TeachingEnglish
Language testing: looking back and looking forward
Submitted by Anonymous on 4 August, 2011 - 10:09
Barry O'Sullivan takes a look at language testing, all the way from Imperial China to the present day global industry, and considers where testing might be going in the future.
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Fascinating, erudite and a must watch for all language teachers.
Thank you.
Excellent treatment of a subject a lot of us take for granted!
Very useful for teachers and it must be watched for all them, only to look over some aspects in their teaches.
It's a marvelous lecture. It is always very difficult to quit the beaten tracks and tread on the new path compatible with the emerging trends. This lecture succesfully brings a chnage in the English language teachers by making a comparison between the past and present techniques of planning.
Great. I think that what the lecturer referred to as "number crunching" in testng emerged as a result of effect of behavioral psychology (empiricism) and structuralism in linguistics.
A fantastic presentation, lots of good ideas and references, and a very motivating speaker. “There is more to life than an international test” would make a great tatoo ! Thanks.