Language Testing

by Tim McNamara and Carsten Roever

Winner of the SAGE/ILTA Award for Best Book on Language Testing 2009 This volume focuses on the social aspects of language testing, including assessment of socially situated language use and societal consequences of language tests. The authors argue that traditional approaches to ensuring social fairness in tests go some way to addressing social concerns, but a broader perspective is necessary to examine the functions of tests on a societal scale...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405155434
• ISBN13: 9781405155434
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"