Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment

Janna Fox is Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University. Her research interests include language assessment (test development, diagnostic and portfolio assessment); the consequences of assessment use on teaching, learning, policy and decision-making; and transdisciplinary partnerships in validation research.Natasha Artemeva is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University. Her research interests include social theories of learning and practice, genre studies, disciplinary and professional communication, forensic linguistics, and research ethics.

• IntroductionTheory, research, reflection, and action: What is this book about?Janna Fox and Natasha ArtemevaPart I Building Foundations for Transdisciplinary Dialogue: New Directions in Language Assessment ResearchChapter OneThe problem of context in language assessment: Validity, social theories, and a transdisciplinary research agendaJanna Fox and Natasha ArtemevaChapter TwoValidity as an evolving rhetorical art: Context and consequence in assessmentJanna Fox with Natasha ArtemevaChapter ThreeUnpacking the conundrum of context in language assessment: Why do social theories matter?Janna Fox and Natasha ArtemevaChapter FourThe contributions of language assessment research: Evolving considerations of context, constructs, and validityJanna Fox with Ana Lúcia Tavares Monteiro and Natasha ArtemevaPart IITransdisciplinary research in practice: Building connectionsChapter FiveClarifying the testing of aural/oral proficiency in an aviation workplace context:Social theories and transdisciplinary partnerships in test development and validationAna Lúcia Tavares Monteiro and Janna FoxChapter SixValidation of a rating scale in a post-admission diagnostic assessment: A Rhetorical Genre Studies perspectiveJanna Fox and Natasha ArtemevaChapter SevenSocial theories and transdisciplinarity: Reflections on the learning potential of three technologically mediated learning spacesPeggy Hartwick and Janna FoxPart IIITransdisciplinarity in practice: Moving the research agenda forwardChapter EightLanguage assessment in the wildJanna Fox with Natasha Artemeva