Language Testing in Asia

ISSN: 2229-0443

Open Access: Yes

Article publishing Charges: Yes

Language Testing in Asia (LTA) is a high quality peer-review online academic journal. The purpose of LTA is to acknowledge and showcase scholarly findings in Asia and the Asia-Pacific region in the field of language assessment

It compares the validity, consistency, and efficacy of testing approaches and methods, and by analyzing a wide variety of contextual elements such as cultural aspects, attitudes, students’ perceptions, and motivation, it aims at exploring the applicability of language assessment methods in local contexts, examining new proposals and ideas, and actively contributing to the discussion about transparent and effective frameworks for language education in Asia.

Areas of particular interest include research articles on any aspects of international proficiency tests such as IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC, PTE-Academic and high stakes national tests of English or other languages as a second or foreign language. Classroom, school and university evaluation methods are also most welcome as are reviews or research on software and internet applications for assessing language skills

Topics addressed through contributions within the journal might include, but will not be restricted to:

• validity arguments for language assessments

• discussion of assessment practices

• analysis of assessing language skills in different contexts

• second language assessment and learning motivation

• test-taker perceptions of assessment practices

• second language assessment and teaching and learning styles

• effects of national education policies on language test performance

• application of information and communication technology for language assessment

• challenges facing high-stakes language assessments

• assessment literacy for language teachers.

The journal has an international multidisciplinary editorial board with leading international academics in the fields of linguistics and applied linguistics, such as language assessment, language education, educational measurement, psycholinguistics, and language policy.

All articles published by Language Testing in Asia are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers

This journal is indexed by

• Google Scholar

• CNKI

• DOAJ

• EBSCO Discovery Service

• EBSCO Education Source

• ERIC System Database

• ProQuest Professional Education

• MLA International Bibliography

• ProQuest Central

• OCLC

• ProQuest Education Database

• Linguistics Abstracts

• ProQuest Social Science Collection

• Summon by ProQuest

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