LTRG programme 2020 – 2021
LTRG is open to staff members, visiting researchers, PhD and MA students. Staff and students working away from campus can attend the seminars online. Please contact Tineke Brunfaut (t.brunfaut ‘at’ lancaster.ac.uk), Luke Harding (l.harding ‘at’ lancaster.ac.uk) or John Pill (j.pill ‘at’ lancaster.ac.uk) for details.
LTRG usually meets on Thursdays, from 15:00 to 16:30. All meetings will be held on Microsoft Teams until further notice.
Term 3
Co-ordinators: John Pill, Geisa Davila Perez
| Date | Time | Where | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | All | An oral history of Lancaster’s MA in Language Testing: Project set-up (I) |
| 6 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | All | Reading group |
| 13 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | All | An oral history of Lancaster’s MA in Language Testing: Project set-up (II) |
| 20 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Raffaella Bottini | Task effects on lexical complexity in L2 spoken exams: Evidence from the Trinity Lancaster Corpus |
| 27 May | 11.30-13.00 | Microsoft Teams | Dr Susy Macqueen (Australian National University) | Perceived constructs: Interpretations that count |
| 3 June | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | William Agius | Investigating the professional socialisation of air traffic controllers |
| 10 June | 15:00-16.30 | Microsoft Teams | Dr Bart Deygers (Ghent University) | Candidates with low print literacy and high-stakes language tests: Implications for fair and valid testing |
| 14-17 June | Language Testing Research Colloquium (online) | |||
| 24 June | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Louise Norris-HuntLena HeineNikos Prokopiou |
MALTD dissertation presentations Content and/or language? Teacher–test writer stakeholder perspectives on testing non-L1 foundation year students in specialist subjectsPassive comprehension as a feature of academic German: Results of secondary school students’ performance on a pictures-and-sentences-test in GermanThe Occupational English Test: The view of nurses in the UK |
| 1 July | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Dr Philip Durrant (University of Exeter) | What can quantitative corpus methods tell us about writing proficiency? |
Term 2
Co-ordinators: Tineke Brunfaut, Camilo Ramos
| Date | Time | Where | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Agustinus Hardi Prasetyo (Iowa State University) | Developing a scenario-based language assessment literacy test for teachers of English as a foreign language in Indonesia |
| 28 January | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Monique Yoder (Michigan State University) | Identifying assessment literacy competencies for parents of English learners: An exploratory case study approach |
| 4 February | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Judith Fairbairn (British Council; University College London, IoE) | Facet bias interaction between on/off-topic decisions and CEFR scores in a speaking task |
| 11 February | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Yejin Yung | Analysing the opinion-giving skills of OPI test-takers in spoken corpus data |
| 18 February | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | John Pill | An oral history of Lancaster’s MA in Language Testing: Brainstorm (I) |
| 25 February | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Kathrin Eberharter | Mock viva: The challenges of rating speaking: investigating rater cognition and scale use in novice raters |
| 4 March | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Santi Lestari | Scoring reading-into-writing performances using two analytic rating scales: Rater reliability and consistency |
| 11 March | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Luke Harding | An oral history of Lancaster’s MA in Language Testing: Brainstorm (II) |
| 18 March | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Beci Sickinger | Evaluating EFL writing with comparative judgement vs. analytic rating methods: First results |
Term 1
Co-ordinators: Luke Harding, Olena Rossi
| Date | Time | Where | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | All | LTRG social session/catch-up |
| 8 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Rob Playfair (University of Liverpool) | Developing a formative test of vocabulary knowledge for low-level Arabic pre-sessional students. |
| 15 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Geisa Davila Perez | Investigating ELF’s own cline of proficiency. |
| 15 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Philip Horne | The effect of task approach and mode of delivery on computer-based speaking tasks of pragmatic competence and interactional competence. |
| 29 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Michele Luxon | Discussion about large-scale online speaking assessment |
| 5 November | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Olga Kvasova (National University of Ukraine) | Insights from the delivery of language testing and assessment courses for pre- and in-service teachers in a Ukrainian university. |
| 12 November | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Kristin Rock (University of Hawaii in Manoa)
Jorge Beltran (Columbia University) |
Validation of an analytic rubric for writing within academic discussion boards
Testing spoken argumentation: Bridging gaps in L2 Assessment |
| 19 November | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Olena Rossi | Mock viva |
| 27 November | 14:00-17:00 | Zoom | Anyone | All LTRG members are encouraged to join the LTF 2020 online event on Friday 27 November https://ukalta.org/ltf-2020/ |
| 3 December | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Geoff LaFlair (Duolingo) |
Duolingo English Test item development and difficulty estimation |
| 10 December | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Catherine Hughes
Svetlana Mazhurnaya |
MALTD dissertation presentations
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