Beyond Test Practice : What Test Preparation Can Offer in Locally Contextualized Language Testing

ISBN-13: 9783639122220 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 120 str.

Slobodanka Dimova

Opis

Most universities use screening methods for oralEnglish proficiency for international teachingassistants, which may be standardized oral Englishtests (TOEFL or TSE) or tests based on micro teachingand interviews. Purdue University uses POET, alocally-developed, computer-based test for screeningoral English proficiency. POET is intended to be anintegral part of the language instruction program andPurdue s educational framework. This book describeshow a test preparation method, POET Tutorial, canhelp to embed the test in the local context byoffering more than test practice. Alongside formatintroduction and test familiarization, the POETTutorial promotes awareness of the educationaldemands and opportunities at Purdue. The three-yearstudy presented in this book follows the POETTutorial implementation by examining examinees testformat knowledge and their opinions about thetutorial s helpfulness. This book should beespecially useful for professionals who want toachieve integration of language tests and instructionin a particular educational or social context.

O autorze

Dr. Slobodanka Dimova is an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied
Linguistics at East Carolina University. She holds a doctoral
degree from Purdue University. Her interests include
language testing and measurement and World Englishes.