近年来,语言测试领域的研究重点逐步从提高测量的精确度与有效性转向关注测试的社会维度,如测试公平性,测试使用的后果与社会影响,测试工作者的伦理责任等。英国著名语言测试学家Glenn Fulcher教授于2015年出版的新作《重新审视语言测试——哲学与社会视角下的探究》,是这一转向中的力作。该书在哲学视域内积极探索了语言测试领域多个重要问题,包括语言的社会交互属性,测试的起源、发展与社会因素在此过程中所起的催化剂作用,测试研发 In recent years, the focus of research in the field of language testing has gradually shifted from improving the accuracy and effectiveness of measurement to focusing on the social dimensions of testing, such as the fairness of testing, the consequences and social effects of testing, and the ethical responsibilities of testing workers. Professor Glenn Fulcher, a famous English language test scientist, published his new work “Reconsidering Language Testing - A Study from the Philosophical and Social Perspectives” published in 2015. It is a masterpiece of this shift. The book actively explores many important issues in the field of language testing from the perspective of philosophy, including the social interaction of language, the origin of testing, the role of catalyst in the development and social factors in this process, the development of testing