LTRG programme 2024–2025
LTRG is open to staff members, visiting researchers, and PhD and MA students with an interest in language testing and assessment. Staff and students working away from campus can often 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 12:30 to 14:00. Meetings in 2024-25 will be a mix of in-person, online and hybrid events.
Term 1
Coordinators: Tineke Brunfaut and Haoshan (Sally) Ren
| Date | Time | Where | Presenter | Topic |
| 12 September | 12:00-13:30 | In person County South B89 + online option | Kellie Frost (University of Melbourne, Australia) | Critical language testing and immigration policy: Language assessment for employment and skilled migration |
| 10 October | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South D72 + online option | Geisa Davila Perez, Mi-Jin Chung, Natasha Davidson, Liam Gormley, Philip Horne, Jiayue Yin | PhD project presentations |
| 17 October | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South B89 + online option | Raffaella Bottini, Vittorio Tantucci | Do examiners and test-takers imitate each other? Dialogic resonance in second language testing |
| 24 October | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South C89 + online option | All | Writing retreat |
| 7 November | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South C89 | Olena Rossi, John Pill | Restricted session (practical): Investigating language skills required by undergraduate students in an era of technology |
| 14 November | 18:00-20:00 | In person Faraday/Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre | Patrick Rebuschat | Departmental 50th anniversary lecture: The science of multilingualism. Book your seat here. |
| 21 November | No session – Language Testing Forum 2024 | |||
| 28 November | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South D72 + online option | Olena Rossi, Tineke Brunfaut, Haoshan Ren | Automated item generation |
| 5 December | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South D72 + online option | Michelle Czajkowski (Radboud University, The Netherlands) | Diagnosing writing |
| Wedn 11 December | 12:30-14:00 | In person County South B89 + online option | Pucheng Wang (Zhejiang International Studies University, China) | Exploring the effects of input sequencing on performance in integrated speaking tasks |