Atta Gebril (editor) - Learning-Oriented Language Assessment

This collection brings together research on learning-oriented language assessment from scholars working across geographic and educational contexts, highlighting the opportunities of assessment practices which seek to better align assessment and learning tasks and support effective learning.

The volume begins by introducing learning-oriented assessment (LOA) and the context around its growing popularity, especially in accountability-oriented settings which favor summative large-scale tests. The first part of the book charts the development of LOAs theoretical and conceptual underpinnings, outlining the ways in which they have been informed by theories of learning and key elements. The second part demonstrates LOA in practice, drawing on examples from different countries and instructional settings to explore such topics as the role of technology in LOA and developing feedback materials based around LOA principles and developed for core literacy skills.

Offering a holistic view of learning-oriented assessment and the real-world affordances and challenges of its implementation, this book is key reading for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in language testing and assessment, TESOL, and language education.

Atta Gebril is an associate professor and MATESOL program director in the Department of Applied Linguistics, American University in Cairo (AUC). He is also the chair of the Institutional Review Board at AUC. He obtained his PhD from the University of Iowa in foreign language and ESL education. He teaches courses in second-language assessment and research methods in applied linguistics. His research interests include writing assessment, readingwriting connections, and learning-oriented assessment. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Assessing Writing and the TESOL Journal and as an associate editor for Language Assessment Quarterly.

Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics

Vocabulary and the Four Skills
Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary
Edited by Jon Clenton and Paul Booth

Online Education for Teachers of English as a Global Language
Hyun-Sook Kang, Dong-shin Shin, and Tony Cimasko

Language Teaching with Video-Based Technologies
Creativity and CALL Teacher Education
Michael Thomas and Christel Schneider

Autoethnographies in ELT
Transnational Identities, Pedagogies, and Practices
Edited by Bedrettin Yazan, Suresh Canagarajah, and Rashi Jain

Researching Interpretive Talk Around Literary Narrative Texts
Shared Novel Reading
John Gordon

Analyzing Discourses in Teacher Observation Feedback Conferences
Fiona Copland and Helen Donaghue

Learning-Oriented Language Assessment
Putting Theory into Practice
Edited by Atta Gebril

Language, Mobility and Study Abroad in the Contemporary European Context
Edited by Rosamond Mitchell and Henry Tyne

Intonation in L2 Discourse
Research Insights
Mara Dolores Ramirez-Verdugo

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gebril, Atta, editor.
Title: Learning-oriented language assessment : putting theory into practice / edited by Atta Gebril.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. | Series: Routledge studies in applied linguistics | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020050514 | ISBN 9780367437138 (hardback) | ISBN 9781003014102 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Language and languages--Ability testing--Case studies. | Student-centered learning. | Educational evaluation--Methodology.
Classification: LCC P53.4 .L456 2021 | DDC 418.0076--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020050514

ISBN: 978-0-367-43713-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-367-76114-1 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-01410-2 (ebk)

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To my late mother

I wish I could say it gets easier unfortunately it does not.
I still miss you every day, but I know you are in a better place.
May you rest in peace.

Wael Amer is a certified TESOL/language assessment professional, educational researcher and consultant, certified instructional designer and teacher trainer, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialist with 15+ years of experience. He has a masters degree in linguistics/stylistics and educational and social research, and is currently completing his PhD in language assessment and measurement. Wael has worked for prominent higher education institutions in Egypt and the UK, and collaborated on a part-time and consultancy basis with major international development organizations, including UNESCO IIEP, OECD, USAID, UNICEF, RTI International, the American Institutes of Research, QED Group, AmidEast, and Cambridge International Examination (CIE). He has led, managed, and participated in different teams and projects focusing on designing and developing standardized Arabic and English proficiency tests, developing and teaching courses in early literacy assessment, language testing and assessment, and monitoring and evaluation of development projects. He also participated in teams developing national education sector strategic plans, education policy reform research, and capacity development of education professionals and systems.

Beverly Baker is Associate Professor and Director, Language Assessment, at the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Language Assessment. Her work in language assessment development and validation has been published in journals such as Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, and Assessing Writing. In addition to testing research, she does a great deal of research on the ground with teachers, taking a critical approach to examining classroom language teaching and assessment practice.

Heidi Liu Banerjee is an assistant teaching professor in the NU Global program at Northeastern University. She is also the research project manager for the Scenario-Based Language Assessment Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research and teaching interests include developing game- and scenario-based language assessment and implementing learning-oriented-assessment practices in second language classrooms. She received her Ed.D in applied linguistics with a focus on second language assessment from Teachers College, Columbia University.