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Assessing English proficiency for university study / John Read, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Description: xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780230285163
- 0230285163
- P53.255 .R43 2015
Contents:
Subject: This book focuses on strategies and procedures for assessing the academic language ability of students entering an English-medium university, so that those with significant needs can have access to opportunities to enhance their language skills.
1. The Context: Students in English-medium Universities --
2. Post-entry Language Assessments in Australia --
3. The DELNA Programme at the University of Auckland --
4. Post-entry Assessments in Other Countries --
5. The Case for Introducing a Post-entry Assessment --
6. Defining and Assessing Academic Language Proficiency --
7. Defining and Assessing Academic Literacy --
8. A Diagnostic Perspective on Post-entry Assessment --
9. The Design of Academic English Assessments --
10. The Validation of a Post-entry Assessment --
Postscript.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-242) and index.
1. The Context: Students in English-medium Universities --
2. Post-entry Language Assessments in Australia --
3. The DELNA Programme at the University of Auckland --
4. Post-entry Assessments in Other Countries --
5. The Case for Introducing a Post-entry Assessment --
6. Defining and Assessing Academic Language Proficiency --
7. Defining and Assessing Academic Literacy --
8. A Diagnostic Perspective on Post-entry Assessment --
9. The Design of Academic English Assessments --
10. The Validation of a Post-entry Assessment --
Postscript.
This book focuses on strategies and procedures for assessing the academic language ability of students entering an English-medium university, so that those with significant needs can have access to opportunities to enhance their language skills.
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