Assessment and Testing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24220902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Clapham |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Pages | 147-161 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-1905 • E-ISSN: 1471-6356 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0267190500200093 |
| OpenAlex | W2112186255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
In this brief article, I discuss the relationship between language testing and the other sub-disciplines of applied linguistics and also the relationship, as I see it, between testing and assessment. The article starts with a brief exploration of the term ‘applied linguistics’ and then goes on to discuss the role of language testing within this discipline, the relationship between testing and teaching, and the relationship between testing and assessment. The second part of the article mentions some areas of current concern to testers and discusses in more detail recent advances in the areas of performance testing, alternative assessment, and computer assessment. One of my aims in this article is to argue that the skills involved in language testing are necessary not only for those constructing all kinds of language proficiency assessments, but also for those other applied linguists who use tests or other elicitation techniques to help them gather language data for research.
Alternative assessment · Applied linguistics · computer-based testing · elicitation methods · Language assessment · language proficiency assessment · performance testing · test development · Educational and Psychological Assessments · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Student Assessment and Feedback
Performance Assessment in Language Testing
Approaches to Alternative Assessment
Validity in Language Assessment
Technologies for Language Assessment
Task-Based Instruction
Computer Adaptive Testing in Second Language Contexts
Theoretical Bases of Communicative Approaches to Second Language Teaching and Testing
Applied Linguistics and Language Testing
Models and Fictions
The effect of topic variation in performance testing
Scaling descriptors for language proficiency scales
Snares and silver bullets
An introduction to structural equation modelling for language assessment research
Using G-theory and Many-facet Rasch measurement in the development of performance assessments of the ESL speaking skills of immigrants
Simulating conversations in oral-proficiency assessment
Systematic effects in the rating of second-language speaking ability
How applied linguistics is the same as any other science
Retuning in applied linguistics
Can There Be Validity Without Reliability
The Influence of Task Structure and Processing Conditions on Narrative Retellings
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2009 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |