Language Testing

Theories and Practices

By: Barry O'Sullivan

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Paperback | 15 December 2009 | Edition Number 1

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The hero's descent into the Underworld is not only one of the oldest stories in western literature; it is also one of the most often retold. Why do so many modern poets-British and American, black and white, male and female, from the metropole and from the margins-stage Underworld descents in their works? Through a series of contextualized close readings, this study traces the cultural work performed by modern deployments of the classical narrative. While some poets engage their literary forebears to exorcise anxiety and others use Hell to sharpen their cultural critique, most recent poets, including James Merrill, Derek Walcott, Tony Harrison, and Seamus Heaney, have found the Underworld descent to be a useful framework for addressing the claims of history and politics.

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series preface	p. ix
acknowledgements	p. xii
list of tables and figures	p. xiii
list of contributors	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
test development and validation	p. 13
describing language levels	p. 33
testing linguistic relativity	p. 60
componentiality in L2 listening	p. 71
benchmarking and standards in language tests	p. 94
producing an index of word difficulty through learner self-assessment data: an application of rasch modelling	p. 111
an alternative approach to rating scale development	p. 151
quantifying conversational styles in group oral test discourse	p. 164
a case of testing L2 english reading for class level placement	p. 186
a model for the development and application of a diagnostic test for trainee foreign language teachers	p. 208
developing affordable "local" tests: the Exaver project	p. 228
the development and validation of an online rater training and marking system: promises and pitfalls	p. 224
uses and impact of test scores in university admissions processes: the language test as the "hard" criterion	p. 262
assessment in the learning system	p. 282
index	p. 305
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