PAPERS IN LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, 2016
SPECIAL ISSUE: EVALUATING LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS IN USE
Introduction by Special Issue Guest Editor Catherine Elder
SPECIAL ISSUE: EVALUATING LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS IN USE
Introduction by Special Issue Guest Editor Catherine Elder
Front matter
Articles
Book review
Articles
- Introduction to Special issue
Guest Editor Catherine Elder, University of Melbourne - Evaluating the achievements and challenges in reforming a national language exam: The reform team’s perspective
Carol Spöttl, Benjamin Kremmel, Franz Holzknecht and J. Charles Alderson. University of Innsbruck / Lancaster University. - Defining assessment standards for a new national tertiary-level qualification
John Read. The University of Auckland. - Using evaluation to promote change in language teacher practice
Rosemary Erlam. The University of Auckland. - Maintaining the connection between test and context: A language test for university admission
John Pill, American University of Beirut. - An evaluation of an online rater training program for the speaking and writing sub-tests of the Aptis test
Ute Knoch, Judith Fairbairn and Annemiek Huisman. University of Melbourne / British Council. - Negotiating the boundary between achievement and proficiency: An evaluation of the exit standard of an academic English pathway program
Susy Macqueen, Sally O’Hagan and Brad Hughes. Australian National University / University of Melbourne / University of Technology Sydney.
Book review
- Talking about language assessment: The LAQ interviews. Kunnan, A. J. (Ed.)
Reviewed by Paul Gruba, University of Melbourne
VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2, 2016
Front Matter
Articles
- Using dictation to measure language proficiency: A Rasch analysis
Paul Leeming and Aeric Wong. Kindai University / Konan University - Testing Measurement Invariance of an EAP Listening Placement Test across Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Soo Jung Youn and Seongah Im. Northern Arizona University / University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa - Interaction in a paired oral assessment: Revisiting the effect of proficiency
Young-A Son, Georgetown University - The Construct and Predictive Validity of a Self-Assessment Scale
Jason Jinsong Fan, Fudan University / University of Melbourne
Book reviews
- Language for Specific Purposes. S. Gollin-Kies, D. R. Hall & S. H. Moore
Reviewed by Adam Fletcher Koschade, Flinders University - Post-admission language assessment of university students. J. Read (Ed.)
Reviewed by Michelle Czajkowski, University of Melbourne