English Profile in Practice
English Profile in Practice

Author: Julia Harrison

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1107493986

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This volume provides an introduction to the English Profile Programme and discusses its latest findings. English Profile in Practice is an essential resource for teachers, syllabus designers, educational planners, language testers, and other ELT professionals working with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). It includes: information about the English Vocabulary Profile, which describes the words and phrases learners of English know and use at each level of the CEFR; fascinating insights into the English Grammar Profile, exploring what it means to develop grammatical proficiency; discussion about what language learners' output 'looks like' at each of the CEFR levels; and information about how English Profile research is being used in the field of ELT.

The CEFR in Practice
The CEFR in Practice

Author: Brian North

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1107414598

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This volume gives an overview of the impact of the CEFR on teaching and assessment, as well as the extensive debate surrounding the framework.

Objective Key Teacher's Book with Teacher's Resources Audio CD/CD-ROM
Objective Key Teacher's Book with Teacher's Resources Audio CD/CD-ROM

Author: Annette Capel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-12-28

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1107642043

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Objective Key offers students complete, official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) exam. This is a revised and updated edition of Objective KET. Short units offer a variety of lively topics while providing training in exam skills and solid language development. The Teacher's Book contains teaching notes, extra teaching ideas to extend or shorten the length of the activities and clear, comprehensive answer keys. The Teacher's Resources Audio CD/CD-ROM contains: two complete practice tests with audio, 10 progress tests and photocopiable classroom activities. Also on the CD-ROM are the answers and recording scripts for the For Schools Pack Practice Test Booklet which is available separately.

Insights into Teaching and Learning Writing
Insights into Teaching and Learning Writing

Author: Hassan Mohebbi

Publisher: Castledown Publishers

Published: 2023-04-23

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1914291158

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Writing is one of the most challenging skills for a language learner to acquire due its sheer complexity, and language teachers are faced with a demanding task in the teaching and testing of writing. This book presents relevant conceptual and theoretical frameworks of second language writing research and sheds light on the implications of the recent research findings in a clear and practice-oriented style. In this way, it is intended as a companion book for language teachers who include writing as a part of their courses, in particular, new teachers as they embark on their teaching careers.

Learning Oriented Assessment
Learning Oriented Assessment

Author: Neil Jones

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-05-19

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1316507882

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This volume outlines the general principles of Learning Oriented Assessment (LOA), placing it in the context of European language learning policy. The authors pose three key questions central to LOA: 'What is learning?' , 'What is to be learned?' and 'What is to be assessed?'. It focuses on the use of evidence, and how it can be collected and used to feed back into learning, overviews large-scale assessment as practised by Cambridge English and learning-oriented classroom assessment practices, and concludes with a look at implementing LOA in practice. With fresh insights into the role of assessment in supporting learning, this volume will be of considerable interest to assessment practitioners, teachers and academics, educational policy-makers and examination board personnel.

Writing Programs Worldwide
Writing Programs Worldwide

Author: Chris Thaiss

Publisher: Parlor Press LLC

Published: 2012-07-30

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 160235345X

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WRITING PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE offers an important global perspective to the growing research literature in the shaping of writing programs. The authors of its program profiles show how innovators at a diverse range of universities on six continents have dealt creatively over many years with day-to-day and long-range issues affecting how students across disciplines and languages grow as communicators and learners.

Objective Proficiency Teacher's Book
Objective Proficiency Teacher's Book

Author: Annette Capel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 110767056X

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Objective Proficiency Second edition provides Official Exam Preparation for Cambridge C2 Proficiency. Everything you need to be confident for exam day. The Teacher's Book contains teaching notes, extra teaching ideas to extend or shorten the length of the activities, listening transcripts and clear, comprehensive answer keys. An exclusive bank of further resources is available online including a complete practice test with audio, answer keys and sample answers and C2-level wordlists, informed by English Profile.

Challenges in Language Testing Around the World
Challenges in Language Testing Around the World

Author: Betty Lanteigne

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-02-17

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 9813342323

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This book combines insights from language assessment literacy and critical language testing through critical analyses and research about challenges in language assessment around the world. It investigates problematic practices in language testing which are relevant to language test users such as language program directors, testing centers, and language teachers, as well as teachers-in-training in Graduate Diploma and Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics programs. These issues involve aspects of language testing such as test development, test administration, scoring, and interpretation/use of test results. Chapters in this volume discuss insights about language testing policy, testing world languages, developing program-level language tests and tests of specific language skills, and language assessment literacy. In addition, this book identifies two needs in language testing for further examination: the need for collaboration between language test developers, language test users, and language users, and the need to base language tests on real-world language use.

Objective Key Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM
Objective Key Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM

Author: Annette Capel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-12-28

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1107627249

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Objective Key offers students complete, official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) exam. This is a revised and updated edition of Objective KET. Short units offer a variety of lively topics while providing training in exam skills and solid language development. 'Key words' sections informed by English Profile, highlight the words and meanings A2-level students need to master. 'Spelling Spots' and 'Grammar Extra' boxes, informed by the Cambridge English Corpus, provide help with language points that Key students can find difficult. Regular Exam folders and Writing folders provide systematic exam preparation and practice. The CD-ROM provides activities and games for practice of the target language. An edition without answers is also available.

Examining Young Learners: Research and Practice in Assessing the English of School-age Learners
Examining Young Learners: Research and Practice in Assessing the English of School-age Learners

Author: Szilvia Papp

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 859

ISBN-13: 1316638200

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The proposed book on child second language (L2) development and assessment will be a state-of-the-art account of what we currently know about how children learn L2s in formal contexts and how that knowledge impacts on the design, development, and evaluation of language assessment products for young learners. The uniqueness of child L2 development within the classroom is highlighted by considering children's L2 needs, typical patterns of development, and the role of instruction and assessment in how children learn. Common issues shared in child L2 acquisition studies, language testing and educational assessment are explored by linking research carried out within the educational, academic and testing communities. Several case studies are described from different educational contexts around the world where teaching and assessment of young language learners takes place. In particular, the book presents the Cambridge English approach to assessing young learners of English and presents a framework for the development, research and validation activities around the Cambridge English suite battery for children.