LINGUIST List 21.3843 Fri Oct 01 2010 Books: Applied Linguistics: Shohamy, Hornberger (Eds) Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.    Jasper de Vaal, Language Testing and Assessment: Shohamy, Hornberger (Eds) Message 1: Language Testing and Assessment: Shohamy, Hornberger (Eds) Date: 27-Sep-2010 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: Language Testing and Assessment: Shohamy, Hornberger (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend Title: Language Testing and Assessment Published: 2010 Publisher: Springer                 http://www.springer.com Book URL: http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/linguistics/book/978-90-481-9183-3 Editor: Elana Shohamy Editor: Nancy H. Hornberger Paperback: ISBN: 9789048191833 Pages: 528 Price: Europe EURO 69.95 Abstract: *Presents multiple perspectives on the trait of languages and the method of assessment *Features multiple approaches developed for assessment *Focuses on the societal roles of language testers and their responsibility to be socially accountable *Examines language testing in multilingual and diverse contexts This volume addresses the broad theme and specific topics associated with current thinking in the field of language testing and assessment. The volume offers *Multiple perspectives on the 'what' (the 'trait') of languages, and the 'how' ('the method') of assessment *Multiple approaches developed for assessment especially given the multiplicity of languages used by many diverse groups of learners in many different contexts *Focus on the societal roles of language testers, their responsibility to be socially accountable and to ensure ethicality and professionalism *Focus on language testing in multilingual and diverse contexts This is one of ten volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education published by Springer. The Encyclopedia bears testimony to the dynamism and evolution of the language and education field, as it confronts the ever-burgeoning and irrepressible linguistic diversity and ongoing pressures and expectations placed on education around the world. Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=50534 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info. Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Morgan & Claypool Publishers Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/ Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/ Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/ Springer http://www.springer.com University of Toronto Press http://www.utpjournals.com/ Wiley-Blackwell http://www.wiley.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass http://glsa.hypermart.net/ International Pragmatics Assoc. http://www.ipra.be Langues et Linguistique http://y.ennaji.free.fr/fr/ Linguistic Association of Finland http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT http://www.lotpublications.nl/ Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ SIL International http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp St. Jerome Publishing Ltd http://www.stjerome.co.uk Utrecht institute of Linguistics http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ Page Updated: 01-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.