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Research and Practice in Assessing Academic Reading: The Case of IELTS
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Research and Practice in Assessing Academic Reading: The Case of IELTS
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Cyril J. Weir
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By (author) Sathena Chan
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Edited by Lynda Taylor
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Edited by Nick Saville
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| Series | Studies in Language Testing |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:42 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108733618
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
29 August 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This volume describes differing approaches to understanding academic reading ability that have emerged in recent decades and goes on to develop an empirically-grounded framework for validating tests of this skill. The framework is then applied to the IELTS Academic Reading module to investigate a number of different validity perspectives that reflect the socio-cognitive nature of any assessment event. The authors demonstrate how a systematic understanding and application of the framework and its components can help test developers to operationalise their tests so as to fulfill the validity requirements for an academic reading test.
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