Underhill, nic, a handbook of oral testing techniques. This practical manual on assessing spoken language is still a widely used collection of techniques despite the fact that it was published in 1987. Nic underhill this is a practical guide to designing and using oral tests of language ability. Pdf cambridge handbooks for language teachers testing. A practical guide taking the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at each stage. Download testing spoken language nicholas underhill on. Testing spoken language cambridge university press. Testing spoken language by nic underhill, 97805212769, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Specifically, the computerized spoken language tests measure nonnative speakers facility in a spoken language. Abstract reliability is concerned with how we measure. Using oral interviews to assess studentsachievement in. The organization of this book follows the sequence of stages in which a new testing program would logically be carried out. Using oral interviews to assess studentsachievement in spoken communication kurt weaver asia university.
Nic underhill published on 19870528 by cambridge university press. The language samples are then assessed with rating scales, whose criteria vary according to the intended use of the test results. From a photograph authenticity, science and the periodical press, 18701890. Testing spoken language, a handbook of oral testing techniques. This is a practical guide to designing and using oral tests of language ability.
Learner english a teachers guide to interference and other problems edited by michael swan and bernard smith testing spoken language a handbook of oral testing techniques by nic underhill literature in the language classroom a resource book of. Download now a practical guide taking the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at each stage. Buy testing spoken language, nic underhill paperback from walmart. Task 1 in this task you will summarise a radio interview. Publication date 1987 topics language and languages. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The book takes the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at. Chiedu department of languages, delta state polytechnic, ogwashiuku. Omenogor department of english, college of education, agbor, delta state. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jul 07, 2016 free download testing spoken language a handbook of oral testing techniques by nic underhill penny ur pdf. David kwok is the director of the hong kong asian film festival. This year 20 is a special year we celebrate the centenary of a standardised english speaking test. The comprehensive assessment of spoken language casl2 is the most uptodate measure of oral language skills available.
Although designed for use in teaching english, the book could readily be used to create tests in other languages. Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them. Testing spoken language, a handbook of oral testing techniques, nic underhill, cambridge handbooks for teachers, 1987. A handbook of oral testing techniques cambridge handbooks for language teachers by underhill, nic isbn. Search results for cambridgehandbooksforlanguageteacherstestingspokenlanguageahandbookoforaltestingtechniques testing spoken language nic underhill 19870528 foreign language study. Pdf cambridge handbooks for language teachers keep. Using audiotape transcripts from six native speaker and 12 nonnative speaker respondents, the study identified the speech functions that the 15 tse tasks elicited. Cambridge university press 05212760 testing spoken language. Free pdf testing spoken language nicholas underhill download or read online. According to underhill, these kind of tasks have the advantage that they produce concrete evidence of communicative competence, or of the lack of it, but the disadvantage of only testing the ability to communicate factual information. A handbook of oral testing techniques nic underhill excerpt more information. A handbook of oral testing techniques, authornic underhill, year1987. A handbook of oral testing techniques nic underhill excerpt.
Testing spoken languages removes testing from the realm of the specialist and presents it as an integral part of a language learning program. Basically, the answer provided by both authors is the same. It offers the flexibility of 14 standalone tests in one comprehensive yet specific battery. A handbook of oral testing techniques nic underhill, underhill nic cambridge university press, may 28, 1987 foreign language study 117 pages. Testing spoken language by nic underhill waterstones. You will listen to a radio interview between alison james and david kwok. It is therefore intended for native and nonnative speaker teachers, testers, course designers, and educational planners. Testing spoken language removes testing from the realm of the specialist and presents it as an integral part of a language learning programme. It is just one form of assessment, and other methods will often be more. The writers, critical readers and academic coordinators who. Download pdf testing spoken language a handbook of oral. An information gap task is a technique in language teaching where students are missing information necessary to complete a task or solve a problem, and must communicate with their classmates to fill in the gaps. Indeed underhill gives a suggested training outline for tmining oral assessors u,hich couldjust as. Information gap tasks are contrasted with opinion gap tasks, in which all information is.
