Language Testing Reconsidered
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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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