Dynamic and Diagnostic Language Assessment

2025/06/21 by Leontjev, Dmitri ca. 20./21. Jh., Poehner, Matthew E., Huhta, Ari ca. 20./21. Jh. +1 · 1 voice
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Educational and Psychological Assessments #EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning #Student Assessment and Feedback

paper · doi:10.1515/9783111233918

openalex publication_date 2025/06/21 · openalex created_date 2025/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

How can assessment shed light on learners’ current abilities and help chart a path for their continued development? Dynamic assessment and diagnostic language assessment are both now well established in the second language (L2) field, and while they emerge from different theoretical traditions, they share a commitment to pursuing this question. The chapters in this volume showcase innovative work in both approaches undertaken by leading scholars around the world. Each chapter also offers insight into the complementary nature of the approaches, ultimately raising the possibility of how they might together form a powerful new assessment framework.

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• The edited volume that #DD-Lang team members and a large number of authors worked on is finally out in #openaccess: doi.org/10.1515/9783... Across its 11 chapters, we build argument for the potential [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]

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