FROM TESTING TO ASSESSMENT by Clifford Hill, Kate Parry ( 9780582218857 )

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Title:

FROM TESTING TO ASSESSMENT
ENGLISH AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

By:

Clifford Hill, Kate Parry

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0582218853

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9780582218857

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

21 November, 1994

Series:

Applied Linguistics and Language Study

Pages:

328

Description:

Focusing on the testing and assessment of English as an international language, this book contains four main parts which cover theoretical considerations, reading tests, literacy assessment and policy implications.

Synopsis:

From Testing to Assessment: English as an International Language provides a critical review of conventional and alternative approaches to the assessment of English literacy skills in various parts of the world. It presents empirical studies conducted in three major settings: in countries such as Japan and Brazil where English functions as the language of international commernce; in multilingual countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe where English is the national language of education and government; and in such countries as Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States where English is the dominant language. The book opens with a discussion of language assessment in relation to debates about the nature of literacy; it concludes with a discussion of policy implications, which is grounded in literacy theory as well as in practical constraints such as available human and material resources.

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bibliography, index

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Longman

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