Exploring Language Assessment and Testing: Language in Action
Exploring Language Assessment and Testing: Language in Action
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探索语言评估和测试：行动中的语言
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10.1093/elt/ccu065
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发表时间：
2015
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C. Leung
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大多数英语教学专业人士都会欣然同意，评估在他们工作的几乎每一个方面都起着非常重要的作用，从使用评估结果来指导学生入学，到参考测试规范来指导课程设计和教材开发。与此同时，在评估框架和工具的制定和评估方面，专家和教师之间（仍然）存在很大的分工。这种分工持续存在的主要原因之一是，许多与评估相关的概念和想法是以“技术”的方式提出的，通常是用不熟悉的心理测量学和测量学衍生的术语来表达的，并伴随着可能无法立即解读的统计数据。考试的设计和发展可以从教师的更多参与中受益，如果评估与教学形成一体，可能会对学生的学习质量产生积极影响。在过去的几年里，语言教师教育计划（例如TESOL 2010，领域4）强调了评估专业知识的重要性，通常被称为教师评估素养。本书旨在为教师专业知识和技能领域做出贡献，特别是对英语教学中的实践教师和硕士生。本书中讨论的内容使读者超越了实际的“如何”的层面，并将使他们开始参与“为什么我们有这个测试项目？”以知情的方式提出类型的问题。
Most ELT professionals would readily agree that assessment plays a very important part in almost every aspect of their work, from using assessment results to guide student admissions to referring to test specifications to inform curriculum design and materials development. At the same time, there is (still) a strong division of labour between specialists and teachers when it comes to the development and evaluation of assessment frameworks and instruments. One of the main reasons why this division of labour has persisted is that many of the concepts and ideas associated with assessment are presented in a ‘technical’way, often expressed in unfamiliar psychometrics-and measurement-derived terminology, and accompanied by statistical data that may not be immediately decipherable.There is, however, a growing recognition among both teacher educators and assessment specialists that this divide is unhelpful. The design and development of tests can benefit from greater teacher involvement, and where assessment is formatively integrated with teaching, there is a likely positive effect on the quality of student learning. In the past few years, language teacher education programmes (for example TESOL 2010, Domain 4) have emphasized the importance of expertise in assessment, often referred to as teacher assessment literacy. This book has been designed to make a contribution to this area of teacher professional knowledge and know-how, with particular reference to practising teachers and Masters level students in ELT. The contents of the discussion in this book take readers way beyond the practical ‘how to’level and will enable them to begin to engage with ‘Why do we have this test item?’type of questions in an informed way.