Catherine Elder
List of John Benjamins publications in which Catherine Elder is involved.
Titles
Defining Standards and Monitoring Progress in Learning Languages other than English
Guest-edited by Catherine Elder
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 23:2 (2000) iii, 90 pp.
The Language Testing Cycle: From inception to washback
Edited by Gillian Wigglesworth and Catherine Elder
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S, 13] 1996. ii, 242 pp.
2025 The path to professionalism: The evolution of language testing and assessment in Australia Australian Review of Applied Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper outlines the changing functions of language testing and assessment from the era of the White Australia policy to the present day. Key contributors to the academic and professional status of the field are identified along with influential tests and assessment frameworks emerging from… read more
2012 Documenting the diversity of learner achievements in Asian languages using common measures Describing School Achievement in Asian Languages for Diverse Learner Groups, Scarino, Angela and Catherine Elder (eds.), pp. 251–270 | Article
While there have been a number of studies exploring the impact of time-on-task and language background on language achievement for both English and other languages, the Student Achievement in Asian Languages Education (SAALE) project constitutes the first systematic attempt to gather empirical… read more
2009 Understanding aviation English as a lingua franca: Perceptions of Korean aviation personnel Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 32:3, pp. 23.1–23.17 | Article
Researchers exploring the use of language use in radiotelephony communication have tended to focus on the limitations of the non-native English user and the threats which their limited control of English may pose for aviation safety (e.g. Atsushi, 2003, 2004). Hence the recent International Civil… read more
2008 Language testing and English as an international language: Constraints and contributions English as an International Language: Challenges and possibilities, Clyne, Michael and Farzad Sharifian † (eds.), pp. 34.1–34.11 | Miscellaneous
2005 8. Planning for test performance: Does it make a difference? Planning and Task Performance in a Second Language, Ellis, Rod (ed.), pp. 219–238 | Chapter
2000 Learner diversity and its implications for performance standards in languages other than english Defining Standards and Monitoring Progress in Learning Languages other than English, Elder, Catherine (ed.), pp. 61–77 | Article
2000 Preface Defining Standards and Monitoring Progress in Learning Languages other than English, Elder, Catherine (ed.), pp. 1–5 | Article
1996 Perspectives on the testing cycle: Setting the scene The Language Testing Cycle: From inception to washback, Wigglesworth, Gillian and Catherine Elder (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Article
1991 Miscommunication in the medical encounter: A function of language or social roles? Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 14:1, pp. 17–34 | Article
The paper draws upon a study of interaction between staff and non-native speakers of English in the Outpatients Department carried out at the request of a large public hospital. It discusses the nature of communication in the medical setting and the effects of institutionalized models of… read more