1st Edition

L2 Dynamic Assessment Research in China Elaborating the Framework through Applications to New Contexts

Edited By Matthew E. Poehner, James P. Lantolf Copyright 2026
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

Dynamic Assessment is an innovative approach to revealing the full range of learner abilities that has rapidly gained attention from language educators and researchers. While much of the research to date has examined Dynamic Assessment in Western countries, the research in this book further extends the framework by documenting its uses by Chinese scholars in meeting context-specific challenges.... Read more

Introduction: advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: innovations in Chinese contexts
Matthew E. Poehner and James P. Lantolf

1.  Enhancing EFL learners’ reading proficiency through Dynamic Assessment
Yanfeng Yang and David D. Qian

2. An interventionist Dynamic Assessment approach to college English writing in China
Youjun Tang and Xiaomei Ma


3. Promoting learning potential among students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment
Lin Jia, Jianyong Cai, and Jianqin Wang

4. Fostering self-regulated young writers: Dynamic Assessment of metacognitive competence in a secondary school EFL class
Yanhong Zhang and Jiao Xi

5. A study on peer mediation in Dynamic Assessment of translation revision competence
 Yaqing Liang, Yanzhi Li, and Zhonggang Sang

6. Dynamic Assessment of the learning potential of Chinese as a second language
Zhijun Sun, Peng Xu, and Jianqin Wang

Biography

Matthew E. Poehner is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education at The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

James P. Lantolf is Greer Professor of Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University, USA.