Read, watch and listen: Task-based assessment

Required reading, viewing and listening

Here is the audio of the interview we did with Glenn Fulcher on TBLT and testing. You can download the mp3 from the Materials tab.

Optional reading & viewing

In addition to the resources on Glenn’s website, some of the references and concepts we talk about in the interview include the following. We stress that all of this is entirely optional; if you are simply curious to see some task-based assessments, skip to the end of this section for links to samples.

• Kaulfers, Walter V. (1944). Wartime Development in Modern-Language Achievement Testing. The Modern Language Journal, 23.2, pp. 136-150.
• Halliday, M.A.K. & Hasan R. (1985). Language, context, and text: Aspects of language in a social-semiotic perspective. Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press.
• Ventola, E. (1987). The structure of social interaction. London: Frances Pinter.
• Fulcher, G. (2010). The reification of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and effect-driven testing. In Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey Marina Mattheoudakis (eds), Advances in Research on Language Acquisition and Teaching: Selected Papers. Greek Applied Linguistics Association.

Another video worth a look is the following recording of a webinar with John Norris:

• John Norris on How do we assess task-based performance? (Vimeo)

Finally, it may be illustrative to look at these examples of task-based assessments: this first is the Occupational English Test which we discuss in the interview; the others are from the GULT (Guidelines for university language testing) page. There is more information if you follow this link.

• Sample tests from the Occupational English Test
• Test 3: UNIcert® III exam Business English (PDF)
• Test 5: GULT model exam English – Level B2 – versions A and B (PDF)