Language Testing
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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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The Editorial by @lukeharding.bsky.social discusses contrasting outlooks on the future of language assessment in the age of AI and highlights themes in the special issue articles that spark optimism for the field’s development in terms of ethics and responsibility. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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...
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Ekaterina Voskoboinik et al. leverage LLMs for automatic assessment of L2 speech in Finnish & Finland Swedish and explore the viability of LLM-generated responses to enhance automated scoring of responses from learners at less common proficiency levels. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Shungo Suzuki and colleagues introduce an L2 speaking assessment program that utilizes ML scoring and a conversational AI agent to provide contextualized diagnostic feedback on lexical use to learners. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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...
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Andrew Runge and colleagues introduce an innovative interactive writing task where test-takers receive LLM-generated follow-up prompts aimed to help test-takers elaborate on their initial response to address relevant themes. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Liam Hannah et al. examine whether including prosody in oral reading fluency assessment can reduce scoring bias, improve diagnostic efficacy, and enhance prediction of reading comprehension across language background. doi.org/10.1177/0265...
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Special Issue features 7 original articles. 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...
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Guest Editors Eunice Eunhee Jang and Yasuyo Sawaki introduce the Special Issue: doi.org/10.1177/0265...
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 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
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 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...
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 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.
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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 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 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 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
Free access until September 9, 2026!
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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