Putting Low Alphabetic Print Literacy on the Language Testing Agenda

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Bart Deygers
Keyword(s):  
Language Testing ◽  
Print Literacy

Language testing

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-147
Keyword(s):  
Language Testing

IELTS READING AND SOME TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE IELTS READING SKILLS FOR STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinh Thi Bac Binh ◽  
Dinh Thi Kieu Trinh
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Training Institution ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
International English

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is recognized as an accountable tool to assess whether aperson is able to study or train in English. Every year, thousandsof students sit for IELTS. However, the number of those who arerecognized to be capable enough to take a course in English issomehow limited, especially for those who are not major inEnglish at their universities.IELTS Reading is considered as a discerning skill and it is of theequal importance to listening, speaking and writing in obtainingthe objectives of IELTS of band 6 or 6.5. Being teachers of Englishat a training institution, the authors recognize that students canmake time-saving improvements in their reading command undertheir teachers’ insightful guidance.

TRADITIONAL VERSUS ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thanh Binh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Testing

Assessment as an integral part of any teaching and learning process, determines whether the goals of education are being met or not. This article gives a briefintroduction to the movement of alternative assessment as a worthwhile issue within the field of assessment and language testing. It then proceeds to discuss about authenticity, compares traditional and alternative assessment, and tries to spot the matters which need more consideration on the part of the teachers and practitioners for a fair approach.

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