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Language Testing Bytes

Edited by:

Cathie Elder (University of Melbourne, Australia), and
Glenn Fulcher (University of Leicester, UK).
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Podcasts to accompany the journal Language Testing from SAGE
     
 

Language Testing Bytes is a podcast to accompany the SAGE journal Language Testing. Three or four times per year, we will release a podcast in which we discuss topics related to a particular issue of the journal. This may be an interview with a contributor to the journal, or another expert in the field. You can download the podcast from this website, from ltj.sagepub.com, or you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

Coming Soon. Issue 3 will be released in October 2010, and features an interview with Jim Purpura of Teachers College, Columbia University of New York, on the testing and assessment of grammar.




How to put the podcast onto your iPod

  1. Decide which of the podcasts below you would like to listen to. Right click on the link, and select 'save target as' to download it into a folder on your computer.
  2. Open iTunes. Click on 'file' and then 'new playlist'. Name your playlist 'Language Testing Bytes'.
  3. Click on the playlist from the iTunes menu.
  4. Open the folder in which you saved the podcast, then drag the podcast from the folder and drop it into the playlist.
  5. Syncronize your iPod.
  6. When you next access your iPod go to the Language Testing Bytes playlist to play the podcast.

Alternatively, just pop it on whichever mp3 player you currently use, or subscribe to the SAGE Podcast on iTunes.


                 


                               



Language Testing is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes original research on language testing and assessment. Since 1984 it has featured high impact papers covering theoretical issues, empirical studies, and reviews. The journal's wide scope encompasses first and second language testing and assessment of English and other languages, and the use of tests and assessments as research and evaluation tools. Many articles also contribute to methodological innovation and the practical improvement of testing and assessment internationally. In addition, the journal publishes submissions that deal with policy issues, including the use of language tests and assessments for high stakes decision making in fields as diverse as education, employment and international mobility. The journal welcomes the submission of papers that deal with ethical and philosophical issues in language testing, as well as technical matters. Also of concern is research into the washback and impact of language test use, and ground-breaking uses of assessments for learning. Additionally, the journal wishes to publish replication studies that help to embed and extend our knowledge of generalisable findings in the field. Language Testing is committed to encouraging interdisciplinary research, and is keen to receive submissions which draw on theory and methodology from different fields of applied linguistics, as well as educational measurement, and other relevant disciplines.



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Issue 2: Xiaoming Xi on Automated Scoring

Language Testing 27(3), 2010, is a special issue guest edited by Xiaoming Xi on the automated scoring of writing and speaking tests. In this podcast she talks about why the automated scoring of speaking and writing tests is such a hot topic, and explains the possibilities, limitations and current research issues in the field.

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 Xiaoming Xi on Automated Scoring

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Issue 1: Mike Kane on Validation

In Language Testing 27(2), 2010, Mike Kane contributed a response to an article on fairness in language testing. We thought this was an excellent opportunity to ask him about his approach to validation, and how he sees 'fairness' fitting into the picture. (Release date: 1st June 2010)

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 Mike Kane on Validation

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Automated scoring and feedback systems: Where are we and where are we heading?
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The promise of NLP and speech processing technologies in language assessment
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Complementing human judgment of essays written by English language learners with e-rater(R) scoring
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Validation of automated scores of TOEFL iBT tasks against non-test indicators of writing ability
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by Bernstein, J., Van Moere, A., Cheng, J.

This paper presents evidence that supports the valid use of scores from fully automatic tests of spoken language ability to indicate a person’s effectiveness in spoken communication. The paper revi...

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Conceptual and empirical relationships between temporal measures of fluency and oral English proficiency with implications for automated scoring
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EduSpeak(R): A speech recognition and pronunciation scoring toolkit for computer-aided language learning applications
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The utility of article and preposition error correction systems for English language learners: Feedback and assessment
by Chodorow, M., Gamon, M., Tetreault, J.

In this paper, we describe and evaluate two state-of-the-art systems for identifying and correcting writing errors involving English articles and prepositions. Criterion SM, develope...

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Book review: Ericsson PF and Haswell R (Eds.) Machine scoring of student essays: Truth and consequences. Logan, UT: Utah University Press, 2006. 274 pp. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-87421-632-5 (paperback)
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