《语言测试》由语言测试研究领域的领军人物J.Charles Alderson编著而成。全书共分13个单元，以英文的形式，介绍了外语阅读、完形填空、反拨作用、基于计算机的测试、诊断测试等各个方面的研究成果。适合对语言测试感兴趣的读者阅读。

J.Charles Alderson是世界知名语言学家，曾在多个国家的高校执教语言学课程，几十年来尤其致力于语言测试的研究，成就斐然，是语言测试研究领域的领军人物之一。本书《语言测试》汇集了作者自1984年至2009年间发表过的关于语言测试的精华论文，涉及了外语阅读、完形填空、反拨作用、基于计算机的测试、诊断测试等各个方面的研究，对语言测试感兴趣的读者必能从中获得启发和借鉴。

《语言测试》由上海外语教育出版社出版发行。

Section One INTRODUCTION

 Chapter 1 Looking Back on a Lifetime in Language Testing

Section Two READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

 Chapter 2 Reading in a Foreign Language：a Reading Problem or a Language Problem?

 Chapter 3 Testing Reading Comprehension Skills(Part One)

Section Three CLOZE TESTING

 Chapter 4 The Cloze Procedure and Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language

Section Four BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND ESP TESTS

 Chapter 5 The EffeCt of Students’Academic Discipline on Their Performance on ESP Reading Tests

 Chapter 6 New Procedures for Validating Proficiency Tests of ESP?Theory and Practice

 Chapter 7 Air Safety，Language Assessment Policy，and Policy Implementation：the Case of Aviation English

Section Five WASHBAC K

 Chapter 8 Does Washback Exist?

 Chapter 9 TOEFL Preparation Courses：A Study of Washback

 Chapter 10 Testing and Teaching：The Dream and the Reality

Section Six TESTING AND TEACHERS

 Chapter 11 Testing Is Too Important to Be Left to Testers

Section Seven METALINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE AND TESTING

 Chapter 12 Metalinguistic Knowledge，Language Aptitude and Language Proficiency

Section Eight COMPUTER-BASED TESTING

 Chapter 13 Do Corpora Have a Role in Language Assessment?

Section Nine DIAGNOSTIC TESTING

 Chapter 14 The Development of a Suite of Computer-based Diagnostic Tests Based on the Common European Framework．

 Chapter 15 The Challenge of(Diagnostic)Testing：Do We Know What We Are Measuring?

Section Ten CONSTRUCTS

 Chapter 16 Judgements in Language Testing

 Chapter 17 The Relationship Between Grammar and Reading in an English for Academic Purposes Test Battery

 Chapter 18 Appfied Linguistics and Language Testing：A Case Study of the ELTS Test

Section Eleven PRINCIPLES

 Chapter 19 Standards in Testing：a Study of the Practice of UK Examination Boards in EFL／ESL Testing

Section Twelve POLITICS

 Chapter 20 The Micropolitics of Research and Publication

Section Thirteen REFLECTIONS

 Chapter 21 Reflections on Language Testing：What Next?

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