Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Diagnosing foreign language proficiency: a teaching/testing interface
2 Diagnosis in other fields
3 Introduction to DIALANG
4 The history of DIALANG
5 Piloting in DIALANG
6 Setting standards
7 The Vocabulary Size Placement Test
8 The role of self-assessmentin DIALANG
9 Reading
10 Listening
11 Writing
12 Grammar
13 Vocabulary
14 The value of feedback and advice
15 Experimental Items
16 Experiments in the use of self-assessment
17 The future of diagnostic testing
References
Index