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Voices in the field: An interview with Nick Saville

Article appearing in Shiken 25.1 (June 2021) pp. 1-7;
Issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTSIG.TEVAL25.1

By David Allen
Ochanomizu University
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTSIG.TEVAL25.1-1

Bio

Nick Saville is currently the Director of Thought Leadership at Cambridge Assessment. He studied Linguistics at the University of Reading and holds a PhD from CRELLA (Center for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment) at the University of Bedfordshire in language test impact. He is currently Secretary General of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE). He was a founding associate editor of the journal Language Assessment Quarterly and has been a series editor of the Cambridge Studies in Language Testing (SiLT) series since 2014. He has published widely in language testing and is the co-author of Learning Oriented Assessment: A systemic approach with Neil Jones.

Keywords: Assessment, testing, Cambridge, Japan

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