Hello all

Those of you interested in testing, particularly the development and implementation of the CEFR as it relates to English, might find this new journal useful. As far as I can tell, it’s open-source and freely available. My own view of the CEFR is that its growing dominance in all areas of language testing suggests that we ignore it at our peril, however problematic it might seem.

James

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NEW ENGLISH PROFILE JOURNAL:  FREE AND ONLINE NOW

We are delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of the free online 'English Profile Journal' by Cambridge University Press. This brand new journal is an initiative that will disseminate cutting-edge research emerging out of the English Profile program.

Full details of the journal, including how to submit a paper and register for content updates, can be found here:

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EPJ

Abstracts from the Journal are also available on the English Profile website ( http://www.englishprofile.org/ ), with links through to the articles themselves.

The English Profile Journal is edited by Professor Michael McCarthy, University of Nottingham, and Professor John Hawkins, director of the University of Cambridge’s Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics.  The editors are assisted by an international editorial board consisting of Dr Anthony Green of the University of Bedfordshire (UK), Professor Miyoko Kobayashi of Kumamoto University (Japan), Dr Igor Lakic of the University of Montenegro (Montenegro), Professor Francisco Gomes de Matos of the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil), Professor Barry O'Sullivan of Roehampton University (UK), Professor Randi Reppen of Northern Arizona University (USA) , Professor Paul Seedhouse of Newcastle University (UK), Dr Carmen Gregori Signes of the University of Valencia (Spain), Professor Diana Slade of the University of Technology in Sydney (Australia) and Professor Martin Warren of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong).
 
We hope you enjoy using this new resource.

Best wishes,

Melissa Good
Senior Development Editor,
English Profile
Cambridge University Press