Defining the language assessment literacy gap: Evidence from a parliamentary inquiry

Language Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-402

  Pill, John ^a   Harding, Luke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy; International English Language Testing System (IELTS); language assessment literacy; language policy; Occupational English Test (OET); overseas trained doctors (OTDs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880622568     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532213480337     Document Type: Article

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