Evaluating language assessments / Antony John Kunnan.

By:

Kunnan, Antony John [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New perspectives on language assessmentPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge,Taylor & Francis group, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780415897778 (softcover)
9780415897761 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

418.0076 23 K.A.E

LOC classification:

P53.4 .K84 2018

Contents:

Summary: "Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool. The volume explores language assessment evaluation in its wider political, economic, social, legal, and ethical contexts while also illustrating quantitative and qualitative methods through discussions of key research studies. Suitable for students in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and language assessment and education, this book makes the case for a clear and rigorous understanding of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of language assessment evaluation in order to achieve fair assessments and just institutions."--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A7	English Department	418.0076 K.A.E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	In transit from Main library to English Library since 02/02/2022		00015090

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The need for evaluation --
Past frameworks and evaluations --
Ethics-based approach to assessment evaluation --
Building the fairness and justice argument --
Opportunity-to-learn --
Meaningfulness --
Absence of bias --
Washback and consequences --
Advancing fairness and justice --
Applications and implications.

"Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool. The volume explores language assessment evaluation in its wider political, economic, social, legal, and ethical contexts while also illustrating quantitative and qualitative methods through discussions of key research studies. Suitable for students in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and language assessment and education, this book makes the case for a clear and rigorous understanding of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of language assessment evaluation in order to achieve fair assessments and just institutions."--Provided by publisher.

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