Series Editor's note
Preface
Sect. 1 The contribution of Alan Davies
1 Alan Davies and British applied linguistics
2 Ten years of the Language Testing Research Centre
Sect. 2 Construct definition in language testing
3 Communicative language testing: The art of the possible
4 Fossilisation or evolution: The case of grammar testing
5 The assessment of metalinguistic knowledge
Sect. 3 Language testing for specific purposes and populations
6 Three problems in testing language for specific purposes: Authenticity, specificity and inseparability
7 Assessing language skills for specific purposes: Describing and analysing the 'behaviour domain'
8 The assessment of language impairment across language backgrounds
9 A process for translating achievement tests
Sect. 4 Judgement in language testing
10 Revisiting raters and ratings in oral language assessment
11 Establishing meaningful language test scores for selection and placement
Sect. 5 The use and usefulness of language tests
12 Designing and developing useful language tests
13 The formative and summative uses of language test data: Present concerns and future directions
14 Language assessment and professional development
Sect. 6 Language test impact
15 The need for impact studies of L2 performance testing and rating: Identifying areas of potential consequences at all levels of the testing cycle
16 Impact and washback research in language testing
Sect. 7 Language testing in its policy context
17 Prescribed language standards and foreign language classroom practice: Relationships and consequences
18 Rendering ESL accountable: Educational and bureaucratic technologies in the Australian context
19 The policy context of English testing for immigrants
20 Testimony from testees: The case against current language policies in sub-Saharan Africa
Sect. 8 The ethics of language testing
21 Cheating language tests can be dangerous
22 Ethics, fairness(es), and developments in language testing
23 The ethical potential of alternative language assessment
Sect. 9 Language testing and SLA
24 Quantitative evaluation of vocabulary: How it can be done and what it is good for
25 Some thoughts on testing grammar: An SLA perspective
26 Measuring development and ultimate attainment in non-native grammars
Sect. 10 Beyond language testing
27 Fossilisation: Moving the concept into empirical longitudinal study
28 The unbearable lightness of being a native speaker
Sect. 11 The publications of Alan Davies
Notes on the contributors
Author Index