Testing the four skills

Listening

1. Brindley, G. 1998. "Assessing Listening Abilities." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 18, 171 - 191.

2. Buck, G. 1992. "Listening Comprehension: Construct Validity and Trait Characteristics." Language Learning 42, 3, 313 - 357.

3. Buck, G. 1998. "Testing of Listening in a Second Language." In Clapham, C. M. and Corson, D. (eds.) Language Testing and Assessment. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Vol. 7, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 65 - 74.

4. Ambroso, S. (1990) 'La comprensione orale nella prova di certificazione dell'italiano L2', Italiano e Oltre, La Nuova Italia, Firenze, pp. 175-182.

Speaking

1. Ambroso, S.  (1995) "Misurare la competenza in italiano come L2. Alcune considerazioni e proposte", Cuadernos de Filologìa, Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 2, 11-24

2. Chalhoub-Deville, M. 1995. "A Contextualized Approach to Describing Oral Language Proficiency." Language Learning 45, 251 - 281.

3. Douglas, D. and Selinker, L. 1992. "Analysing Oral Proficiency Test Performance in General and Specific Purpose Contexts." System 20, 317 - 328.

4. Fulcher, G. 1996. "Testing Tasks: Issues in Task Design and the Group Oral." Language Testing 13, 1, 23 - 51.

5. Fulcher, G. 1996. "Does Thick Description Lead to Smart Tests? A Data-Based Approach to Rating Scale Construction." Language Testing 13, 2, 208 - 238.

6. Fulcher, G. 1998. "The Testing of Speaking in a Second Language." In Clapham, C. M. and Corson, D. (eds.) Language Testing and Assessment. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Vol. 7, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 75 - 85.

7. Lazaraton, A. 1992. "The Structural Organization of a Language Interview: A Conversation Analytic Perspectice". System 20, 3, 373 - 386.

8. Turner, J. 1998. "Assessing Speaking." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 18, 192 - 207.

Reading

1. Alderson, J. C. 1996. "The Testing of Reading." In Nuttall, C. (ed.) Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language. London: Heinemann.

2. Clapham. C. M. 1996. The Development of IELTS: A Study of the Effect of Background Knowledge on Reading Comprehension. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

3. Heaton, J. B. 1975. Writing English Language Tests. London: Longman.

4. Perkins, K. 1998. "Assessing Reading." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 18, 208 - 218.

5. Pumfrey, P. D. 1977. Measuring Reading Abilities: Concepts, sources and applications. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

6. Weir, C. J. 1998. "The Testing of Reading in a Second Language." In Clapham, C. M. and Corson, D. (eds.) Language Testing and Assessment. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Vol. 7, Dordrecht:Kluwer Academic Publishers, 39 - 49.

Writing

1. Ambroso, S. (1993)"Correggere le prove in italiano L2", Italiano e Oltre, 1,VIII, 45-52.

2. Cumming, A. 1990. "Expertise in Evaluating Second Language Compositions." Language Testing 7, 1, 31 - 51.

3. Cumming, A. 1998. "The Testing of Writing in a Second Language." In Clapham, C. M. and Corson, D. (eds.) Language Testing and Assessment. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Vol. 7, Dordrecht:Kluwer Academic Publishers, 51 - 63.

4. Fulcher, G. 1997. "Assessing Writing." In Fulcher, G. (ed.) Writing in the English Language Classroom. Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall Europe.

5. Hamp-Lyons, L. 1991. Assessing Second Language Writing in Academic Contexts. Ablex, Norwood NJ.

6. Kroll, B. 1998. "Assessing Writing Abilities." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 18, 219 - 240.

7. White, E. M., Lutz, W. D. and Kamusikiri, S. (eds.) Assessment of Writing: Politics, Policies, Practices. New York: Modern Language Association.

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