Language Testing and Validation

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-2

3. Testing as Validity

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Language Testing Past and Present

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      Pages 5-10

   3. The Nature of Test Validity

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   4. Before the Test Event: A Priori Validity Evidence

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      Pages 17-21

   5. After the Test Event: A Posteriori Validity Evidence

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      Pages 22-40

4. New Frameworks for Developing and Validating Tests of Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Test Takers

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      Pages 51-55

   3. Context Validity in Action

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      Pages 56-84

   4. Theory-based Validity in Action

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      Pages 85-118

   5. Response Formats

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      Pages 119-176

   6. Scoring Validity in Action

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      Pages 177-206

   7. External Validities in Action

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      Pages 207-215

5. Generating Validity Evidence

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Research Methodologies for Exploring the Validity of a Test

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      Pages 221-270

6. Further Resources in Language Testing

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Key Sources

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      Pages 273-281

7. Postscript

   1. Postscript

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      Pages 283-284

8. Back Matter

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Tests for the measurement of language abilities must be constructed according to a coherent validity framework based on the latest developments in theory and practice. This innovative book, by a world authority on language testing, deals with all key aspects of language test design and implementation. It provides a road map to effective testing based on the latest approaches to test validation. A book for all MA students in Applied Linguistics or TESOL, and for professional language teachers

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• applied linguistics
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• language
• linguistics
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• Centre for Research in Testing, Evaluation and Curriculum (CRTEC), Roehampton University, UK

  Cyril J. Weir

CYRIL WEIR is Powdrill Professor of English Language Acquisition and Director of the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment at the University of Luton, UK. He has taught and provided consultancy in language testing, evaluation and curriculum renewal in over fifty countries worldwide. He has published widely in the fields of testing and evaluation. His books include Communicative Language Testing and Understanding and Developing Language Tests. Also as Co-Author, Reading in a Second Language and Evaluation in ELT. He is on the editorial board of Language Assessment Quarterly.

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