Language Testing in Practice Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests

• Main Authors: Bachman, Lyle F (Author), Palmer, Adrian S. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
• Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Examinations > Design and construction; Language and languages > Ability testing
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• Physical Description: vi, 377 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780194371483; 0194371484

The practice of testing is related here to views on communicative language teaching and testing. The book is divided into three sections: "Conceptual Bases on Language Testing," "Designing and Constructing Useful Language Tests," and "Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Information from Language Tests."