Publication details
Testování jako forma hodnocení cizojazyčné kompetence
| Title in English | Testing as a form of assessing foreign language communicative competence |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bezpečnostní teorie a praxe |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | language testing; foreign language competence; communication |
| Description | The article is focused on the development of theory and practice of language testing, on the types of language tests – depending on the purpose of testing, on the quality of the tests and last but not least on the ethical aspects of language testing. The article presents selected historical aspects of the language testing theories, analyses partial socio-linguistic and psychological approaches, and outlines communicative and post-communicative approaches to language testing. The authors draw on Europe-wide adopted documents, they mention the importance of using information and communication technologies in testing foreign language competence. For clarity the text includes schematic views of selected constructs. |