Assessment, Testing and Evaluation in English-Medium Education from a Global Perspective - (New Perspectives on Language and Education) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book examines assessment, testing and evaluation within English-medium education contexts globally. It explores how assessments can effectively measure learning outcomes, integrating both content mastery and language proficiency in multilingual and multicultural classrooms.

Book Synopsis

This book examines assessment, testing and evaluation within English-medium education contexts globally. It explores how assessments can effectively measure learning outcomes, integrating both content mastery and language proficiency in multilingual and multicultural classrooms.

Review Quotes

A timely and comprehensive volume that offers a rich, research-informed exploration of the often-overlooked complexities of assessment in EMI. The book arrives at a pivotal moment, as questions around the validity and equity of assessment in English-medium education continue to intensify. A must-read for educators, researchers, and policymakers navigating global English-medium education.-- "Nicola Galloway, University of Exeter, UK"

This book is recommended reading for anyone wondering about research into assessment and testing in EMI. The chapters offer valuable insights into a whole range of issues such as formative and summative assessment, online testing and AI use in EMI. Well worth reading.-- "John Airey, Stockholm University, Sweden"

This edited collection is essential reading for those interested in understanding how assessment and evaluation are being adapted in EMI programmes worldwide. Drawing on empirical work from Asia to Europe, the volume captures the intersections of assessment, language policy and internationalisation in higher education.-- "Ikuya Aizawa, University of Nottingham, UK"

A timely and comprehensive volume that offers a rich, research-informed exploration of the often-overlooked complexities of assessment in EMI. The book arrives at a pivotal moment, as questions around the validity and equity of assessment in English-medium education continue to intensify. A must-read for educators, researchers, and policymakers navigating global English-medium education.

This book is recommended reading for anyone wondering about research into assessment and testing in EMI. The chapters offer valuable insights into a whole range of issues such as formative and summative assessment, online testing and AI use in EMI. Well worth reading.

This edited collection is essential reading for those interested in understanding how assessment and evaluation are being adapted in EMI programmes worldwide. Drawing on empirical work from Asia to Europe, the volume captures the intersections of assessment, language policy and internationalisation in higher education.

About the Author

Jack Pun is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Samantha Curle is a Reader in Education (Applied Linguistics), Director of MRes Programmes in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Institutional Academic Lead for the South-West Doctoral Training Partnership at the University of Bath, UK. She is also Adjunct Professor at Khazar University, Azerbaijan and an Associate Member of the English Medium Instruction (EMI) Oxford Research Group at the University of Oxford, UK.

Pramod K. Sah is an Assistant Professor of English Language Education at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.