LTRG is open to staff members, visiting researchers, PhD and MA students. Staff and students working away from campus can attend the seminars on-line. Please contact Tineke Brunfaut (t.brunfaut@lancaster.ac.uk) or Luke Harding (l.harding@lancaster.ac.uk) for details.
LTRG usually meets on Thursdays, from 15:00 to 16:30, in the County South building, room C89 (unless otherwise indicated).
Term 3
| Date | Time | Room | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Salomé Villa Larenas | