Collaboration in Language Testing and Assessment (Hardcover)

Contents: John H.A.L. de Jong: Foreword ? Riikka Alanen/Ari Huhta/Scott Jarvis/Maisa Martin/Mirja Tarnanen: Issues and Challenges in Combining SLA and Language Testing Research ? Jamie Dunlea/Neus Figueras: Replicating Results from a CEFR Test Comparison Project Across Continents ? Karin Vogt: Adaptations of CEFR Descriptors to Local Contexts ? Carole Sedgwick: Co-operation in Europe: ‘Local’ Practices and ‘Global’ Requirements ? Carole Thomas: Working with the CEFR: The Bilkent Linking Project ? Gudrun Erickson/Lisbeth Aberg-Bengtsson: A Collaborative Approach to National Test Development ? Gyorgyi Egyud/Zoltan Kiszely/Gabor Szabo: Comparing the Hungarian School-Leaving Examination with International Language Examinations ? David Newbold: Local Institution, Global Examination: Working Together for a ‘Co-certification’ ? Slobodanka Dimova: Matura’s Rocky Road to Success: Coping with Test Validity Issues ? Anders Johannessen Fikke/Hildegunn Lahlum Helness: Synergies and Tensions in Computerised Language Testing ? June Eyckmans/Winibert Segers/Philippe Anckaert: Translation Assessment Methodology and the Prospects of European Collaboration ? Laura Sadlier(†)/Beppie van den Bogaerde/Joni Oyserman: Preliminary Collaborative Steps in Establishing CEFR Sign Language Levels ? Anne Dragemark Oscarson: Collaboration in Understanding Results - Selfassessment of EFL Writing ? Lisbeth M. Brevik/Eli Moe: Effects of CLIL Teaching on Language Outcomes.