Using Verbal Protocols in Language Test Validation: A Handbook This book aims to provide potential practitioners of Verbal Protocol Analysis with the background to the technique and a good understanding of what is involved in using VPA in the specific context of language testing and assessment. By Alison J. F. Green - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     The Multilingual Glossary of Language Testing Terms This unique guide was produced by 10 members of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE), and contains over 450 terms in Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. It is also available on CD-ROM.. By UCLES - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition | CD-Rom       Dictionary of Language Testing Essential reading for anyone trying to find their way through the terminology of language testing. Contains. 600 entries - each listed under a headword with extensive cross-referencing. By UCLES - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach Investigates the links between learner strategy use and performance on second language tests. It is a useful resource for looking for a greater understanding of the effects of strategy use on performance, and for those interested in using structural equation modelling as an analytical tool. By Jim Purpura - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Issues in Computer-adaptive Testing of Reading Proficiency: Selected Papers Selected papers from a conference on the computer-adaptive testing of reading held in Bloomington, Minesota. This book also includes a number of specially written papers, and will be of interest to those involved in the assessment of reading with an interest in computerised delivery and the issues involved. By Micheline Chalhoub-Deville - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes Of particular interest to teachers and test developers, this book describes the development and validation of a test for evaluating expeditious (skimming, search reading and scanning) and careful EAP reading abilities at tertiary level in China. By CUP - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-direct Speaking Tests A comparability study of direct (face-to-face) and semi-direct (language laboratory) versions of the speaking component of the access test, an English language test designed in the 1990s as part of the selection process for immigration to Australia. The two versions of the speaking module were developed by the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. The book explores the issue of test equivalence, using a range of quantitative and qualitative evidence including test scores, test taker language output and feedback from various 'players' in the test process - including members of the development team, test candidates, interviewers and raters. Will be of interest to policy-makers and adminstrators, and to language teachers and language testing researchers. By Kieran J. O'Loughlin - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests As language testers have begun to recognize the limitations of traditional statistical methods for validating oral language tests, newer and more innovative approaches to test validation have come to the fore. One of these approaches is Conversation Analysis (CA), which offers a systematic approach for analyzing spoken interaction from a qualitative perspective, allowing one to make observations about discourse while at the same time interacting with it. This insightful book provides language testers with a background in the conversation analytic framework and a fuller understanding of what is entailed in using conversation analysis in the specific context of oral language test validation By Anne Lazaraton - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Back to Bookstore