Language Testing: Theories and Practices

Series Preface Acknowledgements List Of Contributors Introduction; B.O'Sullivan Test Development and Validation; B.O'Sullivan & C.J.Weir Describing Language Levels; B.North Testing Linguistic Relativity; A.Davies Componentiality in L2 Listening; P.Joyce Benchmarking and Standards in Language Tests; E.Kantarc?o?lu & S.Papageorgiou Producing an Index of Word Difficulty Through Learner Self-Assessment Data: An Application of Rasch Modelling; T.Shiotsu An Alternative Approach to Rating Scale Development; A.H.A.Raof Quantifying Conversational Styles in Group Oral Test Discourse; B.O'Sullivan & F.Nakatsuhara A Case of Testing L2 English Reading for Class Level Placement; A.Green A Model for the Development and Application of a Diagnostic Test for Trainee Foreign Language Teachers; D.Burrell , U.Graham , D.Medley , B.Richards & J.Roberts Developing Affordable 'Local' Tests: The Exaver Project , A.A.Florescano , B.O'Sullivan , C.S.Chavez , D.E.Ryan , E.Z.Lara , L.A.S.Martinez , M.I.G.Macias , M.M. Hart , P.E.Grounds , P.R.Ryan , R.A.Dunne & T.De Jesus Romero Barradas The Development and Validation of an Online Rater Training and Marking System: Promises and Pitfalls; A.Brown & P.Jaquith The 'Hard' Criterion: The Use of Language Test Information in University Admissions Processes; P.Rea-Dickins , R.Kiely & G.Yu Assessment in the Learning System; J.O'Dwyer Index