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A very good copy. - This book explores the development of C-tests for providing efficient measures of foreign language proficiency in eight different languages: Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Researchers report on how C-test principles were applied in creating the new language tests, with careful attention to language-specific challenges and solutions. The final, five-text C-tests in all languages demonstrated impressive psychometric qualities as well as strong relationships with criterion variables such as learner self-assessments and instructional levels. These test development projects provide new tests for use by foreign language researchers, and they demonstrate innovative and rigorous test development practices in diverse languages. - Table of Contentrs: John M. Norris: Developing and investigating C-tests in eight languages: Measuring proficiency for research purposes -- Michael Raish: Design and development of an Arabic C-test -- Todd McKay & Nandini Abedin: Developing a C-test for Bangla -- Shoko Sasayama: Development and validation of a Japanese C-test -- Young A Son, Amy I. Kim, Eunyoung Cho & John McE. Davis: A Korean C-test for university language learners -- Merve Demiralp: Designing a C-test for foreign language learners of Turkish -- Corinne L. Counsell: The C-test in French: Development and validation of a language proficiency test for research purposes -- Luciane L. Maimone: The development of a Portuguese C-test for research purposes -- Daniel Riggs & Luciane L. Maimone: A computer-administered C-test in Spanish -- Carsten Roever: Developing C-tests across eight languages: Discussion. ISBN 9783631742068