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27 septembre 2017
- handle: 10670/1.wecwdf
- isbn: 9780776606576
- eisbn: 9780776627168
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éducation langage étude des langues test de langue education language studies language Education EDU015000 JNMSujets proches
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J. Charles Alderson, « 2. The Challenge of (Diagnostic) Testing: Do We Know What We Are Measuring? », Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, ID : 10670/1.wecwdf
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The language testing literature is confused about the nature of diagnostic tests. Diagnosis is a frequently used but under-problematized concept and a debate is needed that might lead to a research agenda. This chapter aims to begin that debate by sketching out a possible set of dimensions of such a research agenda.How does foreign language proficiency develop? Test-based diagnosis of language development should be informed by reference to theories of language use and language ability, even though second language acquisition research has failed to deliver a usable theory of development of foreign language proficiency. Research into formative and teacher-based assessment should be explored, both in language education and in education generally, for useful insights. Above all, we need to clarify what we mean by diagnosis of foreign language proficiency and what we need to know in order to be able to develop useful diagnostic procedures