The sociopolitics of English language testing

著者

edited by Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini and Peter I. De Costa

Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, c2020

Originally published: 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index

Who me? Hailing individuals as subjects : standardized literacy testing as an instrument of neoliberal ideology / John Yandell, Brenton Doecke, and Zamzam Abdi
Standardized testing and school achievement : the case of indigenous-language speaking students in remote Australia / Leonard A. Freeman and Gillian Wigglesworth
Where language is beside the point : English language testing for Mexicano students in the Southwestern United States / Luis E. Poza and Sheila M. Shannon
Language testing in service-learning : a critical approach to socially situated language in use / Netta Avineri and James Perren
Moving beyond deficit positioning of linguistically diverse test takers : bi/multilingualism and the essence of validity / Jamie L. Schissel
The coloniality of English language testing / Ruanni Tupas
Reforming foreign language teaching policy in Japan : the politics of "standardization" / Masaki Oda
Sociopolitical factors surrounding the rise and demise of the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in South Korea / Gwan-Hyeok Im, Liying Cheng, and Dongil Shin
The disconnect between English tests and English proficiency : two South Korean jobseekers' perceptions and performances / Miso Kim and Mari Haneda
Sanctioning the IELTS for enrolling in ELT : a critical perspective from Oman / Ali S.M. Al-Issa
Neoliberal placemaking and ideological constructions of standardized tests in Nepal's linguistic landscape / Prem Phyak