Language Testing and Assessment:

*introduces students to the key methods and debates surrounding language testing and assessment

*explores the testing of linguistic competence of children, students, asylum seekers and many others in context of the uses to which such research can be put

*presents influential and seminal readings in testing and assessment by names such as Michael Canale and Merrill Swain, Michael Kane, Alan Davies, Lee Cronbach and Paul Meehl and Pamela Moss.

Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Language Testing and Assessment is an essential resource for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics.