Translation as a Language Testing Procedure: Does It Work?.

Buck, Gary

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ERIC Number: EJ457609

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Translation as a Language Testing Procedure: Does It Work?

Buck, Gary

Language Testing, v9 n2 p123-48 1992

Two studies are reported that examined translation from second language to first language as a testing procedure. Results suggest that the widespread rejection of translation as a language testing procedure by teachers and testers is probably not warranted on psychometric grounds, but that it should be used with extreme care. (10 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Tests, Psychometrics, Second Languages, Student Evaluation, Test Validity, Testing, Translation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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