Advancing the Field of Language Assessment
Papers from TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grantees

Advancing the Field of Language Assessment brings together 11 TIRF-related research papers on English language assessment.

MaryAnn Christison (Edited by), Nick Saville (General editor), Cyril J. Weir (General editor)

9781316634486, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 November 2016

282 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg

This volume brings together research papers on the development and application of English language teaching and learning strategies on English language assessment. The papers are all written by recipients of The International Research Foundation for English language teaching (TIRF) Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs). TIRF is a nonprofit organisation whose mission is to generate new knowledge about English language teaching and learning, applying research findings to practical language problems by working collaboratively with teachers, researchers, authors, publishers, philanthropic foundations, government agencies, and major companies.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]