Foreword
Language Testing 1985 2: 1. [PDF]  

Herbert W. Seliger

Testing authentic language: the problem of meaning
Language Testing 1985 2: 1-15. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Elite Olshtain and Shoshana Blum-Kulka

Crosscultural pragmatics and the testing of communicative competence
Language Testing 1985 2: 16-30. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Bernard Spolsky

The limits of authenticity in language testi ng
Language Testing 1985 2: 31-40. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Douglas K. Stevenson

Authenticity, validity and a tea party
Language Testing 1985 2: 41-47. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Elana Shohamy and Thea Reves

Authentic language tests: where from and where to?
Language Testing 1985 2: 48-59. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ulrich Raatz

Better theory for better tests?
Language Testing 1985 2: 60-75. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Christine Klein-Braley

A cloze-up on the C-Test: a study in the construct validation of authentic tests
Language Testing 1985 2: 76-104. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Eddie Williams

Book reviews: Madsen, H.S. 1983: Techniques in testing. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. viii + 212 pp. ISBN 0-19-434132-1
Language Testing 1985 2: 105-111. [PDF] [References]  

Alan Tonkyn

Book reviews: Finocchiaro, M. and Sako, S. 1983: Foreign language testing- a practical approach. New York: Regents Publishing Co. xxii + 242 pp. ISBN 0-88345-362-2
Language Testing 1985 2: 112-116. [PDF] [References]  

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