STUDIES IN LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

VOLUME 15, ISSUE 1, 2026

Front matter

Articles

• Assessing second language speaking: Task type and language anxiety
  Mehmet Gazan, National Defense University, Middle East Technical University & Vasfiye Geçkin, Izmir Democracy University
• Assessing English language proficiency in Costa Rican high schools
  Jose Fabián Elizondo-González, Ana Carolina González-Ramírez & Walter Araya-Garita, Universidad de Costa Rica
• Different, or simply more difficult? The role of reduced time in the construct of computerised C-Tests in English and German
  Anna Timukova, g.a.s.t. (Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development), Franziska Möller, g.a.s.t. (Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development) & Anastasia Drackert, g.a.s.t.  (Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development), Ruhr University of Bochum
• Cognitive validity in listen-to-write summary tasks: A mixed-methods analysis of notetaking data
  Rebecca Yeager,  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, GoMee Park, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley & Junhee Park, University of Iowa
• Comparing the predictive validity of English placement scores by proctor modality
  Cindy L. James, Thompson Rivers University & Veronika Larsen, University of British Columbia
• Argument-based validation of the English-Japanese Phrasal Vocabulary Size Test: The role of familiarity in item difficulty
  Ayako Aizawa, Rikkyo University

Book review

• Assessing interactional competence: Principles, test development and validation through an L2 Chinese IC test. 
  Reviewed by Soo Jung Youn, Daegu National University of Education