Examining Young Learners: Research and Practice in Assessing the English of School-age Learners

An account of how children learn L2s in formal contexts and how that knowledge impacts on the design, development, and evaluation of their language assessment products.

Szilvia Papp (Author), Shelagh Rixon (Author), Nick Saville (Edited by), Cyril J. Weir (Edited by)

9781316638200, Cambridge English Language Assessment

Paperback / softback, published 28 June 2018

858 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 4.5 cm, 1.31 kg

The volume reflects on how learners' L2 development between the ages of 6 and 16 can be coherently described and their L2 assessment defined in terms of socio-cognitive validity. There is particular focus on the theoretical foundations, language competence model, development and validation framework, and evaluation and review processes to provide evidence for the validity of the Cambridge English family of assessments for children and teenagers.Academics, assessment professionals and postgraduate researchers of L2 development in children and teenagers will find great value in the volume's theoretical insight, while policy-makers and teachers will gain rigorous practical advice for the young language learner's classroom and assessment.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]