Assessing young language learners /

In this book the author builds a comprehensive framework for the assessment of young language learners in both foreign language and second language learning situations. She begins by considering why we need a special book on young learner assessment, and describes the nature of young learner languag...

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Main Author: McKay, Penny (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series:Cambridge language assessment series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A special case for young learner language assessment
  • 2. Young learners and language learning
  • 3. Research into the assessment of young language learners
  • 4. Assessing language use through tasks
  • 5. Classroom assessment of language use
  • 6. Assessing oral language
  • 7. Assessing reading and writing
  • 8. Evaluating young learners' performance and progress
  • 9. Testing young language learners through large-scale tests
  • 10. The way forward.