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A Modular Approach to Testing English Language Skills: The development of the Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS) examinations

A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests

This volume documents the development of the Cambridge ESOL Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS), a suite of modular examinations first offered in 2002.

This book aims to provide language testers with a background in the conversation analytic framework.

An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes

Assessing Academic English: Testing English proficiency 1950-1989 - the IELTS solution

This volume reports on the development of the Advanced English Reading Test in China.

This volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK.

Changing Language Teaching through Language Testing: A washback study

Continuity and Innovation: Revising the Cambridge Proficiency in English examination 1913-2002

This book offers insights into the concept that a test can be used to encourage innovation in the classroom.

This volume documents the revision of the Certificate in Proficiency in English (CPE) 1991 to 2002.

Dictionary of Language Testing

European Language Testing in a Global Context: Proceedings of the ALTE Barcelona Conference in July 2001

This Dictionary of Language Testing contains some 600 entries on language assessment

Proceedings of the 2001 ALTE conference.

Examining Writing: Research and practice in assessing second language writing

Experimenting with Uncertainty: Essays in Honour of Alan Davies

This volume describes the theory and practice of Cambridge ESOL's approach to assessing second language writing ability.

A collection of 28 invited papers surveying the state of the art in language testing.

Fairness and Validation in Language Assessment: Selected Papers from the 19th Language Testing Research Colloquium

IELTS Collected Papers: Research in speaking and writing assessment

This collection of papers from 19th LTRC brought to sharp focus Fairness in Language Testing.

This volume contains ten research studies which informed the revised IELTS Speaking and Writing Modules, 2001 and 2005.

IELTS Washback in Context: Preparation for academic writing in higher education

Impact Theory and Practice: Studies of the IELTS test and Progetto Lingue 2000

This volume investigates the washback of the IELTS Writing test on English for Academic Purposes provision.

This book analyses the impact of the IELTS test and the Progetto Lingue programme on a range of stakeholders.

Issues in Computer-Adaptive Testing of Reading Proficiency

Issues in Testing Business English: The revision of the Cambridge Business English Certificates

The focus of this book is computer based assessment of the receptive skills.

This book describes the revision of the Cambridge ESOL Business English certificates, offering a unique insight into test revision.

Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests: A structural equation modeling approach

Multilingual Glossary of Language Testing Terms

This book investigates the relationships between learner strategy use and performance.

The glossary, produced by ALTE, contains entries in ten languages, and is available in CD-ROM

Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians: A study of test validity and the role of 'smallwords' in contributing to pupils' fluency

The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests

This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by 'smallwords'.

This book documents the speaking component of a test designed for immigrants to Australia.

The Impact of High-Stakes Examinations on Classroom Teaching: A case study using insights from testing and innovation theory

 

 

This study analyses the effects of an examination which was designed to serve as a 'lever for change'..