Lynda Taylor

Professor Lynda Taylor is Visiting Professor at the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA) at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She has worked for nearly 40 years in the field of language teaching, learning and assessment, first as an ELT teacher and teacher educator, later as a materials developer and assessment researcher, particularly with IELTS and the full range of Cambridge English qualifications. Her research interests include speaking/writing assessment, testing accommodations for language learners with special needs, and the development of language assessment literacy. She was formerly Assistant Research Director with Cambridge Assessment English and has advised on test development and validation projects worldwide, including Europe, North America and Asia. She authored or edited many of the volumes in CUP’s Studies in Language Testing series. In 2022 she was awarded Fellowship of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and received the Cambridge/ ILTA Distinguished Achievement Award for 2024.