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Assessing Young Learners

Shelag Rixon
- 01 Jan 2004 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 4, pp 79
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This article is published in BioTechniques.The article was published on 2004-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 42 citations till now.

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Communicative Proficiency And Linguistic Development: intersections between SLA and language testing research

TL;DR: Communicative proficiency and linguistic development : Intersections between SLA and language testing research and communication skills research.
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In This Together : Teachers' Experiences with Transnational, Telecollaborative Language Learning Projects

TL;DR: Dooly and O'Dowd as mentioned in this paper presented case studies of telecollaborative learning in primary and secondary education, where the authors, novice or experienced teachers, described the planning, implementation and assessment phase of the TC projects they carried out, the challenges they encountered and the solutions they found.

Is there life beyond language testing? An introduction to alternative language assessment.

Dina Tsagari
TL;DR: The paper attempts to familiarise readers interested in the area with the fundamental principles, much of the associated terminology and methods and raises a number of issues in the hope that they will serve as a springboard for further discussion, research and experimentation in the field.
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Alternative versus Traditional Assessment

TL;DR: Alderson and Banerjee as mentioned in this paper described authenticity, compared traditional and alternative assessment, and tried to spot the areas which need more consideration on the part of the teachers and practitioners for a fair approach.
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“I know English”: Self-assessment of foreign language reading and writing abilities among young Chinese learners of English

TL;DR: The authors explored self-assessment (SA) of reading and writing abilities among young Chinese learners of English, and the relationship between SA and objective tests of reading, and found a significant correlation between scores of SA reading and reading comprehension.
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In This Together : Teachers' Experiences with Transnational, Telecollaborative Language Learning Projects

TL;DR: Dooly and O'Dowd as mentioned in this paper presented case studies of telecollaborative learning in primary and secondary education, where the authors, novice or experienced teachers, described the planning, implementation and assessment phase of the TC projects they carried out, the challenges they encountered and the solutions they found.

Is there life beyond language testing? An introduction to alternative language assessment.

Dina Tsagari
TL;DR: The paper attempts to familiarise readers interested in the area with the fundamental principles, much of the associated terminology and methods and raises a number of issues in the hope that they will serve as a springboard for further discussion, research and experimentation in the field.
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Alternative versus Traditional Assessment

TL;DR: Alderson and Banerjee as mentioned in this paper described authenticity, compared traditional and alternative assessment, and tried to spot the areas which need more consideration on the part of the teachers and practitioners for a fair approach.
Journal ArticleDOI

“I know English”: Self-assessment of foreign language reading and writing abilities among young Chinese learners of English

TL;DR: The authors explored self-assessment (SA) of reading and writing abilities among young Chinese learners of English, and the relationship between SA and objective tests of reading, and found a significant correlation between scores of SA reading and reading comprehension.

Developments in language education : a memorial volume in honour of Sauli Takala

TL;DR: Kangasniemi as discussed by the authors gave an account of Sauli Takala as a student and a colleague at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER) in the 1970s.