From Testing to Assessment

<i>From Testing to Assessment: English as an International Language</i> provides a critical review of conventional and alternative approaches to the assessment of English literacy skills in various parts of the world. It presents empirical studies conducted in three major settings: in countries such as Japan and Brazil where English functions as the language of international commernce; in multilingual countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe where English is the national language of education and government; and in such countries as Canada the United Kingdom and the United States where English is the dominant language. <p/>The book opens with a discussion of language assessment in relation to debates about the nature of literacy; it concludes with a discussion of policy implications which is grounded in literacy theory as well as in practical constraints such as available human and material resources.