Leijn Melse

List of John Benjamins publications for which Leijn Melse plays a role.

Articles

Melse, Leijn 1997 Changing Target — Changing TestsPerspectives on Foreign Language Policy: Studies in honor of Theo van Els, Bongaerts, Theo and Kees de Bot (eds.), pp. 55 ff. | Article
Test results should be determined as little as possible by chance factors. Such factors harm the reliability of results. In testing writing proficiency open-ended tasks may involve a variety of chance factors affecting assessment a.o. It is well-known that when a number of teachers rate the same… read more
Can reading comprehension be measured in a valid way by having pupils, at the higher levels of secondary education, write a précis? An attempt to answer this question was made with respect to German and French texts. An advantage of setting a précis is that it does without comprehension questions.… read more