School of Languages & Linguistics Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC)

Dr Tom Lumley - LTRC Associate

Senior research fellow
Australian Council for Educational Research

Acer web page - Dr Tom Lumley

Email: lumley@acer.edu.au

Qualifications

MA, Oxford
Dip Ed, La Trobe
MA, PhD, Melbourne

Selected Publications

Lumley, T. (2005). Assessing Second Language Writing: The Rater’s Perspective. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (Language Testing and Evaluation series,
volume 3.)

Lumley, T. & B. O'Sullivan. (2005). ‘The effect of test-taker gender, audience and topic on task performance in tape-mediated assessment of speaking.’ Language Testing, 22, 4: 415-437.

Lumley, T. & A. Brown. (2005) ‘Research methods in language testing.’ In E. Hinkel (Ed.) Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning. pp. 833-855. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.

Lumley, T. (2002) ‘Assessment criteria in a large-scale writing test: what do they really mean to the raters?’ Language Testing, 19, 3: 246-276.

Lumley, T. & B. Stoneman. (2000). ‘Conflicting perspectives on the role of test preparation in relation to learning.’ Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 5, 1: 50-80.

Davies, A., A. Brown, C. Elder, K. Hill, T. Lumley & T.F. McNamara. (1999) Dictionary of Language Testing. Studies in Language Testing 7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press/University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.

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