Introducing Challenges in Language Testing Around the World

Abstract

The inspiration for this book came about through years of observing language teachers in training and practicing language teachers who were seeking to learn more about effectiveness in language assessment, particularly language testing. Sometimes training in good testing practice was not enough, because teachers continued with practices they had been using for years—practices which went against the principles of language testing they were studying. The new ideas were simply added on top of existing practices. What was needed, in addition to instruction about what to do in good language testing, was real-life examples of what not to do and why.