Assessing young language learners / Penny McKay.
- xii, 388 pages: 23 cm.
- Cambridges Language Assessment Series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series editors' preface page ix Acknowledgments xii 1 A special case for young learner language assessment 1 2 Young learners and language learning 26 3 Research into the assessment of young language learners 61 4 Assessing language use through tasks 97 5 Classroom assessment of language use 140 6 Assessing oral language 176 7 Assessing reading and writing 217 8 Evaluating young learners' performance and progress 264 9 Testing young language learners through large-scale tests 315 10 The way forward 352 References 364 Index 379 Publishers' acknowledgements 385