Multilingualism and Assessment : Studies in Language Testing #27

Achieving Transparency, Assuring Quality, Sustaining Diversity - Proceedings of the ALTE Berlin Conference, May 2005

By: Lynda Taylor (Editor), Cyril J Weir (Editor)

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The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) plays a key role in international student access to universities around the world. Preparation courses for IELTS test takers are now widespread and opinions differ on the contribution of such such courses to the development of academic literacy skills.

This Studies in Language Testing volume explores the impact of multilingualism on language assessment. It considers ways of describing and comparing language qualifications to establish common levels of proficiency, balancing the need to set common standards and at the same time sustain linguistic diversity.

Three broad themes are explored. Quality and diversity are addressed via avenues such as the quality of examinations and codes of practice, as well as the research on impact in various state certification projects. In relation to ethics and diversity, several papers focus on the complex relationships between linguistic identity and diversity on one hand, and immigration and citizenship policy on the other, as assessment increasingly interfaces with language proficiency requirements for citizenship and for active participation of newcomers in social, occupational and democratic processes.

Transparency and diversity are examined through the relationship of examinations to the Common European Framework from a number of different perspectives.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Series Editors' note	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Achieving Transparency
Relating language examinations to the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)	p. 9
The CEFR levels and descriptor scales	p. 21
Juggling numbers and opinions: An attempt to set CEFR standards in Norway for a test of reading in English	p. 67
L'harmonisation du DELF et du DALF sur les niveaux du Cadre europeen commun de reference pour les langues	p. 79
Proficiency scaling in DESI listening and reading EFL tests	p. 94
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the revision of the Higher Level Catalan Language Test	p. 117
Test comparability and construct compatibility across languages	p. 130
Assuring Quality
A socio-cognitive approach to writing test validation	p. 147
Assuring the quality of TestDaF examinations: a psychometric modelling approach	p. 157
Problems affecting the use of raw scores: a comparison of raw scores and FACETS' Fair Average scores	p. 179
Testing teaching knowledge: developing a quality instrument to support professional development	p. 191
The CERCLU project for certifying language competence in Italian university language centres	p. 203
An impact study of a high-stakes test (IELTS): lessons for test validation and linguistic diversity	p. 215
Towards a model of test evaluation: using the Test Fairness and the Test Context Frameworks	p. 229
Sustaining Diversity
Language assessment and citizenship: European policy perspective	p. 255
Language testing for migration and citizenship: contexts and issues	p. 265
Language varieties and their implications for testing and assessment	p. 276
Non-native speakers as language assessors: recent research and implications for assessment practice	p. 296
Citizenship materials for ESOL learners in the UK	p. 310
Best practice in writing assessment	p. 321
Notes on the volume contributors	p. 336
Presentations at the ALTE Conference Berlin, 2005	p. 341
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Multilingualism and Assessment : Studies in Language Testing #27

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