Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Testing, teaching and society: the language tester’s responsibilities
- Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book
- Kinds of tests and testing
- Validity
- Reliability
- Achieving positive backwash
- Stages of test development
- Common test techniques
- Testing writing
- Testing speaking
- Testing reading
- Testing listening
- Testing grammar and vocabulary
- Testing overall ability
- Tests for young learners
- Beyond testing: other means of assessment
- New technology and language testing
- Test administration
- The statistical analysis of test data
- Item banking
- Checklist for teachers choosing tests for their students
- The secrets of happiness
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
New technology and language testing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Testing, teaching and society: the language tester’s responsibilities
- Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book
- Kinds of tests and testing
- Validity
- Reliability
- Achieving positive backwash
- Stages of test development
- Common test techniques
- Testing writing
- Testing speaking
- Testing reading
- Testing listening
- Testing grammar and vocabulary
- Testing overall ability
- Tests for young learners
- Beyond testing: other means of assessment
- New technology and language testing
- Test administration
- The statistical analysis of test data
- Item banking
- Checklist for teachers choosing tests for their students
- The secrets of happiness
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- Testing for Language Teachers , pp. 233 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020