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Festschrift In Honour Of Guenther Sigott: Advanced Methods In Language Testing

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 The contributors to this volume take up a variety of subjects such as washback of standardized tests, the acknowledgement of language varieties in high-stakes exams, fostering language assessment literacy or psychometric models to enhance C-test interpretations or scoring validity.
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Virtual Standard Setting: Setting Cut Scores

by Charalambos Kollias

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 Virtual standard setting became more popular since the global outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. Standard setting practitioners needed to conduct either cut score studies and/or linking studies online. The research presented in this book predates Covid-19 and explores virtual standard setting in two e-communication media (audio and video) and then compares them to the face-to-face environment. The interplay of quantitative methods [i.e., classical test theory (CTT) and Rasch measurement theory (RMT)] and qualitative methods [(i.e., constant comparative method (CCM), and media naturalness theory (MNT)] unravel Ariadnes thread into the labyrinth of virtual standard setting. Illustrative examples of how to conduct and evaluate a virtual workshop are offered to stimulate standard setting practitioners to embrace the opportunities of the virtual environment.
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Predicting Item Difficulty In A Reading Test - A Construct Identification Study Of The Austrian 2009 Baseline English Reading Test

by Klaus Siller

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 This study investigates how cognitive and contextual characteristics of multiple-choice reading tasks impact empirical difficulty in a reading test. Results provide evidence of construct validity and are also relevant for teaching practice aiming at the teaching of reading strategies.
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Language Testing In Austria: Taking Stock / Sprachtesten In Oesterreich: Eine Bestandsaufnahme

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 This book describes language test development and language testing research in Austria. It documents large-scale test development for German as a first language, the foreign languages English, French, Italian and Spanish, as well as Latin and Ancient Greek. The accompanying validation research is accommodated in a framework of test validation.
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Developing C-Tests For Estimating Proficiency In Foreign Language Research

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 This book explores the development of C-tests for providing efficient measures of foreign language proficiency in eight different languages: Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. These demonstrate innovative and rigorous test development practices in diverse languages.
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The Co-Construction Of Conversation In Group Oral Tests

by Fumyo Nakatsuhara

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 This book explores how language test-takers with different extraversion and proficiency levels co-construct interaction in group oral tests. It compares interactions across three tasks and between two group sizes. The findings offer useful implications for international language testing by enhancing our understanding of the group test construct.
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Der C-Test: Aktuelle Tendenzen / The C-Test: Current Trends - Aktuelle Tendenzen / Current Trends

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 C-Tests bestehen aus mehreren kurzen Texten, in denen fehlende Wortteile zu rekonstruieren sind. Sie haben hervorragende psychometrische Eigenschaften und werden in einer Vielzahl von Kontexten zur ökonomischen Messung von (allgemeiner) Sprachkompetenz eingesetzt. Dieser Band illustriert den aktuellen Stand der C-Test-Forschung. Der Fokus liegt auf Augenscheingültigkeit und Washback von C-Tests; C-Test-Leistung und Intelligenz; C-Tests als Screening-Instrumente für TestDaF und SIMTEST; ROC-Analysen zur Zuordnung von C-Test-Ergebnissen zu den Kompetenzstufen des GER; Verwendung von C-Tests im Unterricht. Eine Besonderheit des Bandes ist die umfassende C-Test-Bibliographie des Herausgebers. C-Tests consist of several short texts in which the missing parts of words have to be reconstructed. C-Tests have excellent psychometric properties and are used in many contexts as economical tests of language proficiency. This collection of papers illustrates the state of the art of C-Test research. It focuses on face validity and washback of C-Tests, C-Test performance and intelligence, C-Tests as screening devices for TestDaF and SIMTEST, ROC analyses for relating C-Test scores to the CEFR as well as use of C-tests in the classroom. A special feature of the volume is the editors comprehensive C-Test bibliography.
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Introduction To Many-Facet Rasch Measurement - Analyzing And Evaluating Rater-Mediated Assessments. 2nd Revised And Updated Edition

by Thomas Eckes

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 Since the early days of performance assessment, human ratings have been subject to various forms of error and bias. Expert raters often come up with different ratings for the very same performance and it seems that assessment outcomes largely depend upon which raters happen to assign the rating. This book provides an introduction to many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM), a psychometric approach that establishes a coherent framework for drawing reliable, valid, and fair inferences from rater-mediated assessments, thus answering the problem of fallible human ratings. Revised and updated throughout, the Second Edition includes a stronger focus on the Facets computer program, emphasizing the pivotal role that MFRM plays for validating the interpretations and uses of assessment outcomes.
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Tasks And Criteria In Performance Assessment - Proceedings Of The 28th Language Testing Research Colloquium

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 This volume includes selected papers from the 28th Language Testing Research Colloquium, held at the University of Melbourne (Australia) in July 2006. The papers selected for this volume share a common theme that of performance. Not only do they focus on performance assessments of second or foreign language speaking and writing, but they also focus on the performance of the participants the candidate (or candidates) and the raters and the construction of that performance through the tasks and the assessment criteria.
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Measuring Oral Proficiency Through Paired-Task Performance

by Ildiko Csepes

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 This book intends to provide a theoretical overview of examining candidates oral abilities in different examination formats. In particular, it explores specific partner effects on discourse outcomes and proficiency ratings in the framework of paired-task performance. Two investigations, both set in the context of a proposed Hungarian school leaving examination in English, were carried out in order to contribute to a better understanding of the assumed impact of the chosen variables. Study One investigates discourse differences between examiner-to-examinee interaction and peer-to-peer interaction. Study Two explores the impact of the peer partners proficiency. The results show that partner effects related to this variable cannot be predicted as either harmful or beneficial since no statistically significant difference was found between 30 candidates scores in different examination conditions.
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Validity Evaluation In Language Assessment

by John M. Norris

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 This book explores the notion of «validity evaluation» as a means for helping educators to ensure the utility and worth of their assessment practices. With a particular focus on foreign language testing, the author challenges assessment traditions and argues for a fundamental reconceptualization of assessments and their validation in language teaching and other educational settings. Following a critical review of test validity standards and methods within educational measurement, the author then proposes a comprehensive alternative approach to validation based upon program evaluation methodology. A report of a multi-year case study completes the volume, providing in-depth analyses of how validity evaluation methods were applied by foreign language educators in meeting the assessment needs of a German program at a US university.
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Zukunft Bologna!? - Gender Und Nachhaltigkeit Als Leitideen Fuer Eine Neue Hochschulkultur

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Testing Lexicogrammar - An Investigation Into The Construct Tested In The «Language In Use» Section Of The Austrian Matura In English

by Theresa Weiler

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 This book explores the construct of language in use, specifically as operationalised through different item types in the Austrian Matura. The findings suggest that the tasks under investigation assess grammatical form and meaning at the sub-sentential and sentential level.
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Evaluating Tests Of Second Language Development - A Framework And An Empirical Study

by Khaled Barkaoui

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 The book introduces a framework for examining the validity of tests that aim to assess second-language (L2) proficiency development over time and/or in relation to L2 instruction. It also reports the findings of a longitudinal study that aimed to examine the sensitivity to change of a test of L2 proficiency development. Specifically, the study examined changes over time in Progress scores and the linguistic characteristics of essays written in response to Progress by learners who took the test before, during and after a period of L2 instruction in different countries. The book furthers our understanding of the nature of L2 proficiency as it develops over time and in relation to L2 instruction and provides a framework that can be used in future endeavours to design and validate tests of L2 proficiency development. The book is intended for graduate students, test developers, and researchers doing research in applied linguistics and L2 assessment.
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Predicting Item Difficulty In A Reading Test - A Construct Identification Study Of The Austrian 2009 Baseline English Reading Test

by Klaus Siller

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 This study investigates how cognitive and contextual characteristics of multiple-choice reading tasks impact empirical difficulty in a reading test. Results provide evidence of construct validity and are also relevant for teaching practice aiming at the teaching of reading strategies.
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Zhu Akt.D. Xiii. Int. Germ.Kong. Shang

