TY - CHAP
T1 - Purposes of assessment
AU - Hamp-Lyons, Liz
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Commissioned as the lead paper in the Volume, this chapter shows how the terms assessment, testing, examining and evaluation have become increasingly intertwined, and multiple new terms have emerged. The chapter takes a somewhat historical view as it lays out a picture of the ways that the field of language ‘assessment’ has expanded its knowledge and skills but also its socio-political effects. Taking the notion of ‘purposes’ as a broad organizing principle, the chapter is intended to introduce new readers in this field to the wide range of issues current in the field, and prepare them for the more specific chapters that follow.
AB - Commissioned as the lead paper in the Volume, this chapter shows how the terms assessment, testing, examining and evaluation have become increasingly intertwined, and multiple new terms have emerged. The chapter takes a somewhat historical view as it lays out a picture of the ways that the field of language ‘assessment’ has expanded its knowledge and skills but also its socio-political effects. Taking the notion of ‘purposes’ as a broad organizing principle, the chapter is intended to introduce new readers in this field to the wide range of issues current in the field, and prepare them for the more specific chapters that follow.
KW - Language, Knowledge, Significance and Thought Building
KW - Measurement
KW - Education
KW - Areas of application
UR - https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9781614513827/9781614513827-004/9781614513827-004.xml
U2 - 10.1515/9781614513827 Copyright Clearance Center Comments (0)
DO - 10.1515/9781614513827 Copyright Clearance Center Comments (0)
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781614515425
T3 - Handbooks of Applied Linguistics
SP - 13
EP - 28
BT - Handbook of second language assessment
PB - Walter de Gruyter GmbH
CY - The Hague
ER -