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Revisiting the Assessment of Second Language Abilities: From Theory to Practice

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Editors:
  1. Sahbi Hidri

    1. Department of English, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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  • The book is very helpful for teachers, researchers, MA and PhD students, and ELT practitioners
  • The book suggests hands-on practice on how to measure the construct statistically
  • The book examines educational cases from different parts of the world in an extensively critical way
  • The book comprehensively summarizes the recent studies and reviews of the literature on assessing the constructs of language abilities as well as test fairness and validation

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: State of the Art of Assessing Second Language Abilities

    • Sahbi Hidri
    Pages 1-19

  5. Assessing English for Specific Purposes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Academic Writing Needs Assessment: A Case Study of MPH Students, University of Khartoum

      • Abuelgasim Sabah Elsaid Mohammed
      Pages 155-173

    3. Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment in an ESP Context

      • Yosra Naimi
      Pages 175-194

  6. Assessing Translation and Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Assessing Textual Competence in Translation into a Second Language

      • Tamara Kavytska, Olga Kvasova
      Pages 197-215

    3. Assessing Literature for the Classroom Among Female Learners of English in an EFL Context in Saudi Arabia

      • Manal Qutub
      Pages 217-237
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About this book

This book presents an overview of revisiting the assessment of language abilities. It also showcases how the measurement of such constructs can result in negative or positive washback and how outcomes might be conducive to repercussions that decide on the future of many stakeholders. The 23 chapters were selected among tens of chapters received from different contexts that addressed the issue of revisiting the assessment of language abilities, such as Tunisia, Ukraine, Algeria, Russia, KSA, Sudan, Egypt, Canada, Kurdistan, UK, USA, Iran, Turkey, etc. These contexts have highlighted the necessity to revisit the different constructs which should be assessed with a clear and straightforward foundation on students’ learning objectives and their actual language ability. To do so, most of the chapters present hands-on use of relevant statistical tests that might serve in revisiting the construct definition both theoretically and operationally. Perhaps the sole and intricate question that the authors of these contributions ask is what it means to revisit the assessment of the construct of individualized language ability and how. In addition, the book accentuates the momentousness and significance of reflecting on test fairness and validation as the mainspring and backbone for democratization of assessment. This book appeals to a broad readership, such as English Language Teaching (ELT) practitioners, language teachers, students, testing organizations, policy-makers, test designers, writers of test specifications, testing experts, researchers, program evaluators, especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as other international contexts.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

    Sahbi Hidri

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Revisiting the Assessment of Second Language Abilities: From Theory to Practice

  • Editors: Sahbi Hidri

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62884-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62883-7Published: 25 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87419-7Published: 04 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62884-4Published: 12 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 503

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics

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