A symposium focusing on problems in the assessment of foreign or second language learning brought seven applied linguists together to discuss three areas of debate: communicative language testing, testing of English for specific purposes, ...

This Dictionary of Language Testing contains some 600 entries on language assessment

... Tests of Oral Proficiency " , in Papers on Language Testing , 1967-1974 . 13 . Spolsky , Bernard , et al , " Preliminary Studies in the Development of Techniques for Testing Overall Second Language Proficiency " , in Language Learning ...

Criterion-referenced Language Testing looks at the practical applications of this new area of language testing.

Offers a discussion of the basic concerns which underlie the development and use of language tests. Presenting a synthesis of research on testing, this book is useful for students on teacher education courses.

Providing an in-depth historical understanding of the subject, the author charts the evolution of language testing from its earliest existence as a coherent activity in the final years of the nineteenth century to its current status as a ...

Papers from the conference on language testing include: "Foundations and Directions for a New Decade of Language Testing" (Carol Chapelle, Dan Douglas); "A Comparison of the Abilities Measured by the Cambridge and Educational Testing ...