Assessing vocabulary
By: John Read
Series: Cambridge language assessment series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780521627412
Subjects: Language and languages; Foreign speakers; Study and teaching; Ability testing; Vocabulary tests; English language
Description: This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the vocabulary knowledge of second language learners.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Series editors' preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: 1. The place of vocabulary in language assessment; title: 2. The nature of vocabulary; title: 3. Research on vocabulary acquisition and use; title: 4. Research on vocabulary assessment; title: 5. The design of discrete vocabulary tests; title: 7. Comprehensive measures of vocabulary; title: 8. Further developments in vocabulary assessment; title: References; title: Index.