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Direct linkBrown, James Dean – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
This article begins by defining "world Englishes" (WEs) and the related paradigm of inner-, outer-, and expanding-circle English(es). The discussion then turns to the central concerns of the WEs and language testing (LT) communities with regard to how English tests can best be constructed to include various WEs by discussing (a) what…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Tests
Brown, James Dean – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this article is to examine the literature on teaching statistics for useful ideas that teachers of language testing courses can draw on and incorporate into their teaching toolkits as they see fit. To those ends, the article addresses eight questions: What is known generally about teaching statistics? Why are students so anxious…
Descriptors: Statistics, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Anxiety, Coping
Brown, James Dean – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008
In keeping with the theme of the International Language Testing Association/Language Testing Research Colloquium Conference in 2008, "Focusing on the Core: Justifying the Use of Language Assessments to Stakeholders," I define "stakeholder-friendly tests," "defensible testing," and "testing-context analysis." I then go on to discuss the rational…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Curriculum Development, Testing, Language Tests
