Classroom Testing, Book 3The Longman Keys to Language Teaching series is intended especially for ordinary teachers. The books in the "Keys" series offer realistic, practical, down-to-earth advice on useful techniques and approaches in the modern ELT classroom. Most of the activities suggested in these books can be adapted and used for almost any class, by any teacher. One of the subjects of most concern to all teachers is classroom testing. For what reasons should we do it? How should we do it? How often should we do it? How should we organise it? Can it be harmful? What is the relationship between teaching and testing? These are just some of the questions that Brian Heaton addresses in this book. With a minimum of jargon, a number of fundamental concepts are treated in an accessible manner. As well as a discussion of these important issues, the author includes a great many examples of tests that teachers can adapt and use in their own classrooms. In addition, he gives advice on the role of continuous assessment, in which there has been an increasing amount of interest in recent years. The book also contains some suggestions on oral testing - including how to cope with this in large classes. |
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Contents
Finding out about progress | 9 |
Writing and Using Tests | 23 |
Testing Reading Skills | 79 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Classroom Testing, Book 3 Longman Education Texts Longman keys to language teaching |
| Author | John Brian Heaton |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Longman, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 5, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0582746256, 9780582746251 |
| Length | 127 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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