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Social Perspectives On Language Testing - Papers In Honour Of Tim Mcnamara

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 This Festschrift for Tim McNamara brings together papers on the social impact of language tests, such as fairness and justice of test use, testing of interaction, and teachersâ€™ and studentsâ€™ views of language tests. It also discusses the future of language testing with regard to validity, the rise of social media, and lingua franca language use.
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Abdos-Mitteilungen 31 (2011), Nr. 1-2

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 Die Zeitschrift Bibliothek und Medien (vormals ABDOS-Mitteilungen) versammelt ausgewahlte Beitrage, Tagungs- (Berichte) und Miszellen aus dem Arbeitsgebiet der ABDOS-Mitglieder und Mitgliedsorganisationen. Besonderer Wert wird auf den Rezensionsteil gelegt. Die Redaktion nimmt Texte in deutscher, englischer und russischer Sprache entgegen.
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Abdos-Mitteilungen 30 (2010), Nr. 2

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 Die Zeitschrift Bibliothek und Medien (vormals ABDOS-Mitteilungen) versammelt ausgewahlte Beitrage, Tagungs- (Berichte) und Miszellen aus dem Arbeitsgebiet der ABDOS-Mitglieder und Mitgliedsorganisationen. Besonderer Wert wird auf den Rezensionsteil gelegt. Die Redaktion nimmt Texte in deutscher, englischer und russischer Sprache entgegen.
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Abdos-Mitteilungen 30 (2010), Nr. 1

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 Die Zeitschrift Bibliothek und Medien (vormals ABDOS-Mitteilungen) versammelt ausgewahlte Beitrage, Tagungs- (Berichte) und Miszellen aus dem Arbeitsgebiet der ABDOS-Mitglieder und Mitgliedsorganisationen. Besonderer Wert wird auf den Rezensionsteil gelegt. Die Redaktion nimmt Texte in deutscher, englischer und russischer Sprache entgegen.
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Die Russischen Und Ukrainischen Volkserzaehlungen Von Marko Vovcok

by Horbatsch Katerina Horbatsch

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 Die vorliegende Arbeit versteht sich als ein Versuch, das Problem der zweisprachigen russisch-ukrainischen Autoren anhand der Werke einer Autorin unter einem grundlegenden Aspekt - der inhaltlichen Gestaltung - anzureien; sie beschrankt sich daher auf eine Gegenuberstellung des Grundtypus der russischen und ukrainischen Erzahlungen.
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Das Plusquamperfektum Im Polnischen

by Maurer Jadwiga Maurer

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 In der Reihe Slavistische Beitrage werden vor allem slavistische Dissertationen des deutschsprachigen Raums sowie vereinzelt auch amerikanische, englische und russische publiziert. Daruber hinaus stellt die Reihe ein Forum fur Sammelbande und Monographien etablierter Wissenschafter/innen dar.
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Osibka Zivych. Roman

by Kazakov Vladimir V. Kazakov

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 Der russische Originaltext des Romans "Osibka zivych" wird hier erstmals vorgelegt; er wurde im Herbst 1970 in Moskau geschrieben. Eine deutsche Ubersetzung "Der Fehler der Lebenden" erschien 1973 im Carl Hanser Verlag Munchen.
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Stichi 1954-1971 - Red. I Vstupitel'Naja Stat'Ja V. Kazaka (Wolfgang Kasack)

by Aigj Gennadij Aigj

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 Russ. u. Ant. Diese erste Zusammenstellung der russischen Gedichte des tschuvaschischen Lyrikers Ajgi basiert auf Kopien der Manuskripte seiner Gedichte.
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