Exploring Language Assessment and Testing

Rendering a straightforward introduction and an all-inclusive overview for anyone concerned with common assessment issues in pedagogy and applied linguistics, the seminal work of Anthony Green, Exploring Language Assessment and Testing, proves to be adequate for the purpose. The book designates its overriding focus on apprising its practitioners -- "students embarking on Masters level or teacher education courses, as well as students in the closing stages of undergraduate study" (p. xv) -- on the practice of language assessment and testing while not leaving behind the techniques of making for and improving good-quality assessments. The book is divided into three major parts; Part I focuses on the practice of language assessment which and includes four chapters. Chapters 5 and 6 in Part II concentrate on theoretical insights imparting the process described in part I. Part III of the book which incorporates the last chapter, i.e. chapter 7, maps out assessment trends in progress as well as controversies in the field.