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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jennifer Randall, Mya Poe, David Slomp, and Maria Oliveri continue the conversation on antiracist approaches to interpreting and applying quantitative evidence in language assessment. Their response to Owen and Xu (2026) is free to access OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Special Issue 2026: Yasin Karatay and Carol Chapelle explore the validity of using spoken dialogue systems to elicit oral language competence when paired with human ratings in this Generalizability Theory study. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Reminder: Abstract proposals for the Language Testing 2028 Special Issue are due on September 1st: journals.sagepub.com/page/ltj/cal...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dan Isbell, Dustin Crowther, Jieun Kim, and Yoonseo Kim investigate the correlation between TOEFL Essentials and lab-based and classroom-based speaking performance. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Brief Report: Hye-Won Lee, Emma Bruce, Jan Langeslag, and Resa Tasviri explore the consequences of allowing retakes for one single component of a four-skills language proficiency test. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Lianzhen He, Shangchao Min, and Min Wang articulate their rationale for spearheading the Language Testing 2026 Special Issue on LLMs in speaking assessment. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Gary Ockey contemplates the implications of the contributions to the Language Testing 2026 Special Issue on the use of large language models in L2 speaking assessment. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Yena Park, Yigal Attali, Xiaowan Zhang, Jacqueline Church, Kai-Ling Lo, Andrew Runge, Sarah Goodwin, and Geoff LaFlair employ LLM scoring and IRT to account for SDS prompt variability. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Jing Xu, Lynda Taylor, Xiaoming Xi, Yasin Karatay, Shangchao Min, and Carsten Roever summarize last year’s highly-attended LTRC 2025 debate over replacing human interviewers with AI agents. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Lianzhen He, Ruixue Liang, and Yang Zhao explore the development of empathetic spoken dialogue systems for the assessment of interactional competence. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Inyoung Na applies interactional discourse analysis to compare the assessment of interactional competence in two LLM-based spoken dialogue systems. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Shangchao Min, Zhuohan Hou, and Yanxin Wang evaluate speaking performance in paired discussions with LLM and human interlocuters. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Special Issue 2026: Dana Gablasova, Luke Harding, Vaclav Brezina, Emil Hazelhurst, Barry O’Sullivan, and Richard Spiby present a corpus-informed framework for evaluating the authenticity of chatbot interactions. Available OnlineFirst: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So-Young Lim and Dylan Burton review the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) in light of its application for high stake decisions, calling for more transparent reporting and research. Available OnlineFirst here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Qi Lu, Ying Chen, and Lianrui Yang report on the development of a computerized diagnostic assessment of pragmatic competence based on Dynamic Assessment principles. Available OnlineFirst here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Gordon West reviews Mello-Pfeifer and Ollivier’s text on assessing plurilingual competence, with a focus on resisting monolingual bias in language assessment practices around the globe. Available OnlineFirst and Open Access here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

John Read comments on the value and limitations of concordance studies from a language policy perspective, in a response to Ute Knoch & Jason Fan’s (2024) Brief Report in Language Testing on a principled approach to concordance tables. Free to access OnlineFirst!

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Spiros Papageorgiou and Tony Clark reflect on the practical implications of Ute Knoch & Jason Fan’s (2024) Brief Report on a principled approach to concordance tables, with a focus on TOEFL iBT and IELTS Academic in the Australian immigration context. Free to access OnlineFirst!

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Farshad Effatpanah, Olga Kunina-Habenicht, Katharina Antonia Michiko Tremmel, and Philipp Sonnleitner apply a Rasch tree approach to model DIF in a German reading comprehension test. You can access the article through OnlineFirst here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Early online access is now available for Niles Yan Zhao's review of Aek Phakiti's (2025) book Language Testing and Assessment: From Theory to Practice. Find the review here: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sai Zhang and Vahid Aryadoust investigate the relationship between extrinsic factors (journal-related, author-related, and article-related features) and citation counts of publications in second language assessment. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

William S. Pearson and Minlin Minny Zou present a bibliometric analysis of International English Language Testing System (IELTS) research, examining 641 studies from 1989 (the year of the IELTS test’s inception) to 2024. 📖 Open access! doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Okim Kang and colleagues examine young learners’ L2 English proficiency gains over 6 months, with a focus on how the proficiency gains were influenced by learners’ educational context and background variables. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

And here's where you can access Randall et al.'s original Viewpoint, also open access: doi.org/10.1177/0265... Over to you, the readers, to decide where you stand and hopefully continue the conversation.