Semantic scholar extracted view of testing spoken language. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. A handbook of oral testing techniques, author nic underhill, year1987. Pemetaan pengembangan bahan ajar bipa berdasarkan cefr. Testing spoken language a handbook of oral testing techniques, nic underhill, may 28, 1987, foreign language study, 117 pages. Language and languages ability testing englisch, english language study and teaching foreign speakers. A common testing framework for measuring spoken language. Everythingbutt alice frost francesca le and miranda miller. Next free pdf an a to z of second language assessment. The most important influence on the development of language testing has been the. Testing spoken language removes testing from the realm of the specialist and presents. This is a handbook of practical testing techniques intended for anyone who has to design, adapt, or use oral tests of english as a foreign language.
A practical guide taking the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at each stagediagnostic and. Testing spoken language a handbook of oral testing techniques by nic underhill literature in the language classroom a resource book of ideas and activities by joanne collie and stephen slater dictation new methods, new possibilities by paul davis and mario rinvolucri grammar pratice activities a practical guide for teachers by. Information gap tasks are also used to test language ability. This article discusses issues regarding testing spoken communication and proposes the use of the oral interview as a format for assessing. Students communicative behaviour in a foreign language classroom. Nic underhill states,many language tests are given beca use it is the accepted practice to.
The chapters are organized into types of tests, elicitation techniques. It is for teachers, testers, course designers, and educational planners. Testing and assessment in language learning principles and approaches to language testing note the hou is responsible for the editing of the publication and for the development of the texts in accordance with the distance learning methodology. Underhill is concerned exclusively with oral tests in which the learner has to speak out loud. Teaching adult second language learners pdf book manual. It takes the reader through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the issues involved at each stage. Testing spoken language, a handbook of oral testing.
The basis for the common testing framework is the cons truct of its tests. Cambridge university press 05212760 testing spoken. A handbook of oral testing techniques by nic underhill pp. Testing spoken language a handbook of oral testing techniques by nic underhill literature in the language classroom a resource book of ideas and activities by joanne collie and stephen slater dictation new methods, new possibilities by paul davis and mario rinvolucri grammar practice activities a practical guide for teachers by. Introducing speaking tests into university entrance examinations in japan 100 years of speaking tests. Free standardized tests flashcards about nic written test. Nic underhill states,many language tests are given beca use it is the accepted practice to give language tests as part ofa teaching programme, without setting out c. This report describes a qualitative discourse analysis of native speaker and nonnative speaker responses to the revised test of spoken english tse. The accuracy of the scores, the quality of the test as a whole, and the assumptions made about oral language are examined through the relevant types of reliability and validity as well as through extensive research. Testing i s not, o f course, the only way in which information about peoples language ability can be gathered. Ability testing, examinations, language and languages. July, 2018 july 20, 2018 cambridgedeltapreparation.
A handbook of oral testing techniques by nic underhill. Ability testing, examinations, language and languages, oral communication. It is often used in communicative language teaching and taskbased language learning. Review of testing spoken language by nic underhill, cup 1987. It is for teachers, testers, course designers and educational planners. Pdf cambridge handbooks for language teachers keep talking. Jul, 2018 testing spoken language, a handbook of oral testing techniques, nic underhill, cambridge handbooks for teachers, 1987 july, 2018 july 20, 2018 cambridgedeltapreparation image source. Preserving the strengths of the original and highly regarded test, the second edition introduces new and enhanced features to increase validity, functionality, and ease of use. Buy testing spoken language by nic underhill from waterstones today. Jul, 2018 testing spoken language, a handbook of oral testing techniques, nic underhill, cambridge handbooks for teachers, 1987 july, 2018 july 20, 2018 cambridgedeltapreparation 1 comment image source.
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