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Social perspectives on language testing
Papers in honour of Tim McNamara
Introduction
Tim McNamara's work has had a fundamental impact on language testing.
Contributors
This volume brings together over 20 leading scholars in language assessment whose work has been influenced by Tim McNamara.
Topics Covered
Their papers cover issues of the social impact of language tests, such as fairness and justice of test use and language testing in the context of migration.
They also address testing of interaction, and teachers' and students' views of language tests.
Future Perspectives
The volume concludes with papers discussing the future of language testing in the face of contested concepts of validity, the rise of social media, and lingua franca language use.
