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Publication Date: 1961
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Language Testing: The Construction and Use of Foreign Language Tests. A Teacher's Book.
Lado, Robert
Intended as a comprehensive introduction to the construction and use of foreign language tests, this book utilizes modern linguistic knowledge as a base for scientific language testing. Major attention in testing is focused on such integrated language skills as auditory and reading comprehension, speaking, writing, translation, and over-all language control. Teaching of cross-cultural understanding and abstract values is also covered. Final chapters on the refinement and use of language tests are devoted to definition and description of norms, validity, reliability, item analysis, scoring, experimental design, and achievement. (AF)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Cultural Education, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria, Item Analysis, Language Skills, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis, Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 330 West 42nd St., New York, N.Y. ($6.95)
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