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Dr John Pill is a Lecturer in Language Testing at Lancaster University’s School of Social Sciences, holding the Trinity College London Lectureship in Language Testing. His research focuses on testing language for specific purposes, speaking assessment, language assessment literacy, and test impact across academic and healthcare domains. He actively collaborates with Trinity College London on research and development projects.
- Current Teaching (2025-26): MA in Language Testing by distance (LING504, LING506)
- PhD Supervision: All aspects of language testing, particularly test constructs and stakeholder perspectives
- Research Groups: Language Testing Research Group (LTRG)
Research Interests span technical and social dimensions of language testing. Technically, he examines test development for domain-specific language use (e.g., medical contexts) and construct validity. Socially, he investigates test impact through stakeholder views, including professional registration bodies and multilingual faculty at the American University of Beirut. His work bridges discourse community analysis with practical testing frameworks.
Recent publications (2025) address societal implications of language testing, comparative judgment methodologies in EFL writing assessment, and fairness in testing legacy. Earlier work (2016-2024) includes healthcare communication standards, academic-to-workplace writing transitions, and Trinity College London Graded Examinations alignment with China’s English standards.
