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TY - JOUR
T1 - State of the art review : language testing and assessment (part two).
AU - Alderson, J. Charles
AU - Banerjee, Jayanti
N1 - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=UHY The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Language Testing, 35 (2), pp 79-113 2002, © 2002 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2002/4/17
Y1 - 2002/4/17
N2 - In Part 1 of this two-part review article (Alderson & Banerjee, 2001), we first addressed issues of washback, ethics, politics and standards. After a discussion of trends in testing on a national level and in testing for specific purposes, we surveyed developments in computer-based testing and then finally examined self-assessment, alternative assessment and the assessment of young learners. In this second part, we begin by discussing recent theories of construct validity and the theories of language use that help define the constructs that we wish to measure through language tests. The main sections of the second part concentrate on summarising recent research into the constructs themselves, in turn addressing reading, listening, grammatical and lexical abilities, speaking and writing. Finally we discuss a number of outstanding issues in the field.
AB - In Part 1 of this two-part review article (Alderson & Banerjee, 2001), we first addressed issues of washback, ethics, politics and standards. After a discussion of trends in testing on a national level and in testing for specific purposes, we surveyed developments in computer-based testing and then finally examined self-assessment, alternative assessment and the assessment of young learners. In this second part, we begin by discussing recent theories of construct validity and the theories of language use that help define the constructs that we wish to measure through language tests. The main sections of the second part concentrate on summarising recent research into the constructs themselves, in turn addressing reading, listening, grammatical and lexical abilities, speaking and writing. Finally we discuss a number of outstanding issues in the field.
U2 - 10.1017/S0261444802001751
DO - 10.1017/S0261444802001751
M3 - Journal article
VL - 35
SP - 79
EP - 113
JO - Language Teaching
JF - Language Teaching
SN - 0261-4448
IS - 2
ER -