IELTS Collected Papers: Research in Speaking and Writing AssessmentLynda B. Taylor, Peter Falvey This volume brings together a set of ten IELTS-related research studies - four on Speaking and six on Writing - conducted between 1995 and 2001. The ten studies were funded under the auspices of the British Council/IELTS Australia Joint-funded Research Program which promotes research activity among IELTS test stakeholders around the world. Findings from the studies provided valuable evidence on the validity, reliability, impact and practicality of the IELTS test; they were also instrumental in highlighting aspects needing attention, and so directly informed the revised design and implementation of the IELTS Speaking and Writing Modules introduced in 2001 and 2005. The volume reviews and comments on the specific contribution of each study to the ongoing process of IELTS speaking and writing test development; it also evaluates the range of research methodologies used in the projects and discusses their usefulness for researchers working in the broader field of performance assessment. |
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academic purposes academic writing Alan Davies Ann Hewings Applied Language Studies Applied Linguistics Australia British Council Business English Certificates Cambridge Assessment Cambridge ESOL Caroline Coffin Centre for Applied Centre for Language Certificate in English Chris Kennedy Clare Furneaux Collected Papers Research Corpus Cyril Weir development of IELTS Edited by Cyril English for academic English Language Skills English Language Studies English Language Teaching English Language Testing English Test Examinations Foreign Language Global Language Hong Kong IELTS Collected Papers IELTS oral Joan Swann Kieran O’Loughlin Language and Communication Language Testing Research Language Testing series Lynda Taylor Lynda Taylor's Michael Milanovic Open University UK Peter Falvey Peter Hargreaves previously taught English programme Recent publications include Research and Validation Research in speaking research interests research projects senior lecturer Speaking and Writing Studies in Language teacher education TESOL Testing Research Colloquium Theresa Lillis University of Cambridge volume Weir and Michael writing assessment