Name: World Englishes and Language Assessment
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World Englishes and Language Assessment

Edited By: Chokri Smaoui, Aicha Rahal

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A valuable resource for teachers and researchers, this book focuses on assessment in world Englishes. It presents case studies and new methods for evaluating learners in multilingual settings, considering their diverse styles and different local norms.

The book is distinguished from previous publications by focusing on assessment issues in the context of world Englishes. This topic is an important part of…

The book is distinguished from previous publications by focusing on assessment issues in the context of world Englishes. This topic is an important part of recent research in linguistics. This volume can be used as a source and reference for teachers and researchers in the field. It is valuable as it presents a number of case studies from different linguistic contexts. It provides insights into the use of new ways of assessment, and suggests some methods of assessment that should be used in multilingual settings to evaluate the different styles of learners with different local norms.

Chokri Smaoui is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sfax, Tunisia. He lectures on applied linguistics, including psycholinguistics, language testing, curriculum design and bilingualism. His PhD thesis was entitled “The Relationship between Developing Linguistic Competence and Developing Strategic Competence in Foreign Language Oral Production: A Study of Tunisian EFL learners” (2005).

Aicha Rahal is a Tunisian researcher in English linguistics. She holds an MA in English Linguistics, Literature and Civilization from the Faculty of Letters and Humanities of Kairouan, Tunisia and a BA from the Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Gafsa, Tunisia. She formerly worked as an online teacher with the US Department of State and the University of Oregon.

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