IELTS COLLECTED PAPERS:RESEARCH IN SPEAKING & WRITING ASSESS

"IELTS (The International English Testing System) and its predecessor ELTS have served for over 25 years as a high-stakes proficiency test to assess the english language skills of international students wishing to study or train in English-speaking environments.
During that time the test has been regularly revised in light of findings from ongoing research and validation studies to ensure that it remains a valid and reliable measure.
This book brings together a collection of research studies conducted between 1995 and 2001 under the auspices of the British Council/IELTS Australia Joint-funded Research Programme which promotes independent research among IELTS stakeholders worldwide.
The ten studies - four on speaking and six on writing assessment - provided valuable test validity evidence and directly informed the revised IELTS Speaking and Writing tests introduced in 2001 and 2005.
The volume:
- Chronicles the evolution of the Writing and Speaking tests in ELTS/IELTS from 1980 to the present day
- Explains the rationale for revision to the IELTS Speaking test (2001) and the IELTS Writing test (2005), and the role played by research findings, including the outcomers of the studies presented here
- Discusses and evaluates a variety of research methods to provide helpful guidance for novice and less experienced researchers.
This collection of studies will be of particular value to language testing researchers interested in IELTS as well as to institutions and professional bodies who make use of IELTS test scores;
It will also be relevant to students, lecturers and researchers working more broadly in the field of English for Academic Purposes."