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Testing young foreign language learners’ reading comprehension:Exploring the effects of working memory, grade level, and reading task
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Text authenticity in listening assessment:Can item writers be trained to produce authentic-sounding texts?
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The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and language testing
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Perspectives on "knowing" a second language:What are we seeking to measure?
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Motivational factors in computer-administered integrated skills tasks:A study of young learners
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Trajectories of language assessment literacy in a teacher-researcher partnership:Locating elements of praxis through narrative inquiry
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International language proficiency standards in the local context:Interpreting the CEFR in standard setting for exam reform in Luxembourg
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Towards social justice for item writers:Empowering item writers through language assessment literacy training
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Is anybody listening?:The nature of second language listening in integrated listening-to-summarize tasks
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Language testing in the ‘hostile environment’:The discursive construction of ‘secure English language testing’ in the United Kingdom
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In parallel with an increased focus on border security in immigration and citizenship policy in the United Kingdom (the so-called ‘hostile environment’ policy), Government-approved English language tests for visa and immigration purposes were officially labelled ‘Secure English Language Tests’ (SELTs) in 2010. The proximity of security concerns in language testing with broader national immigration policy objectives suggests a complex role for language tests as gatekeeping devices. This paper draws on critical discourse studies to explore this issue. Documents provided in the 2014 tender round for selecting Secure English Language Tests (acquired through a Freedom of Information request) were analysed through a discourse-historical lens (Reisigl & Wodak 2016) to map salient topics and identify discursive strategies used to construct ‘secure English language testing’. Findings show that security is a prominent topic in the tender; prospective bidders are required to meet detailed security requirements and to police sub-contractors, and social actors, spaces, objects, policies and procedures are routinely described in securitized terms. Implications are drawn for understanding the role of language tests within broader securitization processes.
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URL: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/134513/1/Language_Testingcomplete.pdf https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/134513/ https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz017
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The role of working memory in young second language learners’ written performances
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Going online:The effect of mode of delivery on performances and perceptions on an English L2 writing test suite
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Exploring the role of phraseological knowledge in foreign language reading
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