DIRECTIONS
IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TESTING

Issue title: The KPG exams: Matters of special concern

Vol. 1, 2013

ISSN: 2241-7141

 

0.    Introduction

1.    Papers on the theory and practice of testing

Kia Karavas
FAIRNESS AND ETHICAL LANGUAGE TESTING: THE CASE OF THE KPG

Xenia Delieza
MONITORING KPG EXAMINER CONDUCT

Vassilis Hartzoulakis
RATER AGREEMENT IN KPG WRITING ASSESSMENT

Jenny Liontou
THE TEST TAKER AS A FACTOR AFFECTING THE READABILITY OF KPG TEXTS

Maria Stathopoulou
EXPLORING THE TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES USED FOR THE KPG WRITING TASKS

Bessie Dendrinos
TESTING AND TEACHING MEDIATION: INPUT FROM THE KPG EXAMS IN ENGLISH

2.    Exposes regarding the KPG exams

Kia Karavas
THE KPG SPEAKING TEST: DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS

Kia Karavas
TRAINING THE ORAL EXAMINER

Kia Karavas
TRAINING THE SCRIPT RATER

Bessie Dendrinos & Bessie Mitsikopoulou
GENRE-BASED WRITING IN THE EXAM IN ENGLISH

Bessie Mitsikopoulou
EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE KPG WRITING TEST IN ENGLISH

3.    Research reports

Xenia Delieza
MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE SPEAKING TEST

Elisabeth Apostolou & Bessie Dendrinos
INVESTIGATING DIFFICULTY OF THE LISTENING TEST

Vasso Oikonomidou & Bessie Dendrinos
SCRIPT ASSESSMENT AND WRITING TASK DIFFICULTY

Vassilis Hartzoulakis
ITEM ANALYSIS IN THE KPG EXAMS