Language Assessment and Programme Evaluation - Brossura

Lynch, Brian K.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0748615628 ISBN 13: 9780748615629

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2003

Riassunto

This book explores key areas of modern society in which language is used to form power and social relations. These are presented in five sections:Language and the Media* Language and Organisations* Language and Gender* Language and Youth* Multilingualism, Identity and EthnicityThis volume examines the overlapping areas of evaluation and assessment, where 'evaluation' is defined as the systematic use of information to make decisions about language teaching programmes and 'assessment' as the systematic use of information to make decisions about individuals and their language ability. A variety of topics are covered, including paradigms and purposes, design techniques, quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting and analysing data, and ethical, social and political considerations in the conduct of evaluation and assessment.The book has two important goals: to underscore the relationships between the enterprises of evaluation and assessment, and to encourage the use of new paradigms in our a

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Brian K. Lynch is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University. He has also taught applied linguistics at UCLA and the University of Melbourne, and has worked on English language teaching programmes in China, Mexico, Australia, and the United States.

Brian K. Lynch is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Portland State Universit

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0748615628
• ISBN 13: 9780748615629
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile