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Language Testing is a fully peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles on language testing and assessment. journals.sagepub.com/home/ltj

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Alongside modelling the "Letter to the Editor" publication format, she raises timely questions about membership engagement, voluntary service & the sustainability of professional associations. New Year’s resolutions anyone? (2/2)

18.12.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out Lynda Taylor's piece in #LanguageTesting on what it means to be a member of a professional association in our field. doi.org/10.1177/0265... (1/2)

18.12.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Language Testing Bytes Vodcast #40: Interview with Gladys Quevedo Camargo and Gerriet Janssen
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Also check out our Vodcast that directly feeds into this article on the Language Testing YouTube channel, where scholars from Latin America give their perspectives on barriers and enablers to publishing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP23... (4/4)

18.12.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Language Testing is committed to equalizing opportunity & enhancing diversity & inclusion of our authors, readers, reviewers, Editorial team & scholarly community. We congratulate SalomΓ© Villa Larenas on illuminating the state of play & challenges – crucial to effecting change! (3/4)

18.12.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Virtual Special Issue synthesizes & revives previously published work in #LanguageTesting that deserves renewed attention. Look forward to further contributions that this piece inspires! (2/4)

18.12.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This pioneering Virtual Special Issue by SalomΓ© Villa Larenas on the #GlobalSouth is consequential in bringing to light regional disparities in our journal and field and in shifting the focus to underrepresented contexts. doi.org/10.1177/0265... (1/4)

18.12.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Language Testing Volume 43 Issue 1 is now available! This issue contains 1 editorial, 2 original articles, 1 brief report, and 1 viewpoint. Check out our posts on the Virtual Special Issue and Letter to the Editor, also in this issue! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/43/1

18.12.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Language Testing Special Issue 2028 proposals is now open! Submission deadline: February 20, 2026. For information about how to submit a proposal, please read the β€œLanguage Testing – Special Issue Instructions for Guest Editors” document: tinyurl.com/bp7nyx9v

08.12.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now available in OnlineFirst, Chao Han, Mengting Jiang and Qionglu Chen present a systematic review and meta-analysis of rubrics used in the assessment of language interpreting, focusing on the intention, development, design, practice, and utility of the rubrics. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

06.12.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Editorial by @lukeharding.bsky.social discusses contrasting outlooks on the future of language assessment in the age of AI and highlights themes in the special issue articles that spark optimism for the field’s development in terms of ethics and responsibility. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ikkyu Choi and Jiyun Zu propose a new method for generating bias-free language assessment content, ensuring that the content is free from systematic relationships between demographic entities and their attributes. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ekaterina Voskoboinik et al. leverage LLMs for automatic assessment of L2 speech in Finnish & Finland Swedish and explore the viability of LLM-generated responses to enhance automated scoring of responses from learners at less common proficiency levels. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shungo Suzuki and colleagues introduce an L2 speaking assessment program that utilizes ML scoring and a conversational AI agent to provide contextualized diagnostic feedback on lexical use to learners. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yasuyo Sawaki and colleagues compare LLM and writing instructor checklist-based evaluations of written summaries generated by Japanese undergraduate English learners. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew Runge and colleagues introduce an innovative interactive writing task where test-takers receive LLM-generated follow-up prompts aimed to help test-takers elaborate on their initial response to address relevant themes. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Liam Hannah et al. examine whether including prosody in oral reading fluency assessment can reduce scoring bias, improve diagnostic efficacy, and enhance prediction of reading comprehension across language background. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Special Issue features 7 original articles. Erik Voss investigates the performance and transparency of traditional machine learning methods vs. neural network models for scoring English essays in the TOEFL11 learner corpus. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guest Editors Eunice Eunhee Jang and Yasuyo Sawaki introduce the Special Issue: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

28.10.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Language Testing Volume 42 Issue 4 is now available! The Special Issue of 2025: Advancing language assessment for teaching and learning in the era of the artificial intelligence #AI revolution: Promises and challenges journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/42/4

28.10.2025 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Erik Voss investigates the performance and transparency of traditional machine learning methods vs. neural network models for scoring English essays in the TOEFL11 learner corpus. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

30.09.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Haerim Hwang and Hyunwoo Kim present a new open-source application for measuring syntactic complexity in L2 Korean production. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Free access until September 9, 2026.

30.09.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

29.09.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

29.09.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This article is now free to read & download for a year! Meng Liu, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, and Phil Hiver explore the open science status of two journals on language testing and assessment, @langtestjournal.bsky.social and LAQ. Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

27.09.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This systematic review by Vahid Aryadoust and Lan Luo is now free to read & download for a year! Aryadoust and Luo review the underlying constructs of L2 listening tests. Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

27.09.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This viewpoint by John Read on vocabulary assessment is now free to read & download for a year! Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

27.09.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Free access until September 9, 2026. Daniel Olson reports a reliability study of the Bilingual Language Profile, a measure of bilingual language dominance. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

27.09.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Free access until September 9, 2026!

27.09.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call for Special Issue abstracts is still open! Deadline: Oct 1, 2025. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

08.09.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now available in OnlineFirst, Zhi Li (β€ͺ@usask.ca) reviews the book β€œInnovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment” (Eds. @sinwangchong.bsky.social and @hayoreinders.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1177/0265...

07.08.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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