At the Intersection of Language Testing Policy, Practice, and Research: An Interview with Yan Jin

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Yan Jin’s selected publications

Jin, Y. & Yang, H. (2006). The English proficiency of college and university students in China: As Reflected in the CET. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 19 (1): 21–36.

Jin, Y. & Wu, J. (2009). Design principles of the Internet-based CET. Foreign Language World, 4: 61–68.

Jin Y. (2010). The place of language testing and assessment in the professional preparation of foreign language teachers in China. Language Testing, 27 (4): 555–584.

Jin, Y. & Wu, J. (2010). An investigation of the validity of the internet-based CET-4: Factors affecting test-takers’ perception of and performance on the test. Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Education, 2: 3–10.

Jin, Y. & Cheng. L. (2013). The effects of psychological factors on the validity of high-stakes tests. Modern Foreign Languages, 1: 62–69.

Jin, Y. & Zhang, L. (2016). The impact of test mode on the use of communication strategies in paired discussion. In Yu, G. & Jin, Y. (ed.) Assessing Chinese Learners of English: Language Constructs, Consequences and Conundrums (pp. 61–84). Palgrave Macmillan.

Jin, Y. & Yan, M. (2017). Computer literacy and the construct validity of a high-stakes computer-Based writing assessment, Language Assessment Quarterly, 14 (2): 101–119.

Jin, Y. (2017). Construct and content in context: implications for language learning, teaching and assessment in China. Language Testing in Asia, 7 (12). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40468-017-0044-1

Jin, Y. & Jie, W. (2017). Principles and methods of developing the CSE speaking scales. Foreign Language World, 2: 10–19.

Jin, Y. & Yang, H. (2018). Developing language tests with Chinese characteristics: Implications from three decades of the CET. Foreign Language World, 2: 29–39.

Jin, Y. (2019). Testing tertiary-level English language learners: The College English Test in China, in Su, L. I-W, Weir, C. J., & Wu, J. R. W. (eds). English Language Proficiency Testing in Asia: A New Paradigm Bridging Global and Local Contexts (pp. 101–130). London/New York: Routledge.

Jin, Y. (2020). Context validity in language assessment: test operations and conditions for construct operationalization. In Taylor, L. & Saville, N. (eds.) Lessons and Legacy: A Tribute to Professor Cyril J Weir (1950–2018) (pp. 83–104). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Jin, Y. & Sun, H. (2020). Forty years of the theory and practice of language assessment in China: Retrospect and prospect. Foreign Languages in China, 4: 4–11.