papers in language testing and assessment

VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1, 2020

SPECIAL ISSUE: Where Conversation Analysis meets Language Assessment
GUEST EDITORS: Soo Jung Youn & Alfred Rue Burch

Front matter

Editorial
Introduction by Guest Editors Soo Jung Youn & Alfred Rue Burch

Articles

• Testing interactional competence: Patterned yet dynamic aspects of L2 interaction 
  Thorsten Huth, The University of Tennessee
• Assessing Interactional Competence: The role of intersubjectivity in a paired-speaking assessment task
  Alfred Rue Burch, Kobe University & Katharina Kley, Rice University
• Resolving interactional troubles and maintaining progressivity in paired speaking assessment in an EFL context
  Merve Hırçın Çoban, Middle East Technical University & Olcay Sert, Mälardalen University 
• Pragmatic variables in role-play design for the context validity of assessing interactional competence
  Soo Jung Youn, Daegu National University of Education
• How do raters understand rubrics for assessing L2 interactional engagement? A comparative study of CA- and non-CA-formulated performance descriptors
  Erica Sandlund, Karlstad University & Tim Greer, Kobe University

Book reviews

• The Discourse of the IELTS Speaking Test: Interactional design and practice 
  Reviewed by Shi Chen, Northern Arizona University

VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2, 2020

Front matter

Articles

• A preliminary look at the impact of spell checker use during an L2 English writing assessment
  Ikkyu Choi & Yeonsuk Cho, Educational Testing Service
• Contextualised judgements: A comparison of the rating criteria used to judge oral presentations in higher education and speaking performances in the TOEFL iBT™
  Ana Maria Ducasse, RMIT University & Annie Brown, ACER

Book reviews

• Learning Oriented Assessment: A Systemic Approach (Vol. 45)
  Reviewed by Ruijin Yang, Queensland University of Technology
• Language Assessment for Classroom Teachers
  Reviewed by Lan Luo, Zhejiang University

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