1st Edition
Learner-directed Assessment in Esl
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Routledge
186 Pages
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Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
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This text integrates the theory and practice of learner-based assessment. Written in response to two recent movements in language teaching--learner-centered teaching and a renewed interest in authenticity in language testing--it examines the relationship between the language learner and language assessment processes, and promotes approaches to assessment that involve the learner in the testing... Read more
Contents: L.F. Bachman, Foreword. Preface. G. Ekbatani, Moving Toward Learner-Directed Assessment. B. North, Defining a Flexible Common Measurement Scale: Descriptors for Self and Teacher Assessment. D. Strong-Krause, Exploring the Effectiveness of Self-Assessment Strategies in ESL Placement. E. van Hest, Analyzing Self-Repair: An Alternative Way of Language Assessment. M. Gottlieb, Portfolio Practices in Elementary and Secondary Schools: Toward Learner-Directed Assessment. A. Hirvela, H. Pierson, Portfolios: Vehicles for Authentic Self-Assessment. A.D. Cohen, Exploring Strategies in Test Taking: Fine-Tuning Verbal Reports From Respondents. G. Ekbatani, H. Pierson, Epilogue: Promoting Learner-Directed Assessment.
Biography
Glayol Ekbatani, Herbert Pierson
"Ekbatani and Pierson have put together a volume that is a must in any teacher's professional library on language assessment."
—TESL-EJ
