The Author: Jianda Liu is an associate professor in the National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou (China). He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from the City University of Hong Kong. The author has worked in designing, developing, and validating language tests in China. His research interests include language testing, pragmatics, and second language acquisition.

• Contents: Interlanguage pragmatics – Testing interlanguage pragmatic knowledge – Development and validation of three interlanguage pragmatics test methods: exemplar generation, likelihood investigation, metapragmatic assessment, rubric generation, content validity, correlational analyses, group difference, construct validity, Rasch analyses – Qualitative validation with verbal protocols – Pedagogical implications – Future research in interlanguage pragmatics testing.