papers in language testing and assessment
VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2, 2021
Front matter
Articles
Book reviews
VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1, 2021
SPECIAL ISSUE: Negotiating tensions between language assessment policies and practices: the role of the language testing professional. A celebration of 30 years of work at the University of Melbourne’s Language Testing Research Centre (1990-2020)
GUEST EDITOR: Cathie Elder
Front matter + Introduction
Foreword
Front matter
Articles
- The effect of prompt accent on elicited imitation assessments in English as a second language
Jacob G. Barrows & Troy L. Cox, Brigham Young University - The face of communication breakdown: Multimodal repair in L2 oral proficiency interviews
J. Dylan Burton, Michigan State University
Book reviews
- Assessing Speaking in Context: Expanding the Construct and its Applications
Reviewed by Ying Chen & Qi Lu, Ocean University of China - Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation and Development.
Reviewed by Michelle Czajkowski, University of Melbourne
VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1, 2021
SPECIAL ISSUE: Negotiating tensions between language assessment policies and practices: the role of the language testing professional. A celebration of 30 years of work at the University of Melbourne’s Language Testing Research Centre (1990-2020)
GUEST EDITOR: Cathie Elder
Front matter + Introduction
Foreword
- Language testing within policy contexts: Conceptual and instrumental challenges
Tim McNamara, University of Melbourne
- Towards ‘policy responsible’ language testing: Framing the Language Testing Research Centre’s contribution in languages other than English
Cathie Elder, University of Melbourne - The challenges of providing expert advice in policy contexts
Ute Knoch, University of Melbourne - Trust the test: Score-user perspectives on the roles of language tests in professional registration and skilled migration
Susy Macqueen, Australian National University, John Pill, Lancaster University & Ute Knoch, University of Melbourne - Negotiating the boundaries of responsibility: Rethinking test takers and the ethics of testing
Kellie Frost, University of Melbourne
- The generations: Research and application at the LTRC
Joe Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne
- The Development and Validation of Standards in Language Testing.
Reviewed by Yan Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Assessing English for Professional Purposes.
Reviewed by Kathryn Hill, Deakin University