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Assessment in Education (Routledge, Print ISSN: 0969-594X, Online ISSN: 1465-329X)

English Language Assessment and China: Policies, Practices and Impacts

Guest Editors: Dr Guoxing Yu (Bristol) and Prof. Yan Jin (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)

Dr Yu's main research theme is educational assessment, including all aspects of language testing and assessment, applied linguistics in education, measurement and development of learning power, international comparisons in educational assessment, philosophy of educational assessment, student self- and peer-assessment, and school effectiveness and educational quality in relation to language and literacy development.

He is also interested in researching reading in a ...

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Biography

Dr Yu is Senior Lecturer in Education (Applied Linguistics & Language Testing) and Co-ordinator of Doctor of Education in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Bristol.

His main research interests include:

• language testing and assessment,
• applied linguistics in education,
• school effectiveness in relation to language and literacy development,
• measurement of learning power.

He welcomes PhD proposals in any of the above areas. His previous and current doctoral students (incl. co-supervisees) have worked on dissertation projects such as:

• impact and washback of language testing (Dr Shwu-wen Lin, Suyun Choi, Chamnan Para)
• language testing and identity (Vasiliki Papafilippou)

• predictive validity of ...

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Selected publications

• Yu, G. ‘Lexical Diversity in Writing and Speaking Task Performances’, Applied Linguistics, 31, (pp. 236-259), 2010
• Yu, G. ‘Effects of presentation mode and computer familiarity on summarization of extended texts’, Language Assessment Quarterly, 7, (pp. 119-136), 2010

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Selected conference contributions

• Yu, G, Rea-Dickins, PM & Kiely, RN. ‘The Use of Graphs in Testing Academic Writing: the Case of IELTS’, British Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference, 2011
• Yu, G, Rea-Dickins, PM & Mohammed Abeid Mbarouk. ‘The use and impact of two languages on examination performance and implications for language policy in educational assessment: a sub-Saharan African case study’, The 7th International Conference of International Test Commission, Hong Kong, CHINA, 2010

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