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Alan Davies

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Publications

36

Citations

1.7K

H-Index

23

Active since

1967

Affiliations

University of Edinburgh(Current)

The University of Melbourne

Southern Cross University

University of Technology Sydney

University of Hong Kong

Alan Davies is an author at University of Edinburgh specializing in language studies, linguistics, and multilingualism.

Top concepts

LanguageLinguisticsMultilingualismLanguage TestingSociolinguisticsLanguage AcquisitionEducationLanguage EducationLanguage LearningLanguage Proficiency

Publications per year

1967–2015

36

Publications

36

Textbook trends in teaching language testing

Alan Davies · Language Testing · 2008 · 233 citations

Second Language Learning, Teacher Education, Language Documentation +14

ASSESSING ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA

Catherine Elder, Alan Davies · Annual Review of Applied Linguistics · 2006 · 182 citations

Language Documentation, Singapore English, Multilingualism +12

Whose Norms? International Proficiency Tests in English

Alan Davies, Liz Hamp‐Lyons, Charlotte Kemp · World Englishes · 2003 · 95 citations

Global Spread, Multilingualism, Linguistic Anthropology +18

Demands of being professional in language testing

Alan Davies · Language Testing · 1997 · 87 citations

Language Documentation, Multilingualism, Language Testing +12

Communicative Syllabus Design

Alan Davies, John Munby · TESOL Quarterly · 1981 · 82 citations

Classroom Instruction, Communicative Syllabus Design, Language Studies +3

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