The present volume constitutes another addition to the De Gruyter Mouton Handbooks of
Applied Linguistics. As the reader can see from our subsequent Introduction to the Handbook …

… Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial,
issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive …

… prominent concerns and procedures in language assessment and program evaluation+ More
… will lead to useful and ethical language assessment and evaluation remains to be seen+ …

… , but also to task research in second language acquisition (SLA), one of whose aims is to
untangle the various critical features of language learning tasks. The Bachman and Palmer …

… The training materials included in this Handbook are based on the online training …
assessment methods, techniques and tools so that they can enhance their language assessment …

… WHAT DOES LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT ENTAIL? Language assessment is a broad term
referring to a systematic procedure for eliciting test and nontest data (eg, a teacher checklist …

… Modern Languages are requiring language teachers to adopt new ways of assessing language
ability … Clearly, there is widespread global recognition that language assessment literacy …

… To communicate effectively in everyday conversation, a speaker of a second language (L2)
needs to translate intended messages into comprehensible speech rapidly as well. …

… This chapter will draw on works from the fields of second language testing/assessment
and educational assessment more generally. Researchers and writers have used the terms ‘…

What comes to mind when the word assessment is mentioned for language classrooms?
How is it to be interpreted? For many years, it has mainly been viewed as a tool to record …