About the book
Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs). Sensitive to the professional development needs of both in-service and pre-service mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms and those receiving formal training to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, the text is designed to engage readers in
- viewing assessment as a critical part of teaching
- appreciating that assessments provide teachers with valuable information about their students’ learning and thinking
- becoming aware of the relationship among language, culture, and testing
- understanding the reasoning that guides test construction
- recognizing the limitations of testing practices
- being confident that assessment is an activity classroom teachers (not only accountability specialists) can perform
Highlighting alternative, multidisciplinary approaches that address linguistic and cultural diversity in testing, this text, enhanced by multiple field-tested exercises and examples of different forms of assessment, is ideal for any course covering the theory and practice of ELL assessment.
Editions of Assessing English Language Learners
- EBook
- ISBN 9781134073504
- PDF
- ISBN 9781134073436
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Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs). Sensitive to the professional development needs of both in-service and pre-service mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms and those receiving formal training to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, the text is designed to engage readers in
- viewing assessment as a critical part of teaching
- appreciating that assessments provide teachers with valuable information about their students’ learning and thinking
- becoming aware of the relationship among language, culture, and testing
- understanding the reasoning that guides test construction
- recognizing the limitations of testing practices
- being confident that assessment is an activity classroom teachers (not only accountability specialists) can perform
Highlighting alternative, multidisciplinary approaches that address linguistic and cultural diversity in testing, this text, enhanced by multiple field-tested exercises and examples of different forms of assessment, is ideal for any course covering the theory and practice of ELL assessment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Assessing English Language Learners about?
Assessing English Language Learners explains and illustrates the main ideas underlying assessment as an activity intimately linked to instruction and the basic principles for developing, using, selecting, and adapting assessment instruments and strategies to assess content knowledge in English language learners (ELLs). Sensitive to the professional development needs of both in-service and pre-service mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms and those receiving formal training to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, the text is designed to engage readers in
- viewing assessment as a critical part of teaching
- appreciating that assessments provide teachers with valuable information about their students’ learning and thinking
- becoming aware of the relationship among language, culture, and testing
- understanding the reasoning that guides test construction
- recognizing the limitations of testing practices
- being confident that assessment is an activity classroom teachers (not only accountability specialists) can perform
Highlighting alternative, multidisciplinary approaches that address linguistic and cultural diversity in testing, this text, enhanced by multiple field-tested exercises and examples of different forms of assessment, is ideal for any course covering the theory and practice of ELL assessment.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Assessing English Language Learners?
Language and Linguistics > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics > Bilingualism and multilingualism
Where can I read a sample of Assessing English Language Learners?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781134073504
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Assessing English Language Learners?
Guillermo Solano Flores
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Assessing English Language Learners is available as ebook(ISBN 9781134073504) and pdf(ISBN 9781134073436)