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Nathaniel Owen & Haiyan Xu respond to one of the top cited articles in @langtestjournal.bsky.social: Jennifer Randall, Mya Poe, David Slomp & Maria Elena Oliveri's Viewpoint on their justice-oriented antiracist approach to validation. Response piece (#openaccess): doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Chao Han et al. developed a bespoke tool for this purpose in their review of rater-mediated rubrics for interpreting, available as supplementary material on #OSF. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Yanxin Wang & Shangchao Min used the COSMIN Checklist in their review of human–machine correlations for automated speech evaluation. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Language Testing Volume 43 Issue 2 is now available! In this issue: 2 original articles, 2 systematic reviews, 1 brief report, and 2 book reviews. Check out our spotlight on the systematic reviews in this thread ⬇️. Full issue is available here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/43/2

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Check out Lynda Taylor's piece in #LanguageTesting on what it means to be a member of a professional association in our field. doi.org/10.1177/0265... (1/2)

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This pioneering Virtual Special Issue by Salomé Villa Larenas on the #GlobalSouth is consequential in bringing to light regional disparities in our journal and field and in shifting the focus to underrepresented contexts. doi.org/10.1177/0265... (1/4)

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Language Testing Volume 43 Issue 1 is now available! This issue contains 1 editorial, 2 original articles, 1 brief report, and 1 viewpoint. Check out our posts on the Virtual Special Issue and Letter to the Editor, also in this issue! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/43/1

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Call for Language Testing Special Issue 2028 proposals is now open! Submission deadline: February 20, 2026. For information about how to submit a proposal, please read the “Language Testing – Special Issue Instructions for Guest Editors” document: tinyurl.com/bp7nyx9v

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Now available in OnlineFirst, Chao Han, Mengting Jiang and Qionglu Chen present a systematic review and meta-analysis of rubrics used in the assessment of language interpreting, focusing on the intention, development, design, practice, and utility of the rubrics. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Editorial by @lukeharding.bsky.social discusses contrasting outlooks on the future of language assessment in the age of AI and highlights themes in the special issue articles that spark optimism for the field’s development in terms of ethics and responsibility. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Ikkyu Choi and Jiyun Zu propose a new method for generating bias-free language assessment content, ensuring that the content is free from systematic relationships between demographic entities and their attributes. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Ekaterina Voskoboinik et al. leverage LLMs for automatic assessment of L2 speech in Finnish & Finland Swedish and explore the viability of LLM-generated responses to enhance automated scoring of responses from learners at less common proficiency levels. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Shungo Suzuki and colleagues introduce an L2 speaking assessment program that utilizes ML scoring and a conversational AI agent to provide contextualized diagnostic feedback on lexical use to learners. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Yasuyo Sawaki and colleagues compare LLM and writing instructor checklist-based evaluations of written summaries generated by Japanese undergraduate English learners. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Andrew Runge and colleagues introduce an innovative interactive writing task where test-takers receive LLM-generated follow-up prompts aimed to help test-takers elaborate on their initial response to address relevant themes. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Liam Hannah et al. examine whether including prosody in oral reading fluency assessment can reduce scoring bias, improve diagnostic efficacy, and enhance prediction of reading comprehension across language background. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Special Issue features 7 original articles. Erik Voss investigates the performance and transparency of traditional machine learning methods vs. neural network models for scoring English essays in the TOEFL11 learner corpus. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Guest Editors Eunice Eunhee Jang and Yasuyo Sawaki introduce the Special Issue: doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Language Testing Volume 42 Issue 4 is now available! The Special Issue of 2025: Advancing language assessment for teaching and learning in the era of the artificial intelligence #AI revolution: Promises and challenges journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/42/4

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Erik Voss investigates the performance and transparency of traditional machine learning methods vs. neural network models for scoring English essays in the TOEFL11 learner corpus. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Haerim Hwang and Hyunwoo Kim present a new open-source application for measuring syntactic complexity in L2 Korean production. doi.org/10.1177/0265... Free access until September 9, 2026.

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

This article is now free to read & download for a year! Meng Liu, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, and Phil Hiver explore the open science status of two journals on language testing and assessment, @langtestjournal.bsky.social and LAQ. Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

This systematic review by Vahid Aryadoust and Lan Luo is now free to read & download for a year! Aryadoust and Luo review the underlying constructs of L2 listening tests. Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

This viewpoint by John Read on vocabulary assessment is now free to read & download for a year! Free access until September 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

This article in Language Testing is now free to read & download for a year! Free access until September 9, 2026. Daniel Olson reports a reliability study of the Bilingual Language Profile, a measure of bilingual language dominance. doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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