Language Testing

TERESA DE JESUS ROMERO BARRADAS, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico DR ANNIE BROWN, CEPA, United Arab Emirates DEIRDRE BURRELL. Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK DR. CARMEN SANCHEZ CHAVEZ, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico PROFESSOR ALAN DAVIES, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh ROGER DUNNE, Senior Editor EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico ADRIANA ABAD FLORESCANO, General Co-ordinator EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico DR SUZANNE GRAHAM, Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK DR TONY GREEN, Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire, UK DR PATRICIA E. GROUNDS, Senior Projects Manager, British Council Mexico MARY MAXWELL HART, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico PAUL JAQUITH, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates DR PAUL JOYCE, Assistant Professor at J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo ELIF KANTARCIOAuLU, Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL) , Ankara, Turkey DR RICHARD KIELY, Head of the Centre for International Language Teacher Education (CILTE) at University College of St Mark and St John Plymouth ESPERANZA ZAMORA LARA, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico MARIA ISABEL GONZALEZ MACIAS, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico LUIS ALEJANDRO SANTANA MARTINEZ, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico DOMINIQUE MEDLEY, Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK DR FUMIYO NAKATSUHARA, Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire, UK DR BRIAN NORTH, Head of Academic Development at Eurocentres, Switzerland and of EAQUALS (European Association for Quality Language Services) DR JOHN O'DWYER, Director of the Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL), Ankara, Turkey DR SPIROS PAPAGEORGIU, Michigan University, USA DR ABDUL HALIM ABDUL RAOF, University of Technology, Malaysia at Johor Bahru PROFESSOR PAULINE REA-DICKINS, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Institute for Educational Development, Eastern Africa, Aga Khan University and Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol PROFESSOR BRIAN RICHARDS, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK DR JON ROBERTS, Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK DAVID EWING RYAN, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico PATRICIA REIDY RYAN, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico PROFESSOR TOSHIHIKO SHIOTSU, Professor of Language Education at Kurume University, Japan PROFESSOR CYRIL WEIR, Powdrill Chair in English Language Acquisition & Director of the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire, UK DR GUOXING YU, Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, Bristol University, UK

Aimed at researchers and students interested in language testing theory and practice, the chapters in this book vary in style and content and are both stimulating and robust. The book brings together a fascinating group of authors from the established to the new, presenting new ideas and challenging current orthodoxies.Aimed at researchers and students interested in language testing theory and practice, the chapters in this book vary in style and content and are both stimulating and robust. The book brings together a fascinating group of authors from the established to the new, presenting new ideas and challenging current orthodoxies.