Abstract
The last decade of the twentieth century saw a general decline in the prestige of psychometric, statistically-driven approaches to testing. In its place there has been a growing interest in the importance of context, in defining domain of use performance conditions and operations.
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Further reading
General
Bachman et al. (1988, 1995) use task and ability analysis to compare two EFL proficiency batteries.
Reading
Alderson (2000) deals with many of these elements at various stages in his book.
Urquhart and Weir (1998) deal with many of the issues raised in this chapter.
Weir et al (2000) describe the development of a national reading test for China.
Listening
Buck (2001) is a comprehensive and useful study of the testing of listening.
Shohamy and Inbar (1991) look at the effect of text type and question type on listening comprehension tests.
Writing
Weigle (2002) is a comprehensive study of the testing of writing, with much useful exemplification.
Speaking
Luoma (2004) deals solely with the testing of speaking, with a lot of useful exemplification.
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Weir, C.J. (2005). Context Validity in Action. In: Language Testing and Validation. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514577_7
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