Studies in Language Assessment (SiLA)
Studies in Language Assessment (formerly PLTA) An international journal of the Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand ISSN: 2653-5335
Studies in Language Assessment (SiLA) is the international research journal of the Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ) It previously appeared under the title Papers in Language Testing and Assessment (PLTA).
Co-Editors: John Read, Peter Gu
Associate Editor and Reviews Editor: Karen Ashton
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The journal is an online, open-access publication that welcomes contributions from both new and experienced researchers in the form of full research articles, research reports and discussion papers, on topics in the field of language assessment. It also publishes commissioned book and test reviews. Currently, there are at least one regular issue and one theme-based special issue each year. SiLA is indexed in Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals, as well as being included in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).
Early view articles
Assessing second language speaking: Task type and language anxiety (PDF, 736 KB)
Mehmet Gazan, National Defense University, Middle East Technical University & Vasfiye Geçkin, Izmir Democracy University
Assessing English language proficiency in Costa Rican high schools (PDF, 652 KB)
Jose Fabián Elizondo-González, Ana Carolina González-Ramírez & Walter Araya-Garita, Universidad de Costa Rica
Different, or simply more difficult? The role of reduced time in the construct of computerised C-Tests in English and German (PDF, 622 KB)
Anna Timukova, g.a.s.t. (Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development), Franziska Möller, g.a.s.t. (Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development) & Anastasia Drackert, g.a.s.t. (Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development), Ruhr University of Bochum
Cognitive validity in listen-to-write summary tasks: A mixed-methods analysis of notetaking data (PDF,1.25 MB)
Rebecca Yeager, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; GoMee Park, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley & Junhee Park, University of Iowa
Book review
Assessing interactional competence: Principles, test development and validation through an L2 Chinese IC test (PDF,172 KB).
Reviewed by Soo Jung Youn, Daegu National University of Education
Current and back issues
Current and back issues are available for free download from ALTAANZ or via the links below:
Submission guidelines
Submission guidelines are provided via the link below
Enquiries
The email address for the journal is sila.editors@gmail.com. Enquiries can be directed to the Editorial Assistant, Annemiek Huisman.
Correspondence on editorial matters should be addressed to the Editors, John Read and Peter Gu at the same email to sila.editors@gmail.com.
Papers in Language Testing and Assessment (PLTA)
From 2012 to 2022, the title of the journal was Papers in Language Testing and Assessment (PLTA).
For the full catalogue of back issues follow the link below:
Papers in Language Testing and Assessment (PLTA) Volume 1-10 (2012-2021)
Melbourne Papers in Language Testing
Prior to 2012, the journal was published by the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne under the name, Melbourne Papers in Language Testing. For the full catalogue of back issues follow the link below:
Melbourne Papers in Language Testing Volume 1-15 (1992 - 2010)