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Behind The Test

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Behind the Test, by Fiona Aish and Jo Tomlinson, is a podcast for ELT teachers, test writers, materials developers, and anyone interested in language assessment.

Language testing is a huge field of study, and once you start scratching the surface, it’s easy to find it daunting. Behind the Test gives you a first look at this complex field, breaking themes and issues down and drawing on our experience to connect them to real world contexts.

We don’t have all the answers — spoiler: no one does — but we think testing is worth talking about.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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Episodes

10 episodes

  1. Interview: Professor Barry O'Sullivan on designing speaking tasks that actually work 31:34
  2. Tools for Test Writing: What they can (and can't) do 23:12
  3. Test Usefulness: Trade offs and decisions 20:59
  4. Using Listening Practice Tests: Quality, Diagnosis, Learning 22:48
  5. Washback Unpacked: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Language Tests 23:00
  6. The Dos and Don'ts of Grammar & Vocab items 18:35
  7. Getting everyone on the same page! Using assessment criteria 20:33
  8. Large-scale or homemade? How to decide 24:40
  9. What is C2? 19:00
  10. Introduction to Behind the Test 3:17