Podcast Series: Language Testing Bytes

From http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-2438.html

Language Testing Bytes, the official podcast series of Language Testing, is currently available for free download at:

http://ltj.sagepub.com/site/podcast/podcast_dir.xhtml

Featured podcasts include the following:

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 9: Luke Harding from the University of Lancaster discusses why many language test providers only use standard accents on tests of listening.

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 8: Tan Jin and Barley Mak discuss approaches to scoring performance tests based on fuzzy logic.

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 7: Mark Wilson discusses Measurement Models (Volume 28 Issue 4).

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 6: Craig Deville and Micheline Chalhoub-Deville discuss standards based testing in the United States (Volume 28 Issue 3).

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 5: John Read on Vocabulary Testing (Volume 28 Issue 2).

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 4: Interviews with Khaled Barkaoui and Melissa Bowles on thinkaloud protocols (Volume 28 Issue 1).

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 3: Interview with Dr Jim Purpura on the place of grammar in language testing.

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 2: Interview with Dr Xiaoming Xi on automated scoring of speaking and writing tests (Volume 27 Issue 3).

Language Testing Bytes Podcast Number 1: Interview with Mike Kane on test validation (Volume 27 Issue 2).

Access the podcasts at http://ltj.sagepub.com/site/podcast/podcast_dir.xhtml