Lecture Where we have been and where we should go

In this speech, the author covers a lot of ground. In the first half of his speech, the author gives a brief summary of the last 40 years of the history of language testing, from his perspective. The author reviews these years more or less by decade. Additionally, he discusses the evolution of the p...

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Published inLanguage testing Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 311 - 326
Main Author Stansfield, Charles W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2008
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Awards
Bilingualism
Communicative Competence (Languages)
Evaluators
Futures (of Society)
Grammar
History
Hypotheses
Interpreters
Language Aptitude
Language Proficiency
Language Tests
Linguistics
Psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Role
Second Language Learning
Sociolinguistics
Test Reliability
Test Validity
Testing
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Summary:In this speech, the author covers a lot of ground. In the first half of his speech, the author gives a brief summary of the last 40 years of the history of language testing, from his perspective. The author reviews these years more or less by decade. Additionally, he discusses the evolution of the profession of language testing during this period, and that will take them up to the present day. The second half of his talk evaluates the larger context in which language testers work at the moment, and what it means for them as language testers. In doing so, the author discusses the kind of work they will be doing, and how language testers as individuals and as a profession can maximize their role in the world in which they work.
ISSN:0265-5322
1477-0946
DOI:10.1177/0265532208090155