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View article: The path to professionalism
The path to professionalism Open
This paper outlines the changing functions of language testing and assessment from the era of the White Australia policy to the present day. Key contributors to the academic and professional status of the field are identified along with in…
View article: Modelling the communication challenges of care workers from multilingual and multicultural backgrounds
Modelling the communication challenges of care workers from multilingual and multicultural backgrounds Open
Effective communication is central to the majority of activities in care settings. In many English-speaking countries, carers working in care settings are increasingly from multilingual and multicultural backgrounds, with many growing up i…
View article: Expanding Kane's argument‐based validity framework: What can validation practices in language assessment offer health professions education?
Expanding Kane's argument‐based validity framework: What can validation practices in language assessment offer health professions education? Open
Context One central consideration in health professions education (HPE) is to ensure we are making sound and justifiable decisions based on the assessment instruments we use on health professionals. To achieve this goal, HPE assessment res…
View article: Test score comparison tables: How well are they serving test users?
Test score comparison tables: How well are they serving test users? Open
While several test concordance tables have been published, the research underpinning such tables has rarely been examined in detail. This study aimed to survey the publically available studies or documentation underpinning the test concord…
View article: Greater coverage vs. deeper processing? Comparing individual and collaborative processing of teacher feedback
Greater coverage vs. deeper processing? Comparing individual and collaborative processing of teacher feedback Open
Despite the proliferation of research on how second language (L2) learners engage with feedback on L2 writing in recent years, little is known about how young and low-proficiency L2 learners process teacher feedback. The present study inve…
View article: The Effect of Sustained Teacher Feedback on CAF, Content and Organization in EFL Writing
The Effect of Sustained Teacher Feedback on CAF, Content and Organization in EFL Writing Open
Despite teachers' mainstream practices in L2 writing classrooms addressing different dimensions of writing over time, much of the research on feedback in recent years has been of relative short duration and has mainly focused on accuracy. …
View article: Linking the GEPT Writing Subtest (Part 1) to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
Linking the GEPT Writing Subtest (Part 1) to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Open
Previous research has aligned the GEPT reading, listening, speaking, and writing (Part 2) subtests to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) (Brunfaut & Harding, 2014; Green & Inoue, 2017; Knoch & Frost, 2016; Wu & Wu, 2010). No…
View article: Trust the test: Score-user perspectives on the roles of language tests in professional registration and skilled migration
Trust the test: Score-user perspectives on the roles of language tests in professional registration and skilled migration Open
English language proficiency is a deciding factor in the life opportunities of many thousands of applicants for Australian skilled migration every year. This paper focuses on the perspectives of professional bodies that use English languag…
View article: The challenges of providing expert advice in policy contexts
The challenges of providing expert advice in policy contexts Open
Language testers can have various roles in relation to the use of language tests and policy. One such role may be to provide expert advice in policy formation or policy review contexts. Such instances are often not documented systematicall…
View article: Validity evidence for a sentence repetition test of Swiss German Sign Language
Validity evidence for a sentence repetition test of Swiss German Sign Language Open
In this study we seek evidence of validity according to the socio-cognitive framework (Weir, 2005) for a new sentence repetition test (SRT) for young Deaf L1 Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS) users. SRTs have been developed for various pur…
View article: Fairness in language assessment: What can the Rasch model offer?
Fairness in language assessment: What can the Rasch model offer? Open
Drawing upon discussions of fairness in the field of language assessment, this systematic review study explores how the Rasch model has been used to investigate and enhance fairness in language assessment. To that end, we collected and sys…
View article: Application of Rasch measurement theory in language assessment: Using measurement to enhance language assessment research and practice
Application of Rasch measurement theory in language assessment: Using measurement to enhance language assessment research and practice Open
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View article: The impact of national standardized literacy and numeracy testing on children and teaching staff in remote Australian Indigenous communities
The impact of national standardized literacy and numeracy testing on children and teaching staff in remote Australian Indigenous communities Open
All educational testing is intended to have consequences, which are assumed to be beneficial, but tests may also have unintended, negative consequences (Messick, 1989). The issue is particularly important in the case of large-scale standar…
View article: Evaluating the relative effectiveness of online and face-to-face training for new writing raters
Evaluating the relative effectiveness of online and face-to-face training for new writing raters Open
Training writing raters in large-scale tests is commonly conducted face-to-face but bringing raters together for training is difficult and expensive. For this reason, more and more testing agencies are exploring technological advances with…
View article: Macro-level policy and micro-level planning: afrikaans-speaking immigrants in New Zealand
Macro-level policy and micro-level planning: afrikaans-speaking immigrants in New Zealand Open
This article reports on a study which investigated the language lives of Afrikaans-speaking South African immigrants in New Zealand. Particularly, it focuses on their awareness of and attitudes to language policy in both South Africa and N…
View article: Clearing the air: applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication
Clearing the air: applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication Open
As a result of investigations showing that communication problems can be a significant contributing factor to major aviation accidents, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has established a set of Language Proficiency Requ…
View article: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations in Medical Research: Perceptions and Experiences of Older Italians, Their Families, Ethics Administrators and Researchers
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations in Medical Research: Perceptions and Experiences of Older Italians, Their Families, Ethics Administrators and Researchers Open
Background Low-participation of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) patients in medical research remains a problem in migrant and refugee destination countries such as Australia. The aims of this study were to explore i) CALD pers…
View article: Transitioning from university to the workplace:Stakeholder perceptions of academic and professional writing demands.
Transitioning from university to the workplace:Stakeholder perceptions of academic and professional writing demands. Open
This study provides a detailed insight into the
\nchanging writing demands from the last year of
\nuniversity study to the first year in the workforce
\nof engineering and accounting professionals.
\nThe study relates these to the demands …
View article: Transitioning from university to the workplace: Stakeholder perceptions of academic and professional writing demands [IELTS Research Reports Online Series, Reference: 2016/1]
Transitioning from university to the workplace: Stakeholder perceptions of academic and professional writing demands [IELTS Research Reports Online Series, Reference: 2016/1] Open
This study provides a detailed insight into the changing writing demands from the last year of university study to the first year in the workforce of engineering and accounting professionals. The study relates these to the demands of the w…
View article: An evaluation of an online rater training program for the speaking and writing sub-tests of the Aptis test
An evaluation of an online rater training program for the speaking and writing sub-tests of the Aptis test Open
Many large scale proficiency assessments that use human raters as part of their scoring procedures struggle with the realities of being able to offer regular face-to-face rater training workshops for new raters in different locations in th…