Language Testing
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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.
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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
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)
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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)
This pioneering Virtual Special Issue by Salomé 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)
December 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This pioneering Virtual Special Issue by Salomé 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)
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
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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
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 “Language Testing – Special Issue Instructions for Guest Editors” document: tinyurl.com/bp7nyx9v
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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 “Language Testing – Special Issue Instructions for Guest Editors” document: tinyurl.com/bp7nyx9v
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...
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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...
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
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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
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...
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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...
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.
Free access until September 9, 2026.
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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.
Free access until September 9, 2026.
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...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Nicholas Coney and Daniel Isbell investigate and compare the variety of English language proficiency tests and policies for international student admissions at US research-intensive universities. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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...
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...
Now available in Online First, Taichi Yamashita investigates the potential gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic biases in GPT-4o’s ratings of English learners’ essays. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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...
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...
September 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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...
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...
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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...
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...
September 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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...
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...
September 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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...
Free access until September 9, 2026!
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Free access until September 9, 2026!
Call for Special Issue abstracts is still open! Deadline: Oct 1, 2025. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Call for Special Issue abstracts is now open! The Language Testing Special Issue theme of 2027 is “Language Assessment and Policy”. Abstract submission deadline: October 1, 2025. journals.sagepub.com/page/ltj/spe...
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Call for Special Issue abstracts is still open! Deadline: Oct 1, 2025. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Now available in OnlineFirst, Zhi Li (@usask.ca) reviews the book “Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment” (Eds. @sinwangchong.bsky.social and @hayoreinders.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Zhi Li (@usask.ca) reviews the book “Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment” (Eds. @sinwangchong.bsky.social and @hayoreinders.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Lina Ma (Xi’an Jiaotong University) reviews the book “Assessing Interactional Competence: Principles, Test Development and Validation through an L2 Chinese IC Test” by David Wei Dai (University College London). doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Lina Ma (Xi’an Jiaotong University) reviews the book “Assessing Interactional Competence: Principles, Test Development and Validation through an L2 Chinese IC Test” by David Wei Dai (University College London). doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Rahmad Adi Wijaya and Kellie Frost examine the Test of Indonesian Proficiency and the discourse of the Indonesian government’s language planning agency (the test’s developer) on the test’s scores, purpose, and legitimation. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Rahmad Adi Wijaya and Kellie Frost examine the Test of Indonesian Proficiency and the discourse of the Indonesian government’s language planning agency (the test’s developer) on the test’s scores, purpose, and legitimation. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Nazlınur Göktürk (Ministry of National Education, Türkiye) and Seçil Alaca (Center for Assessment, Selection, and Placement, Türkiye) present a Viewpoint on Open Science in language assessment through the lens of government institutions. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Nazlınur Göktürk (Ministry of National Education, Türkiye) and Seçil Alaca (Center for Assessment, Selection, and Placement, Türkiye) present a Viewpoint on Open Science in language assessment through the lens of government institutions. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Alim Asanov and Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov review the book “Linking Assignments to Assessments: A Guide for Teachers” by Deborah Crusan & Todd Ruecker. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Alim Asanov and Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov review the book “Linking Assignments to Assessments: A Guide for Teachers” by Deborah Crusan & Todd Ruecker. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Now available in OnlineFirst, 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...
August 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Now available in OnlineFirst, 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...
Now available in OnlineFirst, 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...
August 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Now available in OnlineFirst, 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...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Shungo Suzuki and colleagues propose a new approach to weakness identification for L2 speaking skills in diagnostic language assessment (DLA), with an AI-driven DLA program that uses contextualized diagnostic feedback to improve lexical use. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Shungo Suzuki and colleagues propose a new approach to weakness identification for L2 speaking skills in diagnostic language assessment (DLA), with an AI-driven DLA program that uses contextualized diagnostic feedback to improve lexical use. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Now available in OnlineFirst, Liam Hannah et al. examine whether including prosody in automated oral reading fluency assessment can reduce scoring bias, improve diagnostic efficacy in ORF assessment, and enhance prediction of reading comprehension across language background.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
July 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Now available in OnlineFirst, Liam Hannah et al. examine whether including prosody in automated oral reading fluency assessment can reduce scoring bias, improve diagnostic efficacy in ORF assessment, and enhance prediction of reading comprehension across language background.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...
doi.org/10.1177/0265...