Cambridge Publications

Research Notes

Research Notes is Cambridge ESOL's quarterly newsletter reporting on matters relating to research, test development and validation of all of Cambridge ESOL's language testing products and teaching awards. Research Notes regularly includes articles on IELTS which report on test performance and keep test stakeholders up to date with ongoing development of the test.

Issues of Research Notes are available for download from the Cambridge ESOL website at   cambridgeesol.org/researchnotes Each issue can be downloaded as an Acrobat PDF file. Viewing PDF files requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, and free software is available from Adobe.

If you are looking for articles on IELTS or related topics, you can use the Search facility. Search by Exam, Skill or Area, and then download the article you are interested in. Search for Research Notes articles

Studies in Language Testing

Studies in Language Testing is a series of volumes focusing on important developments in language testing. The series is produced by Cambridge ESOL in conjunction with Cambridge University Press under the editorship of Dr Michael Milanovic and Prof Cyril Weir. Titles in the series will be of considerable interest to test users, language test developers and researchers; several of the volumes due to appear in 2005/6 will have a specific focus on IELTS. The volumes can be ordered direct from Cambridge University Press (click here) or are available from local booksellers.