474290128
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312