Testing across cultures
An Historical Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2268634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Spolsky (0000-0002-2990-5490, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-93 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1993.tb00010.x |
| OpenAlex | W2119982494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 8 |
While there have been minor but bitterly debated issues connected with variety choice in international teaching and testing of English, an equally pervasive cultural clash has been initiated through the encounter between the traditional and modern approaches to testing. The classical colonial diffusion of the British examination system (with its notion of prescribed curriculum and the judgement by examiners of written or spoken performance) has come into unfruitful rivalry with the neo-colonialist American objective test (with its deification of reliability and the unquestionable expertise of psychometrists); at the same time, the prodicious power of the tests has supported the imperialism of the competing normative varieties of English they revere and disseminate
Colonialism · Economics · Judgement · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Power (physics · Reliability (semiconductor · Rivalry · Sociology · Test (biology · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · History · Law · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Artificial Intelligence
Linking validity and ethics in language testing
Removing bias towards World Englishes
Local Tests of English in Global Contexts
Learner autonomy by remote control
Equity or equality
The Englishes of English tests
Whose Norms? International Proficiency Tests in English
The interlanguage metaphor and language assessment
From Fred Davidson
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |