Hughes, Arthur

Testing for Language Teachers - second edition - United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2002 - 251 p. 22 cm - Language Teaching Library .

Contents, bibliography, index.

1- Teaching and testing
2- Testing and problem solving
3- kinds of tests and testing
4- Validity
5- Reliability
6- Achieving beneficial backwash
7- Stages of test development
8- Common test techniques
9- Test writing
10- Testing oral ability
11- Testing reading
12- Testing listening
13- Testing grammar and vocabulary
14- Testing overall ability
15- Tests for young learners
16- Test administration


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.



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English language
Language teaching
Test techniques

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