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9780805827521

Validation in Language Assessment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805827521

  • ISBN10:

    0805827528

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-10-01
  • Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

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Validation in Language Assessmentcontributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers. Featuring selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, the volume presents diverse approaches with an international perspective on validation in language assessment.

Table of Contents

Preface ix(2)
Foreword xi
Lyle F. Bachman
1 Approaches to Validation in Language Assessment
1(18)
Antony John Kunnan
PART I: TEST DEVELOPMENT AND TEST-TAKING PROCESS 19(72)
2 An Investigation of the Validity of Task Demands on Performance-Based Tests of Oral Proficiency
19(22)
Dorry M. Kenyon
3 Validating a Test to Measure Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge
41(20)
John Read
4 Prediction of Item Difficulty in the English Subtest of Israel's Inter-University Psychometric Entrance Test
61(30)
Ruth Fortus
Rikki Coriat
Susan Fund
PART II: TEST-TAKER CHARACTERISTICS AND FEEDBACK 91(162)
5 The Effect of Planning Time on Second Language Test Discourse
91(20)
Gillian Wigglesworth
6 The Development and Construct Validation of an Instrument Designed to Investigate Selected Cognitive Background Characteristics of Test-Takers
111(30)
James E. Purpura
7 The Effect of Language Proficiency and Background Knowledge on EAP Students' Reading Comprehension
141(28)
Caroline Clapham
8 Language Background, Ethnicity, and the Internal Construct Validity of the Advanced Placement Spanish Language Examination
169(26)
April Ginther
Joseph Stevens
9 The Role of Language Background in the Validation of a Computer-Adaptive Test
195(14)
Annie Brown
Noriko Iwashita
10 The Effect of Test-Taker Characteristics on Reactions to and Performance on an Oral English Proficiency Test
209(22)
Kathryn Hill
11 Why the "Monkeys Passage" Bombed: Tests, Genres, and Teaching
231(22)
Bonny Norton
Pippa Stein
PART III: PERSPECTIVE ON VALIDATION RESEARCH 253(24)
12 Perspectives on Validity: A Historical Analysis of Language Testing Conference Abstracts
253(24)
Liz Hamp-Lyons
Brian K. Lynch
Contributors 277(6)
Author Index 283(6)
Subject Index 289

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