Factors associated with ESL test reform in a local context : Factors associated with ESL test reform in a local context

ISBN-13: 9783838329499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 192 str.

Brent A. Green

Opis

Traditionally, practitioners interested in language test reform have focused on the qualities within an examination which result in either positive or negative impacts on participants,institutions, and society. However, recent views suggest a much more complex and multifaceted interaction among a number of varying factors. Despite a growing body of research on the impact of language tests on teaching and learning, there have been few studies which attempt to examine the relationships among the broader contexts, the test development processes, stakeholder agency and the desire for change, and the interaction among these three areas and the agents promoting the reform. This monograph examines these factors and their relationships in on-going test reform in a local ESL program at the tertiary level.

O autorze

Brent A. Green has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. His interests include language assessment, corpus-driven learning, and ESL/EFL pedagogy. He has taught EFL/ESL and TESOL courses in the Marshall Islands,Taiwan, Tonga, Samoa, California, Hawaii, and Utah. He is an Associate Professor of Developmental Education at Salt Lake Community College