Testare le quattro abilità

1. L'abilità di comprensione orale

2. L'abilità di espressione orale

3. L'abilità di comprensione del testo scritto

4. L'abilità di composizione scritta

L'abilità di comprensione orale

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. Malabonga, V., Kenyon, D.M., Carpenter, H. (2005), “Self Assessment, Preparation and Response Time on a Computerized Oral Proficiency Test”, Language Testing, 22, 1, pp. 31-57.

6. Valle, M. (2002), “Communicative Language Testing: Integrating a Listening Comprehension Section and Communicative Features in a Computer-Based Spanish Test”, Dissertation Abstract International. Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 63, 1, pp. 169-170.

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L'abilità di espressione orale

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. Tonkyn, A., Wilson, J. (2004), “Revising the IELTS Speaking Test”, in L.E. Sheldon (ed.), Directions for the Future: Issues in English for Academic Purposes, Oxford: Peter Lang, pp. 191-203.

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

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L'abilità di comprensione del testo scritto

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

2. CARRELL P.L., DUNKEL P.A., MOLLAUN P. (2004), “The Effects of Notetaking, Lecture Lenght, and Topic on a Computer-Based Test of ESL Listening Comprehension”, Applied Language Learning, 14, 1, pp. 83-105.

3. Chen, L. (2004), “On Text Structure, Language Proficiency, and Reading Comprehension Test Format Interactions”, Language Testing, 21, 2, pp. 228-234.

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

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

6. Kobayashi, M. (2002), “Method Effects on Reading Comprehension Test Performance: Text Organization and Response Format”, Language Testing, 19, 2, pp. 193-220.

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

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

9. Qian, D.D., Schedl, M. (2004), “Evaluation of an In-Depth Vocabulary Knowledge Measure for Assessing Reading Performance”, Language Testing, 21, 1, pp. 28-52.

10. Trites L., McGroarty M. (2005), “Reading to Learn and Reading to Integrate: New Tasks for Reading Comprehension Tests?”, Language Testing, 22, 2, pp. 174-210.

11. 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.

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L'abilità di composizione scritta

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. Cumming, A. (2001), “ESL/EFL instructors’ practices for writing assessment: specific purposes as general purposes?”, Language Testing, 18, 2, pp. 207-224.

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

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

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

8. Snellings, P., Van Gelderen, A., De Glopper K. (2004), “Validating a Test of Second Language Written Lexical Retrieval: A New Measure of Fluency in Written Language Production”, Language Testing, 21, 2, pp. 174-201.

9. 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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