Practical Language Testing

'I enjoyed reading this book and found it very stimulating. It has a wealth of interesting ideas from a whole range of sources within the language testing literature and beyond. It reflects current thinking about the nature of language assess-ment and engages with the problem areas that we all have to grapple with...A strong feature of the book is the Activities section at the end of each chapter. Many of these are...really well-conceived tasks based on interesting stimulus material that encourage readers to explore further and apply the ideas presented in the chapter'. -- John Read, University of Auckland, New Zealand 20110328 'Practical Language Testing offers an overview of the field of language assessment and provides instructions and guidelines for creating language tests that readers will likely find readable and useful...[T]he numerous examples from global contexts, the links to online resources and websites, and the extensive coverage of language testing theories make the text ideal for a range of language assessment classrooms in diverse contexts'. -- Linguistics and Education 23 20110501