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Book: Assessing English on the Global Stage

Chapter: 6. Language Test Development in the 21st Century: The Return to a Product-Centred Approach

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.32600

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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.






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