New Book Explores History of Language Testing and IELTS
The latest volume in the Studies in Language Testing (SiLT)
series explores the history of English language testing for
academic purposes between 1950 and 1989 including the development
of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
In Assessing Academic English: Testing English proficiency,
1950-1989 - the IELTS solution, (2008) Alan Davies looks at the
history of academic language proficiency testing in the UK. The
book follows the development of language proficiency tests, from
the use of the English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) in the 1960s
through the creation of the revolutionary English Language Testing
Service (ELTS) in the 1970s and 1980s, and the introduction of the
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in 1989.
The book is the latest addition to the SiLT series, published by
Cambridge ESOL in collaboration with Cambridge University Press and
which now contains more than 25 titles. The series covers a wide
range of important issues and new developments in language
testing.
