Review of The Handbook of Research in World Language Instruction, by Victoria Russell et al. (Eds.)
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Shangjun Cai, Beijing Language and Culture University
Shangjun Cai is a graduate student in linguistics and applied linguistics at the Beijing Language and Culture University under the supervision of Jimin Wang. His research includes language testing, educational evaluation and governance, second-language teaching, and teacher education, with a consistent focus on making evaluation standards usable in classrooms and consistent with governance goals. His recent work examines academic Chinese and writing proficiency, language-teachers’ assessment literacy, and the intersections of artificial intelligence and education. He has taken part in multiple large academic conferences, led a university-level research project, and contributed to several municipal and national social science projects. Looking ahead, Shangjun plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply with language teaching and teacher education, and to apply AI to language testing to improve efficiency and accuracy while safeguarding validity and fairness.
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[Book reviewed] Russell, V., Murphy-Judy, K., Troyan, F. J., Moeller, A. J., & Hines-Gaither, K. (Eds.) (2025). The handbook of research in world language instruction. Routledge.
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