Beyond dichotomies: unravelling the complexities of international standardised English language testing.
This article discusses the issues raised in O'Sullivan's and Hashimura et al.'s Point-Counterpoint articles with the aim of introducing new angles on the topic of international standardised English language testing and opening the debate further. In the first section, I provide summaries of the posi...
| Publicado en: | ELT Journal: English Language Teaching Journal Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 110 - 117 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2026
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