Assessing English on the Global Stage - The British Council and English Language Testing, 1941-2016 - Authors :
6. Language Test Development in the 21st Century: The Return to a Product-Centred Approach
Assessing English on the Global Stage - The British Council and English Language Testing, 1941-2016 - Authors :
Authors :
Description
Chapter 6 records how the 21st Century marked a return to in-house test development by the British Council and a commitment to developing its own language testing expertise through a newly created Assessment Research Group (ARG). The commitment to innovation in language test development is highlighted by the use of the socio-cognitive approach and to the operationalization of the concepts of localisation, flexibility and accessibility in the development of the Aptis test.