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On Topic Validity in Speaking Tests
Topics are often used as a key speech elicitation method in performance-based assessments of spoken language and yet, the validity and fairness issues surrounding topics are …
Pluricultural Language Education and the CEFR
To meet the needs of adult language learners in modern communicative contexts, pluralistic approaches to language education such as Pluricultural Language Education (PLE) are …
Criterial Features in L2 English
This volume introduces a new concept, 'criterial features', for the learning, teaching and testing of English as a second language. The work is based on research conducted within …
Second Language Assessment and Action Research
This volume brings together a collection of chapters outlining the principles and processes of action research and providing case studies of practitioner action research completed …
Learning Oriented Assessment
This volume outlines the general principles of Learning Oriented Assessment (LOA), placing it in the context of European language learning policy. The authors pose three key …
Examining Young Learners: Research and Practice in Assessing the English of School-age Learners
The volume reflects on how learners' L2 development between the ages of 6 and 16 can be coherently described and their L2 assessment defined in terms of socio-cognitive validity. …
Critical, Constructive Assessment of CEFR-informed Language Teaching in Japan and Beyond
There has been little critical and constructive assessment of CEFR-informed pedagogical practices in Japan and beyond – policy issues have been the focus of research thus far. …
Lessons and Legacy: A Tribute to Professor Cyril J Weir (1950–2018)
Written by a selection of his friends and collaborators, this multi-authored volume is intended as a tribute to the academic achievements of Professor Cyril J Weir. Each …
Research and Practice in Assessing Academic Reading: The Case of IELTS
This volume describes differing approaches to understanding academic reading ability that have emerged in recent decades and goes on to develop an empirically-grounded framework …
Applying the Socio-Cognitive Framework to the BioMedical Admissions Test
This volume takes a framework for validating tests that was developed in language testing, and applies it to an admissions test used for biomedical courses. The framework is used …
Second Language Assessment and Mixed Methods Research
This volume provides a theoretical and practical discussion of mixed methods research and its application in language assessment. The authors present a discussion of the role of …
Defining Integrated Reading-into-Writing Constructs
This study investigates both the contextual features of a range of real-life academic writing tasks and reading-into-writing test tasks, and the cognitive processes required to …