LTRG programme 2021 – 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting 1 – Where next? |
| 5 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting 2 – Transcript conventions |
| 12 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Kamran Khan (University of Copenhagen) | Language testing for immigration and settlement as bordering practices |
| 19 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams |
1. Glyn Jones 2. John Pill |
EALTA dry-runs 1. Replicating the original CEFR research: preliminary results2. “Use the forum but also trust your own judgement”: Linking test performances to a standards framework using an online, asynchronous environment |
| 26 May | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Craig Grocott (University of Bergen) | Unintended consequences? An investigation of the roles played by National Tests of English in eighth-grade classrooms in Norway |
| 2 June | / | / | / | No session: EALTA conference |
| 9 June | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp) & Catherine Verguts (Ghent University) | The ITACE: an English language test for lecturers in Flemish higher education |
| 16 June | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Slobodanka Dimova (University of Copenhagen) | Local language testing for EMI lecturer certification: The case of TOEPAS |
| 21 June | 16:00-17:00 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team |
MALTD oral history project meeting 3 – chapter review |
| 30 June | 15:00-16:30 | County South B59 | Camilo Ramos Galvez |
Prototype tasks to diagnose academic reading in EFL teacher education programmes: A practical discussion |
Term 2
Co-ordinators: Tineke Brunfaut, Camilo Ramos
| Date | Time | Where | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 27 January | 13:00-14:30 | Microsoft Teams | Various | MALTD dissertation presentations:
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| 3 February | 14:00-17:00 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 10 February | 12:30-14:00 | Microsoft Teams | Keith Menary | Digital technology, formative assessment and language assessment literacy: Case studies of EAP teachers’ online assessment practices. |
| 24 February | 13:00-14:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 24 February | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Camilo Ramos Galvez | Diagnosing academic reading: Practices and needs in EFL teacher education |
| 3 March | 14:00-17:00 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 10 March | / | / | all | No session: LTRC conference |
| 17 March | 14:00-17:00 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team |
MALTD oral history project meeting |
Term 1
Co-ordinators: Luke Harding, Santi Lestari
| Date | Time | Where | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October | 15:00-15:45 | Microsoft Teams | All | LTRG welcome session/catch-up |
| 14 October | 13:00-14:30 | Microsoft Teams | Gareth McCray (Keele University) & Karen Dunn (British Council) | Using latent trait models to assess test structural validity |
| 21 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 28 October | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | All | Statistics article discussion |
| 4 November | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team | MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 11 November | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | Geisa Davila Perez | Investigating accommodation strategies in the conversation task of the GESE suite |
| 18 November | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | LTF organizing committee | LTF preparation |
| 25 November | 15:00-17:00 | Microsoft Teams | LTF organizing committee | LTF preparation |
| 9 December | 15:00-16:30 | Microsoft Teams | MALTD research team |
MALTD oral history project meeting |
| 15 December | 10:00-11:30 | Microsoft Teams | Vahid Aryadoust (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) | Neurophysiological validity: Promises and challenges |