Ling Shi is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research has been published in journals such as Written Communication, Language Awareness, TESOL Quarterly, Language Testing, English for Specific Purposes, and Journal of English for Academic Purposes, and Journal of Second Language Writing.
Khaled Barkaoui is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education of York University, Canada. His current research and teaching focus on second-language (L2) assessment, L2 writing, longitudinal and mixed-methods research, L2 program evaluation, and English for Academic Purposes (EAP).