Testing for Language Teachers "Hughes, Arthur"

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This second edition remains the most practical guide for teachers who want to have a better understanding of the role of testing in language teaching. It has a new chapter on testing young learners and expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. ix)
• Preface (p. xi)
• 1 Teaching and testing (p. 1)
• 2 Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book (p. 8)
• 3 Kinds of tests and testing (p. 11)
• 4 Validity (p. 26)
• 5 Reliability (p. 36)
• 6 Achieving beneficial backwash (p. 53)
• 7 Stages of test development (p. 58)
• 8 Common test techniques (p. 75)
• 9 Testing writing (p. 83)
• 10 Testing oral ability (p. 113)
• 11 Testing reading (p. 136)
• 12 Testing listening (p. 160)
• 13 Testing grammar and vocabulary (p. 172)
• 14 Testing overall ability (p. 186)
• 15 Tests for young learners (p. 199)
• 16 Test administration (p. 215)
• Appendix 1 The statistical analysis of test data (p. 218)
• Appendix 2 Item banking (p. 234)
• Appendix 3 Questions on the New Zealand youth hostels passage (p. 236)
• Bibliography (p. 237)
• Subject Index (p. 246)
• Author Index (p. 250)