"This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world's leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners' personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers. Editors Paula Winke and Tineke Brunfaut have done a sterling job with this Handbook, presenting a comprehensive, transdisciplinary guide to SLA and language testing research. The Handbook will guide both novices and experts toward more reliable and valid second language research, and of factors and components that influence the development of second languages"-- Provided by publisher.

Perspectives on "Knowing" a second language: What are we seeking to measure? /Paula Winke & Tineke Brunfaut -- prt I -- Assessment concepts for SLA researchers -- Validity in language assessment / Carol A Chapelle -- Validating assessments for research purposes / Andrea Révèsz & Tineke Brunfaut -- Language proficiency frameworks and scales / Claudia Harsch & Margaret E Malone -- Corpora for second language assessments / Dana Gablasova -- SLA Researcher assessment literacy / Luke Harding & Benjamin Kremmel -- prt II -- Building instruments for SLA research -- Test design cycle / Anthony Green & Glenn Fulcher -- Choosing test formats and task types / Jayanti Banerjee , Sante B Lestari & Olena Rossi -- designing multiple-choice test items / Glyn Jones -- Likert-type scale construction / Aek Phakiti -- Pilot testing: why and how we trial / Rita Green -- Scoring approaches: scales/rubrics / Folkert Kuiken & Ineke Vedder -- Raters: behavior and training / John Pill & Cameron Smart -- prt III -- Measuring individual differences -- Measuring aptitude / Karen Roehr-Brakin -- Measuring motivation / Janina Iwaniec & Karen J Dunn. Measuring working memory / Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Alan Juffs & Paula Winke -- Measuring anxiety / Liying Cheng & Ying Zheng -- Measuring willingness to communicate / Peter D MacIntyre & Samantha Ayers-Glassey -- prt IV -- Measuring language development -- Measuring complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) / Gabriele Pallotti -- Measuring vocabulary development / Benjamin Kremmel & Ana Pellicer-Sánchez -- Measuring lexicogrammar / Magli Paquot, Stefan Th Gries & Monique Yoder -- Measuring grammar / Patti Spinner -- Measuring phonology / Dustin Crowther -- Measuring L2 pragmatics / Veronika Timpe-Laughlin & Soo Jung Youn -- Measuring L2 reading / Eun Hee Jeon & Junko Yamashita -- Measuring L2 listening / Aaron Olaf Batty -- Measuring L2 speaking / Fumiyo Nakatsuhara, Chihiro Inoue & Nahal Khabbazbashi -- Measuring L2 writing / Hyung-Jo Yoon & J Dylan Burton -- Measuring implicit and explicit learning and knowledge / Daniel R Isbell & John Rogers -- t Measuring task-based performance / Kris Van den Branden -- Measuring literacy competences in SLA / Amos Paranm Carol Spöttl; Ulla Ratheiser & Kathrin Eberharter -- Measuring interactional Competence / Evalina D Galaczi & Lynda B Taylor -- Measuring across languages and in multiple languages / Riikka Alanen & Ari Huhta -- Measuring intercultural competence / Gila A Schauer -- Assessing and evaluating language learning beyond the classroom -- Measuring language development through self-assessment / Troy L Cox & Dan P Dewey -- prt V -- Testing specific populations -- Testing bi/multilingual learners / Amanda Brown & Tej K Bhatia -- Testing the L2 of young learners / Ching-Ni Hseih & Mark Chapman -- Testing the L2 of learners with specific learning difficulties -- t Testing heritage language learners / Young-A Son -- Testing sign language learners / Tobias Haug, Eveline Boers-Visker & Beppie van den Bogaerde -- prt VI -- Measurement principles for SLA researchers -- Statistical modeling of SLA theories: connecting test.