语言测试

Section One INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 Looking Back on a Lifetime in Language Testing

Section Two READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Chapter 2 Reading in a Foreign Language：a Reading Problem or a Language Problem?

Chapter 3 Testing Reading Comprehension Skills（Part One）

Section Three CLOZE TESTING

Chapter 4 The Cloze Procedure and Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language

Section Four BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND ESP TESTS

Chapter 5 The EffeCt of Students’Academic Discipline on Their Performance on ESP Reading Tests

Chapter 6 New Procedures for Validating Proficiency Tests of ESP?Theory and Practice

Chapter 7 Air Safety，Language Assessment Policy，and Policy Implementation：the Case of Aviation English

Section Five WASHBAC K

Chapter 8 Does Washback Exist?

Chapter 9 TOEFL Preparation Courses：A Study of Washback

Chapter 10 Testing and Teaching：The Dream and the Reality

Section Six TESTING AND TEACHERS

Chapter 11 Testing Is Too Important to Be Left to Testers

Section Seven METALINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE AND TESTING

Chapter 12 Metalinguistic Knowledge，Language Aptitude and Language Proficiency

Section Eight COMPUTER-BASED TESTING

Chapter 13 Do Corpora Have a Role in Language Assessment?

Section Nine DIAGNOSTIC TESTING

Chapter 14 The Development of a Suite of Computer-based Diagnostic Tests Based on the Common European Framework．

Chapter 15 The Challenge of（Diagnostic）Testing：Do We Know What We Are Measuring?

Section Ten CONSTRUCTS

Chapter 16 Judgements in Language Testing

Chapter 17 The Relationship Between Grammar and Reading in an English for Academic Purposes Test Battery

Chapter 18 Appfied Linguistics and Language Testing：A Case Study of the ELTS Test

Section Eleven PRINCIPLES

Chapter 19 Standards in Testing：a Study of the Practice of UK Examination Boards in EFL／ESL Testing

Section Twelve POLITICS

Chapter 20 The Micropolitics of Research and Publication

Section Thirteen REFLECTIONS

Chapter 21 Reflections on Language Testing：What Next?

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