Table of Contents

1 Teaching and testing; 2 Testing as problem solving: an overview of the book; 3 Kinds of tests and testing; 4 Validity; 5 Reliability; 6 Achieving beneficial backwash; 7 Common test techniques; 8 Stages of test development; 9 Testing writing; 10 Testing oral ability; 11 Testing reading; 12 Testing listening; 13 Testing grammar and vocabulary; 14 Testing overall ability; 15 Tests for young learners; 16 Test administration

Promotional Information

This second edition remains the most practical guide to testing language. It has a new chapter on testing young learners.