Language Testing in the 1990s: the Communicative Legacy

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Part 1 Progress in language testing - the 1990s, Peter Skehan resistance to change, Brendan J. Carroll response to Brendan Carroll's paper - Resistance to Chance, Don Porter affective factors in language testing, Don Porter response to Don Porter's paper - Affective Factors in Testing, Brendan J. Carroll giving students a sporting chance - assessment by counting and by judging, Alastair Pollitt dis-sporting life. Response to Alastair Pollitt's paper - Giving Students a Sporting Chance, J.Charles Alderson bands and scores, J.Charles Alderson response to Charles Alderson's paper -Bands and Scores, Alastair Pollitt language assessment as theatre - ten years of communicative testing, Andrew Harrison response to Andrew Harrison's paper - Language Assessment as Theatre, Pauline M. Rea Dickins what makes a grammar test communicative?, Pauline M. Rea Dickins response to Pauline Rea Dickins' paper - What Makes a Grammar Test Communicative?, Andrew Harrison language testing in the 1990s, Alan Davies. Part 2 Assessing achievement in a learner-centred curriculum, Geof Brindley standardization of continuous assessment grades, Brian North from testing research to educational policy - a comprehensive test of oral proficiency, Thea Reves the group oral exam. Advantages and limitations, Janet Hilsdon curriculum innovation and examination reform in Benin, West Africa, Joseph Akoha validating tests in difficult circumstances, Dianne Wall, et al computers and innovation in language testing, J.Charles Alderson and Scott Windeatt ToPE: test of profiency in English - the development of an adaptive test, R.A. Hill test item banker - an item bank for a very small micro, Neil Jones.

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