Testing for Language Teachers by Arthur Hughes

Testing for Language Teachers by Arthur Hughes

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This second edition remains the most practical guide to testing language. It has a new chapter on testing young learners.

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Testing for Language Teachers by Arthur Hughes

This second edition remains the most practical guide for teachers who want to have a better understanding of the role of testing in language teaching. It has a new chapter on testing young learners and expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability.

DOMINIC WATT is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Speech Science at the University of York, UK.

ARTHUR HUGHES taught Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading for 25 years, setting up and directing the Testing and Evaluation Unit. On sabbatical from Reading, he directed English language testing projects at Bosphorus University, Istanbul (1982-84) and in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Morocco (1992-93). He was joint founder-editor of the international journal Language Testing, has published widely in the field of testing and has carried out consultancies in the UK and in several countries overseas. His book, Testing for Language Teachers, now in its second edition, was first published in 1989 and continues to be a bestseller. Though now retired, Arthur continues to write and act as a consultant.

PETER TRUDGILL is Adjunct Prof. of Socio-Linguistics at Agder University, Norway, Adjunct Professor, RCLT, La Trobe University, Australia, Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics, Fribourg University, Switzerland, Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, UEA, Norwich, UK

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ISBN 13 9780521484954
ISBN 10 0521484952
Title Testing for Language Teachers
Author Arthur Hughes
Series Cambridge Language Teaching Library
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2002-12-12
Number of pages 264
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