A comprehensive manual for pre-and in-service ESL, EFL, and EIL educators who work with
multilingual students at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this text balances insights …

The extensive use of automated speech scoring in large-scale speaking assessment can be
revolutionary not only to test design and rating, but also to the learning and instruction of …

This collection brings together the editors' previous research with new work on the Register-
Functional (RF) approach to grammatical complexity, offering a unified theoretical account …

As the number of candidates who repeat English language proficiency tests more than once
to meet a certain cutscore (eg, for university admission) or to demonstrate progress (eg, after …

In the present study, we take a longitudinal, corpus‐based perspective to investigate short‐
term (over 9 months) linguistic change in the language produced for the spoken and written …

Abstract Language test preparation has often been studied within the consequential validity
framework in relation to ethics, equity, fairness, and washback of assessment. The use of …

This book introduces a new framework for analyzing second language (L2) learners' written
texts. The authors conducted a major study on changes and differences in English L2 …

Standardized tests are often designed to provide only a snapshot of test takers' knowledge,
skills, or abilities at a single point in time. Sometimes, however, they are expected to serve …

In response to the demand for higher education institutions to internationalize their
campuses and strengthen their students' global collaboration, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Farmasi …

Test preparation for admissions to education programmes has always been a contentious
issue (Anastasi, 1981; Crocker, 2003; Messick, 1982; Powers, 2012). For Crocker (2006),'No …