Luke Harding

Professor Luke Harding is a faculty member at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, within the School of Social Sciences. His work bridges applied linguistics, language assessment, and critical discourse studies, with a focus on the ethical and societal implications of testing.

• Research Interests: Language testing and assessment, World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), second language listening and pronunciation assessment, diagnostic approaches to language evaluation, and language assessment literacy. Recent projects integrate digital technology and corpus linguistics into testing frameworks.
• Publications: Published extensively in Language Testing, Applied Linguistics, and Language Assessment Quarterly. Co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Language Testing (Second Edition) (2022), a key reference work in the field.
• Teaching: Leads modules in Language Test Construction and Evaluation, Issues in Language Testing, and Statistical Analysis for Language Testing within the university's distance MA program.
• Leadership: Convened the Language Testing Research Group with colleagues Tineke Brunfaut and John Pill, advancing interdisciplinary approaches to assessment.