This handbook is the first comprehensive synthesis of these distinct yet interrelated fields of SLA and language testing. Uniquely, this handbook is written for both second language acquisition researchers interested in the applications of language testing, and language testers interested in the SLA theory underpinning their work.

1. Perspectives on 'Knowing' a Second Language: What Are We Seeking to Measure?Paula Winke & Tineke BrunfautPART I: Assessment Concepts for SLA Researchers2. Validity in Language AssessmentCarol A. Chapelle 3. Validating Assessments for Research PurposesAndrea Révész & Tineke Brunfaut4. Language Proficiency Frameworks and ScalesClaudia Harsch & Margaret E. Malone 5. Corpora for Second Language AssessmentsDana Gablasova6. SLA Researcher Assessment LiteracyLuke Harding & Benjamin KremmelPART II: Building Instruments for SLA research7. Test Design CycleAnthony Greena & Glenn Fulcher8. Choosing Test Formats and Task TypesJayanti Banerjee, Santi B. Lestari & Olena Rossi9. Designing Multiple-Choice Test ItemsGlyn Jones10. Likert-Type Scale ConstructionAek Phakiti11. Pilot Testing: Why and How We TrialRita Green12. Scoring Approaches: Scales/RubricsFolkert Kuiken & Ineke Vedder13. Raters: Behavior and TrainingJohn Pill & Cameron SmartPART III: Measuring Individual Differences14. Measuring AptitudeKaren Roehr-Brackin15. Measuring MotivationJanina Iwaniec & Karen J. Dunn16. Measuring Working MemoryZhisheng (Edward) Wen, Alan Juffs & Paula Winke17. Measuring AnxietyLiying Cheng & Ying Zheng18. Measuring Willingness to CommunicatePeter D. MacIntyre & Samantha Ayers-GlasseyPART IV: Measuring language development19. Measuring Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CAF)Gabriele Pallotti20. Measuring Vocabulary DevelopmentBenjamin Kremmel & Ana Pellicer-Sanchez21. Measuring LexicogrammarMagali Paquot, Stefan Th. Grie & Monique Yoder22. Measuring GrammarPatti Spinner23. Measuring PhonologyDustin Crowther24. Measuring L2 PragmaticsVeronika Timpe-Laughlin & Soo Jung Youn25. Measuring L2 ReadingEun Hee Jeon & Junko Yamashita26. Measuring L2 ListeningAaron Olaf Batty27. Measuring L2 SpeakingFumiyo Nakatsuhara, Chihiro Inoue & Nahal Khabbazbashi 28. Measuring L2 WritingHyung-Jo Yoon & J. Dylan Burton29. Measuring Implicit and Explicit Learning and KnowledgeDaniel R. Isbell & John Rogers30. Measuring Task-Based PerformanceKris Van den Branden31. Measuring Literary Competences in SLAAmos Paran, Carol Spöettl, Ulla Ratheiser & Kathrin Eberharter32. Measuring Interactional CompetenceEvelina D. Galaczi & Lynda B. Taylor33. Measuring Across Languages and in Multiple LanguagesRiikka Alanen & Ari Huhta34. Measuring Intercultural CompetenceGila A. Schauer35. Assessing and Evaluating Language Learning Beyond the ClassroomHayo Reinders & Kathleen Bailey36. Measuring Language Development Through Self-AssessmentTroy L. Cox & Dan P. DeweyPART V: Testing Specific Populations37. Testing Bi/Multilingual LearnersAmanda Brown & Tej K. Bhatia38. Testing the L2 of Young LearnersChing-Ni Hsieh & Mark Chapman39. Testing the L2 of Learners with Specific Learning DifferencesJudit Kormos & Lynda B. Taylor40. Testing Heritage Language LearnersYoung-A Son41. Testing Sign Language LearnersTobias Haug, Eveline Boers-Visker & Beppie van den BogaerdePART VI: Measurement Principles for SLA Researchers 42. Statistical Modeling of SLA Theories: Connecting Test Performance to Construct Yo In’nami & Akira Murakami43. Using Equivalent Test Forms in SLA Pretest-Posttest Design Research Yuichi Suzuki & Rie Koizumi44. Reliability Analyses: Estimating Error Todd H. McKay & Luke Plonsky45. Measurement Generalizability: Considerations on Reliability and Validity Rob SchoonenSECTION VI: Measurement principles for SLA researchers42. Statistical modelling of SLA theories: Connecting test performance to constructYo In'nami, Akira Murakami43. Using equivalent test forms in SLA pretest-posttest design researchYuichi Suzuki, Rie Koizumi44. Reliability Analyses: Evaluating ErrorTodd H. McKay, Luke Plonsky45. Measurement generalizability: Considerations on reliability and validityRob Schoonen

"The Handbook of SLA and Language Testing is a wonderful volume that shows how SLA and language testing combined into one transdisciplinary research space has incredible power to move L2 learning theory into solid, new, and exciting grounds. Paula Winke and Tineke Brunfaut's stewardship over the chapters in this volume has given rise to a Handbook that will be read, consulted, and cited for years to come."--Jamie Schissel, University of North Carolina, USA.