Local Language Testing: Practice Across Contexts

本書描述了存在於大型標準化測試與課堂評估之間的語言測試實踐，這是一個在語言測試文獻中鮮少被探討的領域。該書基於對多種語言的實證研究，討論了地方語言測試在代表地方背景和價值觀方面的能力，如何明確且有目的地將測試結果嵌入教學實踐中，以及如何提供用於計畫評估和研究的數據。儘管地方測試實踐已根植於語言測試的理論原則中，本書中的作者補充了理論內容，並提供了地方測試如何設計以有效運作於不同機構背景中的實際範例。

Xun Yan received his Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Purdue University in 2015. He is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE), and Educational Psychology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is also the coordinator of the English Placement Test (EPT). He is the president of the Midwest Association of Language Testers in the US. He currently serves as an editorial board member of the journals Language Testing, TESOL Quarterly, Studies in Educational Evaluation, and Language Teaching Research Quarterly. He teaches graduate courses in Language Testing, Second Language Acquisition, and TESOL Methodology. His current research interests include the development and quality control of post-admission language assessments, scale development and validation, rater performance and training, assessment literacy for language teachers, and test score use in educational settings.

Slobodanka Dimova received her Ph.D. in English as a Second Language from Purdue University in 2005. She is an Associate Professor in Language Testing and the coordinator of the Test of Oral English Proficiency for Academic Staff (TOEPAS) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She currently serves as the Book Review Editor for the journal Language Testing, a member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA), and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of English Medium Instruction. She teaches graduate courses in Language Testing, Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods, and Oral Production in L2. Her current research interests include rater training and rater behavior for oral proficiency tests, the development and validation of scales for performance-based tests, the use of technology in language testing and assessment, the policies and practices related to the implementation of English-medium instruction (EMI) programs at non-Anglophone universities.

April Ginther received her Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics from the University of New Mexico in 1994. She is a Professor of English, the Director of The Oral English Proficiency Program, and the Director of The Purdue Language and Cultural Exchange at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. For both the OEPP and PLaCE, she supervised the development of local tests, the Oral English Proficiency Test (OEPT) and the Assessment of College English, International (ACE-In). From 2012-2017, she was the co-editor of the journal Language Testing. She teaches graduate courses in the Second Language Studies Program and regularly offers two seminars: Quantitative Research Design and Language Testing and Assessment. Her current research interests include rater training, the development of second language reading and speaking fluency, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of university programs promoting internationalization and English language learning.

薛彥於2015年在普渡大學獲得第二語言研究的博士學位。他是伊利諾伊大學香檳分校語言學、第二語言習得與教師教育（SLATE）及教育心理學的助理教授，同時也是英語分級測試（EPT）的協調員。他是美國中西部語言測試協會的會長。目前，他擔任期刊《Language Testing》、《TESOL Quarterly》、《Studies in Educational Evaluation》和《Language Teaching Research Quarterly》的編輯委員會成員。他教授語言測試、第二語言習得及TESOL方法論的研究生課程。他目前的研究興趣包括入學後語言評估的發展與質量控制、量表的開發與驗證、評分者表現與訓練、語言教師的評估素養，以及教育環境中測試分數的使用。

斯洛博丹卡·迪莫瓦於2005年在普渡大學獲得英語作為第二語言的博士學位。她是哥本哈根大學語言測試的副教授，並擔任學術人員口語英語能力測試（TOEPAS）的協調員。她目前擔任期刊《Language Testing》的書評編輯，歐洲語言測試與評估協會（EALTA）執行委員會成員，以及《Journal of English Medium Instruction》的編輯委員會成員。她教授語言測試、第二語言習得、研究方法及L2口語表達的研究生課程。她目前的研究興趣包括口語能力測試的評分者訓練與行為、基於表現的測試量表的開發與驗證、語言測試與評估中的技術應用，以及非英語國大學實施英語媒介教學（EMI）計畫的政策與實踐。

艾普莉爾·金瑟於1994年在新墨西哥大學獲得教育語言學的博士學位。她是普渡大學英語教授、口語英語能力計畫的主任，以及普渡語言與文化交流計畫的主任。對於OEPP和PLaCE，她負責當地測試的開發，包括口語英語能力測試（OEPT）和大學英語國際評估（ACE-In）。從2012年到2017年，她是期刊《Language Testing》的共同編輯。她教授第二語言研究計畫的研究生課程，並定期提供兩個研討會：定量研究設計及語言測試與評估。她目前的研究興趣包括評分者訓練、第二語言閱讀與口語流利度的發展，以及促進國際化與英語學習的大學計畫的開發、實施與評估。