This edited volume develops a theoretical framework for validating tests of second language ability. The chapter authors show how an understanding and ...

This volume explores the impact of language frameworks on learning, teaching and assessment, viewed from the perspective of policies, procedures and c ...

This volume reports research that informs the development of reading and listening assessment in IELTS. This volume brings together a set of eight IE ...

Language Testing Matters explores the social and educational impact of language testing and assessment at regional, national and international level. ...

This volume establishes how English language constructs were measured in Cambridge English examinations over the period 1913 to 2012. An addition to ...

This innovative volume presents an in-depth study of the language used by participants in business meetings. The cutting-edge research draws on the Ca ...

This informative and insightful book situates second language teaching in a historical context. It chronicles the many influences and developments tha ...

Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, this course has established itself as the most practical, comprehensive text in the field and beco ...

This book brings together contributions from various researchers, providing an overview of narrative research approaches and demonstrating how these w ...

An examination of how language functions in CLIL, based on a corpus of classroom interactions. Drawing on their wide experience as CLIL educators and ...

An engaging, advanced-level introduction to the emerging field of discourse studies of identity, with particular reference to academic contexts. Dis ...

This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of comprehension ...