Aligning Tests with the CEFR
This volume explores the process of aligning language tests with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
A Modular Approach to Testing English Language Skills
This volume documents the development of the Cambridge ESOL Certificates in English Language Skills (CELS), a suite of modular examinations first offered in 2002.
An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes
This volume reports on the development of the Advanced English Reading Test in China.
An Investigation into the Comparability of Two Tests of English as a Foreign Language
This book documents a major study comparing the Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) with the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests
This book aims to provide language testers with a background in the conversation analytic framework.
Assessing Academic English: Testing English proficiency 1950-1989 - the IELTS solution
This volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK.
Changing Language Teaching through Language Testing
This book offers insights into the concept that a test can be used to encourage innovation in the classroom.
Components of L2 Reading
The book investigates the linguistic and processing factors underpinning Japanese EFL learners' reading comprehension performance.
Continuity and Innovation
This volume documents the revision of the Certificate in Proficiency in English (CPE) 1991 to 2002.
Dictionary of Language Testing
This Dictionary of Language Testing contains some 600 entries on language assessment
Examining FCE and CAE
This volume examines the historical development of the First Certificate in English (FCE) and the Certificate in Advanced English (CAE).
Examining Reading
The book examines the nature of second language reading proficiency and how it can be assessed.
Examining Speaking
The book examines the nature of second language speaking proficiency and how it can be assessed.
Examining Writing
This volume describes the theory and practice of Cambridge ESOL's approach to assessing second language writing ability.
Experimenting with Uncertainty
A collection of 28 invited papers surveying the state of the art in language testing.
Fairness and Validation in Language Assessment
This collection of papers from 19th LTRC brought to sharp focus Fairness in Language Testing.
IELTS Collected Papers
This volume contains ten research studies which informed the revised IELTS Speaking and Writing Modules, 2001 and 2005.
IELTS Collected Papers 2
This volume reports research that informs the development of reading and listening assessment in IELTS.
IELTS Washback in Context
This volume investigates the washback of the IELTS Writing test on English for Academic Purposes provision.
Impact Theory and Practice
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
The focus of this book is computer based assessment of the receptive skills.
Issues in Testing Business English
This book describes the revision of the Cambridge ESOL Business English certificates, offering a unique insight into test revision.
Language Testing Matters
This volume explores the social and educational impact of language testing and assessment.
Learner Strategy Use and Performance on Language Tests
This book investigates the relationships between learner strategy use and performance.
Multilingual Glossary of Language Testing Terms
The glossary, produced by ALTE, contains entries in ten languages, and is available in CD-ROM
Multilingualism and Assessment
The volume explores the impact of multilingualism on language assessment, including setting common standards and sustaining linguistic diversity.
Performance Testing, Cognition and Assessment
This volume contains a selection of research papers that were presented at the 15th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC).
Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians
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'.
Test Taker Characteristics and Test Performance
This book investigates the influence of test taker characteristics on performance in tests of English as a foreign language by exploring the relationships between these two groups of variables.
The Development of IELTS
This book studies the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension and investigates whether tertiary level English language students should be given reading proficiency tests in their own academic subject areas.
The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests
This book documents the speaking component of a test designed for immigrants to Australia.
The Impact of High-Stakes Examinations on Classroom Teaching
This study analyses the effects of an examination which was designed to serve as a 'lever for change'.
Verbal Protocol Analysis in Language Testing Research
This book aims to provide practitioners of Verbal protocol analysis with understanding and background
