💡Newly published article by Estaji et al. in Language Testing in Asia. Although there is a surge of scholarly attention into language assessment literacy, emotions in language assessment literacy (ELAL) is a relative novelty in the field. The current study developed an ELAL-informed teacher education course to examine Iranian EFL teachers' perceptions of ELAL and the course's impact. The course's effectiveness in improving teachers' perceptions, knowledge, and competencies was confirmed by significant increases in their ELAL scores from pre-test to post-test. Furthermore, the qualitative findings indicated that the participants were emotionally aware and made context-dependent modifications to practice. Importantly, the study identified ongoing tensions in the delicate balance between empathy and fairness, exposing the concealed emotional labor of assessment.
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