Papers on language testing, 1967-1974 /
edited by Leslie Palmer and Bernard Spolsky.
- Washington, DC : Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 1975.
- v, 228 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Part One: Test Development -- A. Techniques -- 1. Virginia French Allen: Toward a Thumb-Nail Test of English Competence -- 2. David P. Harris: Report on an Experimental Group-Administered Memory Span Test -- Francis A. Cartier: Criterion-Referenced Testing of Language Skills -- 4. John W. Oller, Jr.: Assessing Competence in ESL: Reading -- 5. John W. Oller, Jr and Nevin Inal: A Cloze Test of English Prepositions -- B. Oral Tests -- 6. John A. Upshur: Objective Evaluation of Oral Proficiency in the ESOL Classroom -- 7. E.A. Levenston: Aspects of Testing the Oral Proficiency of Adult Immigrants to Canada -- 8. Bernard Spolsky, Penny Murphy, Wayne Holm, and Allen Ferrel: Three Functional Tests of Oral Proficiency -- 9. Robert L. Politzer, Mary Rhodes Hoover, and Dwight Brown: A Test of Proficiency in Black Standard and Nonstandard Speech -- C. Specific Test Instruments -- 10. Anne O. Stemmier: The LCT, Language-Cognition Test (Research Edition) -- A Test for Educationally Disadvantaged School Beginners -- 11. Eugene J. Briere: ESL Testing on the Navajo Reservation -- 12. Eugene J. Briere and Richard H. Brown: Norming Tests of ESL Among Amerindian Children -- 13. Donna Ilyin: Structure Placement Tests for Adults in English-Second Language Programs in California -- 14. Peter J. M. Groot : Validation of Language Tests -- Part Two: Theory and Interpretation of Language Tests -- A. Validation -- 15. Bernard Spolsky: Language Testing - The Problem of Validation -- 16. William H. Angoff and Auriel T. Sharon: A Comparison of Scores Earned in TOEFL by Native American College Students and Foreign Applicants to U.S. Colleges -- B. Sociolinguistic Aspects -- 17. Diana S. Natalicio and Frederick Williams: What Characteristics Can 'Experts' Reliably Evaluate in the Speech of Black and Mexican-American Children? -- 17. Andrew D. Cohen: The Sociolinguistic Assessment of Speaking Skills in a Bilingual Education Program -- 19. Robert L. Cooper and Joshua A. Fishman: Some Issues in the Theory and Measurement of Language Attitude -- C. Cultural Considerations -- 20. T. H. Plaister: Testing Aural Comprehension: A Culture Fair Approach -- 21. Eliane C. Condon: The Cultural Context of Language Testing -- Appendix -- 22. Eugene J. Briere: Current Trends in Second Language Testing
75001551
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
English language--Study and teaching--United States.
Education, Bilingual--United States.
English language--Ability testing.
African Americans--Languages.
Black English.
PE1128.A2 / P3
420/.76
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Part One: Test Development -- A. Techniques -- 1. Virginia French Allen: Toward a Thumb-Nail Test of English Competence -- 2. David P. Harris: Report on an Experimental Group-Administered Memory Span Test -- Francis A. Cartier: Criterion-Referenced Testing of Language Skills -- 4. John W. Oller, Jr.: Assessing Competence in ESL: Reading -- 5. John W. Oller, Jr and Nevin Inal: A Cloze Test of English Prepositions -- B. Oral Tests -- 6. John A. Upshur: Objective Evaluation of Oral Proficiency in the ESOL Classroom -- 7. E.A. Levenston: Aspects of Testing the Oral Proficiency of Adult Immigrants to Canada -- 8. Bernard Spolsky, Penny Murphy, Wayne Holm, and Allen Ferrel: Three Functional Tests of Oral Proficiency -- 9. Robert L. Politzer, Mary Rhodes Hoover, and Dwight Brown: A Test of Proficiency in Black Standard and Nonstandard Speech -- C. Specific Test Instruments -- 10. Anne O. Stemmier: The LCT, Language-Cognition Test (Research Edition) -- A Test for Educationally Disadvantaged School Beginners -- 11. Eugene J. Briere: ESL Testing on the Navajo Reservation -- 12. Eugene J. Briere and Richard H. Brown: Norming Tests of ESL Among Amerindian Children -- 13. Donna Ilyin: Structure Placement Tests for Adults in English-Second Language Programs in California -- 14. Peter J. M. Groot : Validation of Language Tests -- Part Two: Theory and Interpretation of Language Tests -- A. Validation -- 15. Bernard Spolsky: Language Testing - The Problem of Validation -- 16. William H. Angoff and Auriel T. Sharon: A Comparison of Scores Earned in TOEFL by Native American College Students and Foreign Applicants to U.S. Colleges -- B. Sociolinguistic Aspects -- 17. Diana S. Natalicio and Frederick Williams: What Characteristics Can 'Experts' Reliably Evaluate in the Speech of Black and Mexican-American Children? -- 17. Andrew D. Cohen: The Sociolinguistic Assessment of Speaking Skills in a Bilingual Education Program -- 19. Robert L. Cooper and Joshua A. Fishman: Some Issues in the Theory and Measurement of Language Attitude -- C. Cultural Considerations -- 20. T. H. Plaister: Testing Aural Comprehension: A Culture Fair Approach -- 21. Eliane C. Condon: The Cultural Context of Language Testing -- Appendix -- 22. Eugene J. Briere: Current Trends in Second Language Testing
75001551
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
English language--Study and teaching--United States.
Education, Bilingual--United States.
English language--Ability testing.
African Americans--Languages.
Black English.
PE1128.A2 / P3
420/.76