Selected Publications

 

Books

 

Van den Branden, K., Bygate, M., and Norris, J. M. (Eds.) (2009). Task-based language teaching: A reader. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. click for info from John Benjamins

 

Norris, J. M. (2008). Validity evaluation in language assessment. New York: Peter Lang. click for info from Peter Lang

 

Norris, J. M., & Ortega, L. (Eds.). (2006). Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching. Philadelphia: John Benjamins. click for info from John Benjamins

 

Brown, J. D., Hudson, T. D., Norris, J. M., & Bonk, W. (2002). Investigating task-based second language performance assessment. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. click for info from UH Press

 

Norris, J. M., Brown, J. D., Hudson, T. D., & Yoshioka, J. K. (1998). Designing second language performance assessment. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. click for info from UH Press

 

Journal Special Issues

 

Norris, J. M. (Ed.) (2008). Special issue: Understanding and improving language education through program evaluation. Language Teaching Research, 13(1).

 

Norris, J. M. (Ed.) (2002). Special issue: Task-based language assessment. Language Testing, 19(4).

 

Articles and Chapters

 

Norris, J. M. (2009). Task-based teaching and testing. In M. Long and C. Doughty (Eds.), Handbook of second and foreign language teaching. Cambridge: Blackwell.

 

Norris, J. M. (2008). Understanding and improving language education through program evaluation: Introduction to the special issue. Language Teaching Research, 13(1).

 

Norris, J. M., & Ortega, L. (2007). The future of research synthesis in applied linguistics: Beyond art or science? TESOL Quarterly, 41(4), 805-815.

 

Norris, J. M. (2006). The why (and how) of student learning outcomes assessment in college FL education. Modern Language Journal, 90(4), 590-597.

 

Norris, J. M. (2006). Assessing foreign language learning and learners: From measurement constructs to educational uses. In H. Byrnes, H. Weger-Guntharp, & K. Sprang (Eds.), GURT 2005: Educating for Advanced Foreign Language Capacities: Constructs, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment (pp. 167-187). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

 

Norris, J. M. (2006). Development and evaluation of a curriculum-based German C-test for placement purposes. In R. Grotjahn (Ed.), Der C-Test: Theoretische Grundlagen und praktische Anwendungen (vol. 5) (pp. 45-83). New York: Peter Lang.

 

Norris, J. M., & Conn, C. (2005). Investigating strategies for increasing student response rates to online-delivered course evaluations. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 6(1), 13-29.

 

Norris, J. M., & Pfeiffer, P. (2003). Exploring the use and usefulness of ACTFL Guidelines oral proficiency ratings in college foreign language departments. Foreign Language Annals, 36(4), 572-581.

 

Norris, J. M., & Ortega, L. (2003). Defining and measuring SLA. In C. Doughty, & M. H. Long, (Eds.), Handbook of second language acquisition (pp. 716-761). London: Blackwell.

 

Norris, J. M. (Ed.) (2002). Special issue: Task-based language assessment. Language Testing, 19(4).

 

Norris, J. M. (2002). Interpretations, intended uses, and designs in task-based language assessment: Introduction to the special issue. Language Testing, 19(4), 337-346.

 

Norris, J. M., Brown, J. D., Hudson, T. D., & Bonk, W. (2002). Examinee abilities and task difficulty in task-based L2 performance assessment. Language Testing, 19(4), 395-418.

 

Norris, J. M. (2001). Concerns with computer-adaptive oral proficiency assessment. Language Learning & Technology, 5(2), 99-105. Available at: http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num2/norris/default.html/

 

Norris, J. M. (2001). Use of address terms on the German Speaking Test. In K. Rose and G. Kasper (Eds.), Pragmatics in language teaching (pp. 248-282). New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Norris, J. M., & Ortega, L. (2001). Does type of instruction make a difference: Substantive findings from a meta-analytic review. In R. Ellis (Ed.), Form-focussed instruction and second language learning (pp. 157-213). New York: Blackwell. [The Best of Language Learning series, volume 4.]

 

Long, M. H., & Norris, J. M. (2000). Task-based language teaching and assessment. In M. Byram (Ed.), Encyclopedia of language teaching (pp. 597-603).London: Routledge.

 

Norris, J. M. (2000). Purposeful language assessment. English Teaching Forum, 38(1), 18-23.

 

Norris, J. M., & Ortega, L. (2000). Effectiveness of L2 instruction: A research synthesis and quantitative meta-analysis. Language Learning, 50, 417-528. [Recipient of the 2001 ACTFL-MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education and the 2001 TESOL/Heinle & Heinle Distinguished Research Award.]

 

Norris, J. M. (1997). The German Speaking Test: Utility and caveats. Die Unterrichtspraxis, 30(2), 148-58.

 

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