Assessment in the Language Classroom: Teachers Supporting Student Learning

This book makes a unique contribution to classroom assessment literature, linking teacher-friendly examples to scholarly work and current research in the field, and providing comprehensive, hands-on information on core concepts in accessible terms. Examples of real activities and questions for reflection and discussion aim to enrich understanding.

Author: Liying Cheng, Janna Fox
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01/25/2017
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.22w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781137464835
ISBN10: 1137464836
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | General

About the Author

Liying Cheng is Professor and a Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Group (AEG) at the Faculty of Education, Queen's University. She conducts the majority of her research within the context of teaching and learning English as a second/foreign language (including immersion and bilingual contexts).

Janna Fox is Associate Professor and Director of the Language Assessment and Testing Research Unit in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University. She has extensive experience working with language teachers in such varied contexts as Pakistan, Seychelles, and Qatar. She is the recipient of a 3M Teaching Fellowship, a national award in Canada for outstanding scholarship and leadership in higher education.