Second Language Assessment and Action Research

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Second Language Assessment and Action Research
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Anne Burns
Edited by Hanan Khalifa
General editor Nick Saville
General editor Cyril J. Weir
SeriesStudies in Language Testing
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:346
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 151
ISBN/Barcode 9781108436700
ClassificationsDewey:428.0071
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 9 November 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This volume brings together a collection of chapters outlining the principles and processes of action research and providing case studies of practitioner action research completed by teachers in the ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) sector in Australia. The Action Research in ELICOS programme in which the teachers participated was an innovative collaboration between English Australia, the professional body for ELICOS, and Cambridge English Language Assessment commencing in 2010 and continuing to the present. An introductory chapter describes the initiation of the programme and the professional model adopted to support and facilitate the teachers' research, while a concluding chapter considers the impact of the programme on the teachers and on the ELICOS sector more generally. Case studies by the teachers present the action research processes they undertook to research receptive and productive skills and assessment of these skills in their classrooms.