This 40th anniversary of ARAL also marks the 40-year anniversary of a significant uptick in research on language assessment, and hence there is much to reflect on and revisit within this period—and still scope for imagining the future. Pre-1980, language assessment had a long history, but Spolsky (1995) designated the late 1940s as a time of professionalization, which continued through the following decades. By the 1970s, language testers were gradually organizing into an academic community with an annual international conference, regional conferences, journals, and scholarly books. The new academic community not only developed and used language tests but also investigated the validity of their interpretations and uses. Canale's (1987) paper in ARAL provides an enduring frame of reference for reflection on the concerns of the academic community, which he introduced as the what, how, and why of language assessment.

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反思、重新审视、重新想象：ARAL 中的语言评估

这 40th周年纪念日阿拉尔也标志着语言评估研究显着上升的 40 周年，因此在此期间有很多需要反思和重新审视的地方 - 并且仍然有想象未来的空间。1980 年之前，语言评估历史悠久，但 Spolsky (1995) 将 1940 年代后期指定为专业化时期，并持续了接下来的几十年。到 1970 年代，语言测试人员逐渐组织成一个学术团体，每年举行一次国际会议、区域会议、期刊和学术书籍。新的学术界不仅开发和使用了语言测试，而且还调查了它们的解释和使用的有效性。Canale (1987) 的论文阿拉尔为反思学术界关注的问题提供了一个持久的参考框架，他将其介绍为什么,如何， 和为什么的语言评估。