The Companion to Language Assessment

The Companion to Language Assessment provides the most complete and up-to-date coverage of the field today. This state of-the-art reference work explores 140 crucial topics covering assessment in a broad range of contexts. * Examines the key issues for practitioners and scholars of language teaching and assessment, their impact on language learners, and specific approaches to assessment employed around the world * Organized thematically, chapters explore the contexts where assessment occurs, including learners and their abilities; developmental tools and approaches to assessment; case studies of international issues; and quantitative, qualitative, and interdisciplinary approaches to evaluation * Brings together an international team of scholars under the editorship of Antony John Kunnan, one of the leading lights in this field * Available as a four-volume print set or digitally via Wiley Online Library * Combines the leading voices and cutting-edge research in a reference work spanning the fields of language teaching and learning, language policy and planning, testing and evaluation, and education * Visit www.companiontolanguageassessment.com for sample articles, contributor lists, and more