TY - BOOK AU - O'Sullivan,Barry TI - Language Testing: Theories and practices SN - 9780230230637 (pbk.) U1 - 402.87 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Language and languages KW - Ability testing KW - Examinations KW - Study and teaching KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching KW - bisacsh KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General N1 - Includes index; Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: TEST THEORIES, EVIDENCE AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE -- PART II: BROADENING THE BOUNDARIES: NEW RESEARCH APPROACHES -- PART III: ISSUES OF LOCALISATION AND FRAGMENTATION -- PART IV: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR POLARISATION: TESTERS AND TEST STAKEHOLDERS -- Index N2 - "Based in the present, but with the main focus on the future, international contributors give a coherent overview of some of the key contemporary issues in Language Testing, but crucially also offer the reader insight into the future direction of the field"-- UR - http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1388/2269319/image/lgcover.9780230230637.jpg ER -