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Testing the Untestable in Language Education
Amos (Ed) Paran
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Description for Testing the Untestable in Language Education
Paperback. This book investigates the intersections between language learning and assessment and four specific areas within language learning: learner autonomy, intercultural competence, literary competence and the integration of content and language learning. It is a valuable study of the seemingly untestable facets of foreign language competence. Editor(s): Paran, Amos; Sercu, Lies. Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFDM; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
The testing and assessment of language competence continues to be a much debated issue in foreign language teaching and research. This book is the first one to address the testing of four important dimensions of foreign language education which have been left largely unconsidered: learner autonomy, intercultural competence, literature and literary competence, and the integration of content and language learning. Each area is considered through a theoretical framework, followed by two empirical studies, raising questions of importance to all language teachers: How can one test literary competence? Can intercultural competence be measured? What about the integrated assessment of content-and-language in ... Read more
The testing and assessment of language competence continues to be a much debated issue in foreign language teaching and research. This book is the first one to address the testing of four important dimensions of foreign language education which have been left largely unconsidered: learner autonomy, intercultural competence, literature and literary competence, and the integration of content and language learning. Each area is considered through a theoretical framework, followed by two empirical studies, raising questions of importance to all language teachers: How can one test literary competence? Can intercultural competence be measured? What about the integrated assessment of content-and-language in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
New Perspectives on Language and Education
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847692658
SKU
V9781847692658
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About Amos (Ed) Paran
Amos Paran is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of London, where he is Programme Leader of the MA TESOL. He has a special interest in mastera s level teaching by distance learning, and has also been involved in testing projects in a variety of different languages. His main research interests are reading in a foreign language, ... Read more
Reviews for Testing the Untestable in Language Education
The book brings together double sets of constructs which represent in their own right whole areas of academic investigation. Each section provides both theoretical underpinning and empirical studies which in turn offer a wide array of pedagogical initiatives and alleyways to explore. As such, it makes a very valuable contribution to the understanding of each dimension while providing pragmatic guidelines ... Read more