Book
Experimenting with uncertainty: essays in honour of Alan Davies
(2001)
Abstract
This festschrift brings together 28 invited papers surveying the state of the art in language testing from a perspective which combines technical and broader applied linguistics insights. The papers cover issues ranging from construct definition to the design and applications of language tests, including their importance as a means of exploring larger issues in language teaching, language learning and language policy. The volume locates work in language testing in a context of social, political and ethical issues at a time when testing is increasingly expected to be publicly accountable
Keywords
- Ethics,
- Impact studies,
- Language tests,
- Linguistic competence,
- Oral language,
- Policy,
- Test use,
- Raters
Disciplines
Publication Date
2001
Editor
C. Elder, A. Brown, E. Grove, K. Hill, N. Iwashita, T. Lumley, T. McNamara, K. O'Loughlin
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Studies in language testing
ISBN
9780521775762
Citation Information
Elder, C., A. Brown, E. Grove, K. Hill, N. Iwashita, T. Lumley, K. O’Loughlin & T.F. McNamara (eds.) (2001) Experimenting with Uncertainty: Language Testing Essays in Honour of Alan Davies. (Studies in Language Testing 11.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press/University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.