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  • A Guide to Useful Evaluation of Language Programs

    by John McE. Davis, Todd H. McKay, Francesca Venezia, Lara Bryfonski, Jorge Méndez Seijas, Janire Zalbidea, Cristi Vallejos, Amy Kim ...
    Departments and language programs often are asked to evaluate the efficacy of their own programs and make curricular decisions on the basis of evidence. This guide, designed to help language educators meet the needs of program evaluation and assessment often requested by their institutions, provides step-by-step advice to help language educators conduct evaluation and assessment and to show how it ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education

    by John McE. Davis, Richard Kiely, Yuko Butler, Viviane Bagio Furtoso, Michael J. Ferreira, Keiko Koda0, Junko Yamashita1, Constant Leung2, Chris Davison3, Martin East4, Michael Evans5, Yongcan Liu6, Liz Hamp-Lyons7, James E. Purpura8, Svetlana V. Cook9, Shauna J. Sweet0, Alia Lancaster1, Nicholas B. Pandža2, Scott R. Jackson3, Eric Pelzl4, Catherine J. Doughty5, Kira Gor6, Larry Davis7, Veronika Timpe-Laughlin8, Lin Gu9, Gary Ockey0, Taina Tammelin-Laine1, Ari Huhta2, Reeta Neittaanmäki3, Tuija Hirvelä4, Sari Ohranen5, Elina Stordell6, Bart Deygers7, Justin Kelly8, Jennifer Renn9, Jennifer Norton0, Chih-Kai Lin1, Michael Kane2, David MacGregor3, Jim Ranalli4, Koen Van Gorp5 ...
    Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
    The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Second Language Educational Experiences for Adult Learners

    by John M. Norris, John McE. Davis, Veronika Timpe-Laughlin ...
    Series series Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment at ETS
    Second Language Educational Experiences for Adult Learners provides an up-to-date review of the theory and practice of adult second language education. The primary objective is to introduce core ideas that should inform the design, development, and delivery of language learning experiences that take the typical forms of materials, courses, teaching, and assessment. Divided into three sections, the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Sociocultural Activity of High Stakes Standardised Language Testing

    TOEIC Washback in a South Korean Context

    by Dawn Karen Booth ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the influence of high stakes standardised testing within the context of South Korea. South Korea is regarded as a shining example of success in educational achievement and, as this book reveals, pressurised standardised testing has been a major contributing factor to its success. This unique country provides an excellent setting from which to explore the powerful relationship ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Learning from Difference: Comparative Accounts of Multicultural Education

    Edited by Joseph Lo Bianco, Aydin Bal ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book analyses the experiences of multicultural education in nine very different international settings uncovering insights from a vast variety of educational contexts. Taking a multi-critical approach in reporting and discussing problems faced by increasingly multicultural and multilingual societies the nine case studies reflect radically different assumptions about what counts as ‘ ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Designing Research on Bilingual Development

    Behavioral and Neurolinguistic Experiments

    by Monika S. Schmid, Sanne M. Berends, Christopher Bergmann, Susanne M. Brouwer, Nienke Meulman, Bregtje J. Seton, Simone A. Sprenger, Laurie A. Stowe ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers an in-depth description and discussion of research design for a large-scale investigation of bilingual development. It introduces and justifies a range of theoretical and methodological innovations, discusses some of the problems that come with these and proposes practical solutions. The present volume introduces a research design intended to capture a wide range of linguistic ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Constructing Identities at Work

    Edited by J. Angouri, M. Marra ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This edited collection presents cutting edge research on the process of identity construction in professional and institutional contexts, from corporate workplaces, to courtrooms, classrooms, and academia. The chapters consider how interactants do identity work and how identity is indexed (often in subtle ways) in workplace discourse. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • English Language Ideologies in Korea

    Interpreting the Past and Present

    by Jinhyun Cho ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume critically examines the phenomenon of “English fever” in South Korea from both micro- and macro-perspectives. Drawing on original research and rich illustrative examples, the book investigates two key questions: why is English so popular in Korea, and why is there such a gap between the ‘dreams’ and ‘realities’ associated with English in Korea? These questions are explored through the ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The Haitian Creole Language

    History, Structure, Use, and Education

    by Elizabeth Barrows, Yves Dejean, Hugues St. Fort, Georges Fouron, Uli Locher, Serge Madhere, Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo, Mayra Cortes Piñeir, Jocelyne Trouillot-Lévy, Albert Valdman, Flore Zéphir, Nicholas Faraclas ...
    Series series Caribbean Studies
    The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature, and social interaction. Although spoken by virtually all Haitians, Creole was recognized as the co ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres

    by Carmen Sancho Guinda ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres brings together a range of perspectives on two of the most important and contested concepts in applied linguistics: stance and voice. International experts provide an accessible, yet authoritative introduction to key issues and debates surrounding these terms. ... Read more

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  • English in Japan in the Era of Globalization

    Edited by P. Seargeant ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Designing Listening Tests

    A Practical Approach

    by Rita Green ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the crucial role that sound file selection plays in assessing listening ability and introduces the reader to the procedure of textmapping, which explores how to exploit a sound file. The book discusses the role of the task identifier, the task instructions and the example, and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of different test methods. Guidelines for developing listening ... Read more

    $28.49 USD