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Language Testing Online Table of Contents Alert
A new issue of Language Testing is available online:
1 July 2009; Vol. 26, No. 3

The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://ltj.sagepub.com/content/vol26/issue3/?etoc

Are two heads better than one? Pair work in L2 assessment contexts
Lynda Taylor and Gillian Wigglesworth
Language Testing 2009;26 325-339
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/26/3/325

Interacting in pairs in a test of oral proficiency: Co-constructing a better performance
Lindsay Brooks
Language Testing 2009;26 341-366
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/341

The influence of interlocutor proficiency in a paired oral assessment
Larry Davis
Language Testing 2009;26 367-396
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/367

Co-constructed interaction in a paired speaking test: The rater's perspective
Lyn May
Language Testing 2009;26 397-421
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/397

Assessing paired orals: Raters' orientation to interaction
Ana Maria Ducasse and Annie Brown
Language Testing 2009;26 423-443
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/423

Pair versus individual writing: Effects on fluency, complexity and accuracy
Gillian Wigglesworth and Neomy Storch
Language Testing 2009;26 445-466
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/445

Test review: Review of the Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) Speaking Test
Susy Macqueen and Luke Harding
Language Testing 2009;26 467-475
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/26/3/467

Book review: Young, R. F. (2008). Language and interaction: An advanced resource book (Routledge Applied Linguistics). London and New York: Routledge. 330 pp. ISBN 10: 0415385520 (hardback)
Nancy Kauper
Language Testing 2009;26 477-481
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/26/3/477

SAGE/ILTA Award for Best Book on Language Testing
Language Testing 2009;26 482
http://ltj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/26/3/482

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