Title: Designing second language performance assessments
Description: "This technical report focuses on the decision-making potential provided by second language performance assessments. The authors first situate performance assessment within a broader discussion of alternatives in language assessment and in educational assessment in general. They then discuss issues in performance assessment design, implementation, reliability, and validity. Finally, they present a prototype framework for second language performance assessment based on the integration of theoretical underpinnings and research findings from the literature on task-based language teaching, language testing, and educational measurement. The authors outline test and item specifications, and they present numerous examples of prototypical language tasks. They also propose a research agenda focusing on the operationalization of second language performance assessments."--Jacket.
Subjects: Examinations, Ability testing, Language and languages, Examinations & assessment, Language teaching theory & methods, Usage guides, Language Experience Approach, Education / Teaching, Language Arts & Disciplines, Language, Study & Teaching, Linguistics, Problems & Exercises, Langage et langues, Tests d'aptitude, Examens, Prestatietests, Taalonderwijs, Vreemde talen, Universiteiten, Second language acquisition