LANGUAGE TESTING IN PRACTICE

This book relates language testing practice to current views of communicative language teaching and testing. It builds on the theore tical background expounded in Bachman's Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing and examines the design, planning, and organi zation of tests. The book is divided into three sections which discuss 1) objectives and expectations, the context of language testi ng, and the abilities to be tested/ 2) the process of test development, including blueprints, resources, operationalization, and sco ring met...[Read more]