訪談 Professor John Charles Alderson

Interview with Professor John Charles Alderson

John Charles Alderson 教授任教於英國蘭卡斯特大學（Lancaster University）， 專長領域包括語言測驗、評量與課程設計，為國際知名學者。Alderson 教授獲語言訓練測驗中心（LTTC）之邀擔任「全民英檢」顧問。作者特別徵求Alderson 教授同意，利用他去年十一月訪台難得的機會進行專訪。在本專訪中，Alderson 教授暢談他對培養教師測驗專業素養、各國自行研發英語測驗、各國運用「歐洲語言學習、教學、評量共同參考架構」（CEFR）等重要議題之看法。另外，Alderson 教授也在本專訪中談論未來語言教學與測驗研究的趨勢。本專訪內容獲Alderson 教授同意對外發表，與讀者分享。

Professor John Charles Alderson has been an influential figure in the advancement of language testing for more than three decades, particularly in Europe. He has been a professor of Linguistics and English Language Education at Lancaster University, UK for the past 30 years. Professor Alderson’s accomplishments are multi-faceted. Besides teaching and supervising postgraduate students, he has conducted many projects involving school teachers and has assisted numerous countries in revising their language testing systems. In addition, he played a key role in the EU-funded DIALANG project, a web-based diagnostic test of 14 foreign languages. In recent years, he has led a funded research project Diagnosing Reading Proficiency in a Second or Foreign Language and initiated the creation of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA). Professor Alderson has contributed to many valuable publications that have advanced the field of languages testing. He co-edited the Cambridge Language Assessment series with Professor Lyle Bachman, is co-author of Language Test Construction and Evaluation (Alderson, Clapham, & Wall, 1995) and author of Assessing Reading (2000). His most recent book is The Politics of Language Education: Individuals and Institutions, which was published by Multilingual Matters in 2009. Because of his many contributions over the years, Professor Alderson received the ILTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.