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Language Testing

Theories and Practices

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics (PADLL)

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Keywords

  • English
  • language
  • second language
  • literary diction

About this book

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.

About the author

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 KANTARCIO?LU, 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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language Testing

  • Book Subtitle: Theories and Practices

  • Authors: Barry O'Sullivan

  • Series Title: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23062-0Published: 27 May 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23063-7Published: 27 May 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6623

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6631

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 310

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