http://t2.stooorage.com/thumbs/851/3217287_assessing-2bgrammar.jpg Title: Assessing Grammar Series: Cambridge Language Assessment Author(s): James E. Purpura Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 978-0521802819 Date: 2004 Pages: 317 Size: 1.13 Mb Format: PDF Quality: High Language: American English Contents: A renewed interest in grammar, from pedagogical and research perspectives, has created the need for new approaches to assessing the grammatical ability of language learners. This book presents a comprehensive framework of second language grammatical knowledge and uses this as a base to help readers create their own assessment tools to test students' grammar. Contents Series editors’ preface page ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Differing notions of ‘grammar’ for assessment 1 2 Research on L2 grammar teaching, learning and assessment 24 3 The role of grammar in models of communicative language ability 49 4 Towards a definition of grammatical ability 83 5 Designing test tasks to measu...