ABSTRACT
This edited volume examines how transnational English language assessment practices are envisioned, enacted, and justified by different stakeholders, including students, teachers, and universities in different geographical contexts, and what would be the multi-level consequences of such practices.
Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the Global South and Global North, the book argues that the field of English language assessment has always been transnational, despite an absence of a research that explicitly examines English language assessment practices in relation to transnationalism. The contribution of this volume lies in filling in this critical scholarly gap. Through a wide set of epistemological, theoretical, and pedagogical interventions along with methodological orientations and analytical frameworks, the chapter authors question the social, economic, political, linguistic, and pedagogical consequences of transnational English language assessment practices in higher education (HE) settings and contexts.
Offering fresh perspectives on English language assessment practices in relation to transnationalism, this book will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and post-graduate students in the fields of applied linguistics, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and language assessment more broadly.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|44 pages
Historical and theoretical foundations
chapter 82|16 pages
Researching English Language Assessment Practices in a Transnational World
chapter 4|10 pages
English Language Assessment in a Transnational World
part II|56 pages
English language assessment and issues of power, identity, and knowledge in a transnational context
part III|62 pages
Transnational assessment in English writing skills
chapter 1088|21 pages
Genre-based Writing Classroom Assessment
chapter 10|16 pages
Investment and Praxis in Asset-based Assessment
part IV|91 pages
Assessment in English medium instruction programs in a transnational context