Testing for Language Teachers

By: Arthur Hughes

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Paperback | 23 January 2003 | Edition Number 2

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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.

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Teaching and testing	p. 1
Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book	p. 8
Kinds of tests and testing	p. 11
Validity	p. 26
Reliability	p. 36
Achieving beneficial backwash	p. 53
Stages of test development	p. 58
Common test techniques	p. 75
Testing writing	p. 83
Testing oral ability	p. 113
Testing reading	p. 136
Testing listening	p. 160
Testing grammar and vocabulary	p. 172
Testing overall ability	p. 186
Tests for young learners	p. 199
Test administration	p. 215
The statistical analysis of test data	p. 218
Item banking	p. 234
Questions on the New Zealand youth hostels passage	p. 236
Bibliography	p. 237
Subject Index	p. 246
Author Index	p. 250
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