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Language Testing and Validation

Part of the book series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics ((RPAL))

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What follows are test examples that have been constructed for specific students in specific contexts around the world requiring a variety of abilities in reading. They are taken from a variety of levels from elementary to advanced. It may well be that particular techniques and what they test are inappropriate as they stand for your own students. Do not worry about this. Try to establish whether they might usefully be customized for the students in your particular context.

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Further reading

General

  • Hughes (2003) is the classic volume for testing in the classroom recently updated. A rich source of considered advice for the teacher practitioner.

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Reading

  • Alderson (2000) offers a wide-ranging coverage of reading research, and theory and practice in the assessment of reading.

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  • Urquhart and Weir (1998) discuss testing in the context of reading theory.

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Listening

  • Buck (2001) is thoughtful and accessible treatment of testing listening

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Writing

  • Weigle (2002) is a comprehensive and well-organized treatment of the area.

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Speaking

  • Fulcher (2003) considers the assessment of speaking from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives.

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  • Luoma (2004) is devoted to the testing of speaking and provides many useful examples of speaking tests and scales.

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  1. Centre for Research in Testing, Evaluation and Curriculum (CRTEC), Roehampton University, UK

    Cyril J. Weir

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Weir, C.J. (2005). Response Formats. In: Language Testing and Validation. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514577_9

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