Yıldız, Tuğba Elif Toprak2022-02-152022-02-1520191309-0682https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14034/492https://doi.org/10.29329/mjer.2019.202.4https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/331624This study, which is of descriptive nature, aims to explore the emergent trends and research topics inlanguage testing and assessment that have attracted increasing attention of language testing and assessmentresearchers. To this end, 300 articles published within the last seven years (2012-2018) in two leading journals ofthe field were analyzed by using thematic analysis method. Overall, the results demonstrated that the assessmentof language skills still constitute the backbone of language testing and assessment research. While the termcommunicative has become the established norm in language testing and assessment, the field has grown moreinterested in professionalization, understanding the dynamics that underlie test performance and validation.Moreover, the results revealed that even though the latest advancements in the fields of computer, cognitivesciences and information/communication technologies seem to make their way into language testing andassessment, more research is needed to make the most of these advancements and keep up with the rapidlychanging nature of communication and literacy in the 21st century. The results are discussed and theimplications are made.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEğitimEğitim AraştırmalarıEğitimÖzelArticle10.29329/mjer.2019.202.413286681331624