本书集合了语言测试与评价领域关于语言教师专业技能与知识测评的学术论文共16篇，全面、系统地介绍了剑桥英语教师资格认证基于的教师技能与知识测评实践研究，展示了英语教学质量方面的关键问题，对我国中小学英语教师资格认证考试有重要的启示。本书分为四个部分：部分为本书的绪论和剑桥英语语言教学资格认证考试简史；第二部分主要汇报了剑桥英语语言教学资格认证考试中采用的测评方法如何与教师发展乃至教师培训者发展紧密结合起来的研究；第三部分从横向考察了剑桥英语语言教学资格认证考试中拥有挑战性的几项标准；第四部分讨论了剑桥英语语言教学资格认证考试与不同情境之间的交互，如考试后效、文化因素等。

导 读 林敦来 iii
Acknowledgements xxi
Series Editors’ note xxii
Notes on contributors xxviii
Section 1
History and background 1
1 Introduction 2
Rosemary Wilson and Monica Poulter
2 A brief history of Cambridge English Language Assessment Teaching Qualifications 11
Alan Pulverness
Section 2
Development and assessment 36
3 Good practice in INSET： An analysis of the Delta 41
Simon Borg and David Albery
4 The role of portfolios in language teacher assessment 70
Neil Anderson
5 The ‘dirty mirror’ of reflective practice： Assessing self-and peer-evaluation on a CELTA course 103
Jo-Ann Delaney
6 Capturing the ephemeral： Standardising the assessment of teaching practice 128
Evelina D. Galaczi and Marie Therese Swabey
7 Developing and assessing English language teacher trainers 160
Marie Morgan
Section 3
Focus on the assessment of specific criteria 198
8 Teachers’ language competence： Issues of appropriation and appropriacy 202
Jenny Johnson and Monica Poulter
9 Language awareness： Research， planning， teaching and beyond 225
Martin Parrott
10 Thinking on their feet： Assessing teachers’ flexibility and responsiveness in the language classroom 259
Rosemary Wilson
11 TKT： Testing knowledge about teaching 274
Mary Spratt
Section 4
Assessment in context 290
12 Impact of TKT in Uruguay 2005–2012 295
Gerardo Valazza
13 Testing knowledge about content teaching in English 319
Kay Bentley
14 Using international teacher education programmes in local contexts 343
Peter Watkins with Bill Harris and Alan Pulverness
15 Integrating theory and practice： The case of Delta at Bilkent University 363
Simon Phipps
16 Culture and context in the external assessment of teaching 392
David M. Palfreyman
Appendices
Appendix A： CELTA performance descriptors 419
Appendix B： Specifications for Delta Module Two asses