Revisiting EFL Assessment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction: EFL Assessment: Back in Focus

   • Rahma Al-Mahrooqi

   Pages 1-6

3. Assessment Literacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Assessment Literacy: Beyond Teacher Practice

      • Zineb Djoub

      Pages 9-27

   3. Kurdish Tertiary EFL Teachers’ Assessment Literacy in Alternative Assessments and Its Influence on the Ethicality of Their Assessments

      • Dler Abdullah Ismael

      Pages 29-45

4. Theoretical Perspectives on Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. A Critical Review of Washback Studies: Hypothesis and Evidence

      • Wei Wei

      Pages 49-67

   3. Developing and Sustaining Outcomes Assessment in English as a Foreign Language Programs

      • Donald F. Staub

      Pages 69-84

   4. Outcomes-Based Assessment in an English Language Program

      • Khadernawaz Khan, Umamaheswara Rao Bontha

      Pages 85-104

   5. Assessment of EFL Through the Process of Problem-Based Learning

      • Melissa Caspary, Diane Boothe

      Pages 105-117

   6. The Perception of Assessment as a Multilayer Dimension in the Armenian EFL Classroom

      • Marine H. Arakelyan

      Pages 119-130

5. Skill-Area Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. EFL Assessment: Assessment of Speaking and Listening

      • Seetha Jayaraman

      Pages 133-150

   3. Assessing Entry-Level Academic Literacy with IELTS in the U.A.E.

      • Christopher Morrow

      Pages 151-169

   4. The Development, Validation and Use of a Test of Word Recognition for English Learners

      • David Coulson, Paul Meara

      Pages 171-188

6. Alternative Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Alternative Assessment: Growth, Development and Future Directions

      • Vino Sarah Reardon

      Pages 191-207

   3. Alternative Assessment: Student Designed Test Evidence in an Iranian EFL Context

      • Jafar Dorri Kafrani, Mohammad Reza Afshari

      Pages 209-219

   4. From a Culture of Testing to a Culture of Assessment: Implementing Writing Portfolios in a Micro Context

      • Elizabeth Noel

      Pages 221-235

   5. An Essential Tool for Continuous Assessment: The Learning Portfolio

      • Esra Gun Alayafi, Pınar Gunduz

      Pages 237-259

This book examines acknowledged practices and demonstrates to teachers how to make the most out of their assessment practices. It also explores different assessment methods for skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking. Forecasting the future of assessment and where concepts like alternative assessment and dynamic assessment are heading, it also shows how relatively new teaching methods such as communicative methodologies and problem-based learning are reflected in assessment.

This book represents a forum where contributors have presented their research and innovative ideas and practices on the important topic of assessment and opened a fresh debate on it. It offers an excellent reference guide for EFL teachers, practitioners, researchers and testing and assessment specialists. Each chapter examines central issues in assessment and their connection with teaching and learning in EFL contexts.

• Alternative Assessment
• Assessment and Teaching Methods Development
• Dynamic Assessment
• Electronic or Computerized Testing
• Washback Effect of Tests

• Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khuodh, Oman

  Rahma Al-Mahrooqi

• Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Men, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Christine Coombe

• Language Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoudh, Oman

  Faisal Al-Maamari

• Language and Translation, Dhofar University, Oman, Salalah, Oman

  Vijay Thakur

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