ABSTRACT
This second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing provides an updated and comprehensive account of the area of language testing and assessment.
The volume brings together 35 authoritative articles, divided into ten sections, written by 51 leading specialists from around the world. There are five entirely new chapters covering the four skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking, as well as a new entry on corpus linguistics and language testing. The remaining 30 chapters have been revised, often extensively, or entirely rewritten with new authorship teams at the helm, reflecting new generations of expertise in the field. With a dedicated section on technology in language testing, reflecting current trends in the field, the Handbook also includes an extended epilogue written by Harding and Fulcher, contemplating what has changed between the first and second editions and charting a trajectory for the field of language testing and assessment.
Providing a basis for discussion, project work, and the design of both language tests themselves and related validation research, this Handbook represents an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners working in language testing and assessment and the wider field of language education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|46 pages
Validity
section Section 2|56 pages
The uses of language testing
chapter 6|21 pages
Revisiting language assessment for immigration and citizenship
section Section 3|89 pages
Classroom assessment and washback
section Section 4|61 pages
Assessing the language skills
section Section 5|70 pages
Test design and administration
section Section 6|58 pages
Writing items and tasks
section Section 7|48 pages
Prototyping and field tests
section Section 8|66 pages
Measurement theory in language testing
part Section 9|50 pages
Technology in language testing
part Section 10|72 pages
Ethics, fairness, and policy