Trends in Language Assessment Research and Practice : The View from the Middle East and the Pacific Rim.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- From the Editors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Part 2 -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Part 3 -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Part 4 -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Part 5 -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- Part 6 -- Chapter Twenty-Four -- Chapter Twenty-Five -- Chapter Twenty-Six -- Contributors -- Index.

Despite prodigious developments in the field of language assessment in the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, research and practice in these areas have been underrepresented in mainstream literature. This volume takes a fresh look at language assessment in these regions, and provides a unique overview of contemporary language assessment research. In compiling this book, the editors have tapped into the knowledge of language and educational assessment experts whose diversity of perspectives and experience has enriched the focus and scope of language and educational assessment in general, and the present volume in particular. The six 'trends' addressed in the 26 chapters that comprise this title consider such contemporary topics as data mining, in-class assessment, and washback. The contributors explore new approaches and techniques in language assessment including advances resulting from multidisciplinary collaboration with researchers in computer science, genetics, and neuroscience. The current trends and promising new directions identified in this volume and the research reported here suggest that researchers across the Middle East and the Pacific Rim are playing-and will continue to play-an important role in advancing the quality, utility, and fairness of language testing and assessment practices.

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