Principles of Language Testing by Alan Davies

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Principles of Language Testing by Alan Davies

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Beginning with the view that language testing lies at the core of both language teaching and applied linguistics, Davies presents an account of the principles and place of language testing. He proposes that educators must accept the need to compromise between explicitness and uncertainty.

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Principles of Language Testing by Alan Davies

Language testing lies at the core of both language teaching and applied linguistics. This is the challenging view set out by Alan Davies in this account of the principles and place of language testing today. Testing provides a means of establishing goals and standards for courses and syllabuses. For both teacher and learner it monitors success in attaining targets. But testing too provides a methodology for experiment and investigation in applied linguistics. Not only does it lend its techniques to research throughout discipline, but it also encapsulates many fundamental issues in the field. The practice of testing raises pervasive questions for example about the sampling of language and the problems of establishing reliable and valid criteria. Central to this book is the view that teachers and researchers must always accept the need creatively to compromise between the demand for explicitness and the underlying uncertainty of language testing. Drawing on many years experience and reflection, this is a considered and thoughtful account of the principles and procedures fundamental to language testing.
Davies, Alan: - Alan Davies is the author of many books of poetry, including NAME (This Press, 1986), ACTIVE 24 HOURS (Roof Books, 1982), RAVE (Roof Books, 1994), CANDOR [a collection of book reports and poems] (O Books, 1990), SIGNAGE [critical theory] (Roof Books, 1987)--and the more recent ODES (Faux Press, 2008), RAW WAR (Subpress, 2012), and ODES & FRAGMENTS (Ellipsis Press, 2013). He is working on a long sequence of Books, an ongoing journal of ideas called This Is Thinking, and an essay exploring war entitled Why?! PerpetualGenocide.
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ISBN 13 9780631173434
ISBN 10 0631173439
Titre Principles of Language Testing
Auteur Alan Davies
Série Applied Language Studies
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Année de publication 1990-09-13
Nombre de pages 176
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