04613nam 2200733Ia 450 991045843360332120200520144314.01-84769-398-91-282-65714-397866126571461-84769-267-210.21832/9781847692672(CKB)2560000000012029(EBL)543892(OCoLC)645099480(SSID)ssj0000399880(PQKBManifestationID)12154803(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399880(PQKBWorkID)10393773(PQKB)11314382(MiAaPQ)EBC543892(DE-B1597)491457(DE-B1597)9781847692672(Au-PeEL)EBL543892(CaPaEBR)ebr10393254(CaONFJC)MIL265714(EXLCZ)99256000000001202920100407d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTesting the untestable in foreign language education[electronic resource] /edited by Amos Paran and Lies SercuBuffalo, NY Multilingual Matters20101 online resource (279 p.)New perspectives on language and education ;17Description based upon print version of record.1-84769-265-6 1-84769-266-4 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. More than Language: The Additional Faces of Testing and Assessment in Language Learning and Teaching -- Part 1: Intercultural Competence -- 2. Assessing Intercultural Competence: More Questions than Answers -- 3. Interculturally Savvy or Not? Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence in the Context of Learning for Business -- 4. Eliciting the Intercultural in Foreign Language Education at School -- 5. Measuring Autonomy: Should We Put Our Ability to the Test? -- 6. Assessment of Autonomy or Assessment for Autonomy? Evaluating Learner Autonomy for Formative Purposes -- 7. Learners Reflecting on Learning: Evaluation versus Testing in Autonomous Language Learning -- 8. Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Dilemmas of Testing Language and Literature -- 9. Crossing the Bridge from Appreciative Reader to Reflective Writer: The Assessment of Creative Process -- 10. The Taming of the Immeasurable: An Empirical Assessment of Language Awareness -- 11. Assessing Language and Content: A Functional Perspective -- 12. Teachers and Texts: Judging What English Language Learners Know From What They Say -- 13. Towards Systematic and Sustained Formative Assessment of Causal Explanations in Oral InteractionsThe testing and assessment of language competence continues to be a much debated issue in foreign language teaching and research. This book is the first one to address the testing of four important dimensions of foreign language education which have been left largely unconsidered: learner autonomy, intercultural competence, literature and literary competence, and the integration of content and language learning. Each area is considered through a theoretical framework, followed by two empirical studies, raising questions of importance to all language teachers: How can one test literary competence? Can intercultural competence be measured? What about the integrated assessment of content-and-language in CLIL and teaching? Is progress in autonomous learning skill gaugeable? The book constitutes essential reading for anyone interested in the testing and assessment of seemingly largely untestable aspects of foreign language competence.New perspectives on language and education ;17.Language and languagesStudy and teachingEvaluationIntercultural communicationEvaluationMulticultural educationEvaluationCommunicative competenceEvaluationElectronic books.Language and languagesStudy and teachingEvaluation.Intercultural communicationEvaluation.Multicultural educationEvaluation.Communicative competenceEvaluation.418.0076ES 847rvkParan Amos1030010Sercu Lies1028240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458433603321Testing the untestable in foreign language education2446707UNINA