Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM835: Foreign Language Testing and Assessment

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Alderson, J.C. (2000) Assessing Reading CUP

Brown, H. D. & Abeywickrama, P. (2010). Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices. New York: Pearson Longman.

Buck, G. (2001). Assessing Listening. Cambridge: CUP

Douglas, D. (2010). Understanding Language Testing. Abingdon: Hodder Education.

Fulcher, G. (2010). Practical Language Testing. London: Hodder Education

Fulcher, G. & Davidson, F. (2007). Language Testing and Assessment. London: Routledge.

Genesee, F. & Upshur, J. (eds.). (1996). Classroom based evaluation in Second Language Education. Cambridge: CUP.

Hughes, A. (2003: 2nd ed.). Testing for language teachers. Cambridge: CUP.

Luoma, S. (2004). Assessing Speaking. Cambridge: CUP

McKay, P. (2006). Assessing Young Language Learners. Cambridge: CUP

Tsagari, D. & Banerjee, J. (Eds) (2016). Handbook of Second Language Assessment. De Gruyter Mouton.

Weigle, S. (2002). Assessing Writing. Cambridge: CUP

Journal:Language Testing London. Edward Arnold

Language Assessment Quarterly Taylor and Francis