Assessing Academic English : Testing English Proficiency 1950-2005

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Davies, Alan 저자(글)

Cambridge · 2008년 07월 29일

책 소개

This volume presents an authoritative account of academic language proficiency testing in the UK. It chronicles the early development and use of the English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) in the 1960s, followed by the creation and implementation of the revolutionary English Language Testing Service (ELTS) in the 1970s and 1980s, and the introduction of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in 1989.

작가정보

저자(글) Davies, Alan

목차

• Acknowledgements	p. viii
  Series Editors' note	p. ix
  Abbreviations	p. xiii
  The 1950s and 1960s: the English Proficiency Test Battery	p. 1
  Communicative interlude: the story of ELTS	p. 28
  Retreat from revolution: 1981-87	p. 53
  The ELTS revision plan: 1987-89	p. 74
  The development of IELTS - a pragmatic compromise	p. 91
  Appendices
  Chronological overview of the history of academic English assessment and the development of ELTS/IELTS	p. 117
  English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) - British Council Information Leaflet	p. 120
  English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) - Short Version Form A, 1964 - Part 1 and Part 2	p. 123
  English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) - Short Version Form A, 1964 - Scoring Instructions	p. 134
  A Communication Needs Profile of Overseas Undergraduate Students in UK, 1977	p. 136
  Example of Content Specification and Item Analysis for the ELTS test M1 (Social Studies): Mark II Version	p. 143
  English Language Testing Service (ELTS) Specifications, 1978	p. 144
  Notes on the English Language Testing Service (ELTS), 1976-80 supplied by Brendan J Carroll, 18 August 2004	p. 169
  Notes to Registrars and Secretaries, 1979	p. 171
  ELTS Specimen Materials Booklet	p. 175
  Versions of ELTS, 1980	p. 203
  ELTS Administrators' Manual, 1986	p. 307
  Introduction to ELTS Validation Report, 1(ii) by Hughes, Porter and Weir, 1988	p. 325
  English Language Battery (ELBA)	p. 327
  Test of English for Educational Purposes (TEEP)	p. 337
  ELTS Revision - Specifications for M (Physical Science and Technology), 1989	p. 355
  Proposed Structure of IELTS Tests, 1989	p. 361
  An Introduction to IELTS, 1989	p. 363
  IELTS User Handbook, 1989	p. 372
  Versions of IELTS, 1989	p. 381
  Bibliography	p. 448
  Index	p. 453
  Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

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ISBN	9780521542500 ( 0521542502 )
발행(출시)일자	2008년 07월 29일
쪽수	472쪽
크기	152 * 226 * 28 mm / 748 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어