Assessment and Autonomy in Language Learning

Author:   C. Everhard ,  L. Murphy
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137414373


Pages:   223
Publication Date:   25 March 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Assessment and Autonomy in Language Learning


Overview

This book examines this contested relationship between assessment and autonomy from a number of perspectives in a variety of Higher Education language-learning contexts in Europe and the Far East. The contributors to the book describe research into assessment both for and as autonomy, as well as approaches to the assessment of autonomy itself.

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Author:   C. Everhard ,  L. Murphy
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.041kg
ISBN:  

9781137414373


ISBN 10:   1137414375
Pages:   223
Publication Date:   25 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Phil Benson Introduction; Carol J. Everhard and Linda Murphy 1. The Assessment-Autonomy Relationship; Carol J. Everhard 2. Measuring Language Learner Autonomy: Problems and possibilities; Fumiko Murase 3. Assessing Learner Autonomy: A Dynamic Model; Maria-Giovanna Tassinari 4. Assessment as Learner Autonomy; Lucy Cooker 5. Investigating Peer- and Self-assessment of Oral Skills as Stepping-stones to Autonomy in EFL Higher Education; Carol J. Everhard 6. Autonomy in Assessment: Bridging the Gap between Rhetoric and Reality in a Distance Language Learning Context; Linda Murphy Epilogue; Sara Cotterall and Diane Malcolm

Reviews

“This volume is one of the first publications to tackle the questions related to assessment and autonomy in foreign language learning and it is a must-read for everyone who wants to advance their understanding of these complex topics without having to grapple with the challenges alone.” (Christian Ludwig, Oxford University Press Journals, Vol. 71 (1), January, 2017) 


This volume is one of the first publications to tackle the questions related to assessment and autonomy in foreign language learning and it is a must-read for everyone who wants to advance their understanding of these complex topics without having to grapple with the challenges alone. (Christian Ludwig, Oxford University Press Journals, Vol. 71 (1), January, 2017)


Author Information

Phil Benson, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Lucy Cooker, University of Nottingham, UK Sara Cotterall, American University of Sharjah, UAE Carol Everhard, Independent Researcher, Greece Diane Malcolm, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Fumiko Murase, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Linda Murphy, Open University, UK Maria Giovanna Tassinari, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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