Authors | |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Year | 31/05/2018 |
Edition | First |
Version | eBook: Fixed Page eTextbook (PDF) |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9783631744901 |
Categories | Language: history & general works, linguistics, Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching skills & techniques |
This book explores the development of C-tests for providing efficient measures of foreign language proficiency in eight different languages: Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Researchers report on how C-test principles were applied in creating the new language tests, with careful attention to language-specific challenges and solutions. The final, five-text C-tests in all languages demonstrated impressive psychometric qualities as well as strong relationships with criterion variables such as learner self-assessments and instructional levels. These test development projects provide new tests for use by foreign language researchers, and they demonstrate innovative and rigorous test development practices in diverse languages.
Developing C-tests for estimating proficiency in foreign language research