Assessing Language through Computer Technology

This book considers the theoretical, methodological and practical issues for language-teaching professionals wishing to engage with computer-assisted assessment.

Carol A. Chapelle (Author), Dan Douglas (Author)

9780521549493, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 April 2006

154 pages
22.7 x 15.3 x 1.1 cm, 0.253 kg

In 1998 and 1999, three of the largest providers of educational tests introduced computer-based versions of proficiency tests for English as a foreign language. Around the same time, many institutions began to offer Web-based tests for particular language courses and classes. These two phenomena have greatly added to the momentum of work in computer-assisted testing and mean that assessment through computer technology is becoming a fact for language learners in educational settings and therefore for teachers and researchers.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]