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Language Testing Reconsidered

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Janna Fox
, 
Mari Wesche
, 
Doreen Bayliss
, 
et al.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

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1ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

2AILA Association internationale de linguistique appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics

3ALTE Association of Language Testers in Europe

4ANOVA Analysis of Variance

5AUA Assessment Use Argument

6ATESL Administrators and Teachers of English as a Second Language

7CA Conversational Analysis

8CAE Certificate in Advanced English

9CEF Common European Framework

10CEFR Common European Framework of Reference

11CLA Communicative Language Ability

12CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English

13DA Discourse Analysis

14DIALANG Diagnostic + Language

15EAL English as an Additional Language

16EFL English as a Foreign Language

17ELD English Language Development

18ELP English Language Portfolio

19ELTS English Language Testing Service

20EPTB English Proficiency Test Battery

21ESL English as a Second Language

22ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages

23ETS Educational Testing Service

24FCE First Certificate in English

25FSI Foreign Service Institute

26GPA Grade Point Average

27IDP International Development Program

28IELTS International English Language Testing System

29ILR Interagency Language Roundtable

30ILTA International Language Testing Association

31IMAGE Illinois Measure of Annual Growth in English

32ISLPR International Second Language Proficiency Ratings

33KET Key English Test

34LTRC Language Testing Research Colloquium

35MANOVA Multivariate Analysis of Variance

36MELAB Michigan English Language Assessment Battery

37NAFSA National Association of Foreign Student Advisors

38NFLC National Foreign Language Center

39NGO Non-Governmental Organization

40OE Oral Examiner

41OET Occupational English Test

42OPI Oral Proficiency Interview

43PET Preliminary English Test

44SLA Second Language Acquisition

45SLTP Second Language Test Performance

46SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (of Canada)

47TESOL Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

48TLU Target Language Use

49TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language

50TOEFL CBT Test of English as a Foreign Language Computer-Based Test

51TOEFL iBT Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test

52TOEFL PBT Test of English as a Foreign Language Paper-Based Test

53TOEIC Test of English for International Communication

54TSE Test of Spoken English

55TTW Test of Test-Wiseness

56TWE Test of Written English

57UCLES University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

58USIA United States Information Agency

59VPA Verbal Protocol Analysis

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