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Hamp-Lyons, LizIssue Date
2016-11-01Subjects
educationmeasurement
assessment
language assessment
second language
Q330 English as a second language
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Handbook of second language assessmentAbstract
Commissioned as the lead paper in the Volume, this chapter shows how the terms assessment, testing, examining and evaluation have become increasingly intertwined, and multiple new terms have emerged. The chapter takes a somewhat historical view as it lays out a picture of the ways that the field of language ‘assessment’ has expanded its knowledge and skills but also its socio-political effects. Taking the notion of ‘purposes’ as a broad organizing principle, the chapter is intended to introduce new readers in this field to the wide range of issues current in the field, and prepare them for the more specific chapters that follow.Citation
Hamp-Lyons L. (2016) 'Purposes of assessment', in Tsagari D., Banerjee J. (ed(s).). Handbook of second language assessment, The Hague: De Gruyter/Mouton pp.13-28.Publisher
De Gruyter/MoutonAdditional Links
https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/207934Type
Book chapterLanguage
enISBN
9781614515425ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1515/9781614513827 Copyright Clearance Center Comments (0)