This paper is a revised version of a plenary prompted by the upsurge of interest in the role of
pragmatics in teaching, learning, and assessment, and has as its purpose to take a fresh …

This edited volume investigates the nature and possible applications of an expanded and
reconceptualized theoretical construct of speaking as a dynamic socially-constructed …

Speaking ability is regarded as among the essential aspects of language development. Oral
examination appeared challenging to evaluate due to the presence of human evaluators …

This study investigated how common raters' experiences of uncertainty in high-stakes testing
are before, during, and after the rating of writing performances, what these feelings of …

Recent years have seen an increasing amount of research on assessing interactional
competence, including the construct coverage in relation to the theoretical construct (eg …

With the ever-increasing demands for success in second language (L2) English speech,
applied linguistics research has been critical to uncovering important characteristics for …

The last two decades have witnessed a rise in the offering of English public speaking
courses in tertiary education in context of English as a foreign language (EFL). In teaching …

1 Background Over the last three decades, the field of second language acquisition (SLA)
has witnessed two major turning points that have influenced the way we define a second …

This paper highlights areas of concern in the assessment of pragmatics, with the intent of
stimulating fresh thinking about the assessment of pragmatics both for research purposes …

Developed by China Language Assessment (CLA), the English Test for International
Communication Advanced (ETIC Advanced) assesses one's ability to perform English …