John Charles Alderso教授是国际语言测试界公认的知名的专家之一。多年以来，Alderson教授一直致力于语言测试的研究，著作等身，取得了异常丰硕的成果。《奥德森语言测试文集(英文版)》收录了其1986年至2011年期间发表的部分主要论文，内容涵盖了阅读理解测试、语言测试研究方法、特殊用途语言测试、语言测试的反拨作用、基于计算机考试等14个研究方面。这14个研究方面是语言测试者开展研究所必须涉及的研究领域，具有很高的学术价值，在语言测试研究领域中具有开拓性的意义。《奥德森语言测试文集（英文版）》所收录的论文不仅包括了语言测试的经典理论，也代表了语言测试的未来发展方向，同时也为语言测试研究者提供了方法论，从而形成了一套完整、全面、系统的语言测试的理论。《奥德森语言测试文集（英文版）》为从事语言测试研究的学者、大学英语教师及语言测试专业的研究生提供学术参考。

Part One Testing Proficiency and Achievement
1． Testing Proficiency and Achievement： Principles and Practice
2． Metalinguistic Knowledge， Language Aptitude and Language Proficiency
3． Diagnosing Foreign Language Proficiency： A Teaching/Testing Interface
4． Bands and Scores
5． Sequencing as an Item Type
6． Native and Nonnative Speaker Performance on Cloze Tests
7． The Effect on the Cloze Test of Changes in Deletion Frequency
8． The Testing of Reading
9． Testing Reading Comprehension Skills (Part Two) ： Getting Students to Talk about Taking a Reading Test (a Pilot Study)
10． The CEFR and the Need for More Research
11． What Does PESTI Have to Do with Us Testers？


Part Two Testing English for Specific Purposes
12． Testing English for Specific Purposes： How Specific Can We Get？
13． Testing and Its Administration in ESP
14． A Course in Testing and Evaluation for ESP Teachers or “How Bad Were My Tests？”
15． Testing in EAP： Progress？ Achievement？ Proficiency？


Part Three Language Testing and Program Evaluation
16． The State of Language Testing in the 1990s
17． Language Testing in the 1990s． How Far Have We Come？ How Much Further Have We to Go？
18． Examining Washback． the Sri Lankan Impact Study
19． Computers in Language Testing
20． Technology in Testing． the Present and the Future
21． Innovations and Challenges in Diagnostic Testing
22． Evaluating a Placement Test
23． Guidelines for the Evaluation of Language Education
24． Towards a Theory of Participatory Evaluation． Insights from Applied Linguistics