Local Language Testing Practice across Contexts
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Local Language Testing Practice across Contexts. / Yan, Xun; Dimova, Slobodanka; Ginther, April.
Educational Linguistics. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2023. p. 1-11 (Educational Linguistics, Vol. 61).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Local Language Testing Practice across Contexts
AU - Yan, Xun
AU - Dimova, Slobodanka
AU - Ginther, April
N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank our external reviewers for their contributions to the volume. In addition, our many thanks to Weijian Yan and April Fidler at Purdue University for their support with management and editing. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Local language testing, though the most common form of language assessment practice, has not been formally recognize until very recently. In this chapter, we provide a working definition of local language tests and an overview of local assessment issues addressed in each chapter. We argue that local language tests present unique challenges that are shaped by test purpose, test policy, and other contextual factors; however, local contexts can also provide rewarding opportunities for testing research and practice when stakeholders work collaboratively to address the assessment issues. This collaborative practice is conducive to the development of language assessment literacy within the local community.
AB - Local language testing, though the most common form of language assessment practice, has not been formally recognize until very recently. In this chapter, we provide a working definition of local language tests and an overview of local assessment issues addressed in each chapter. We argue that local language tests present unique challenges that are shaped by test purpose, test policy, and other contextual factors; however, local contexts can also provide rewarding opportunities for testing research and practice when stakeholders work collaboratively to address the assessment issues. This collaborative practice is conducive to the development of language assessment literacy within the local community.
KW - Language assessment literacy
KW - Language policy
KW - Local language test
KW - Test purpose and use
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-33541-9_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-33541-9_1
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85165972370
T3 - Educational Linguistics
SP - 1
EP - 11
BT - Educational Linguistics
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
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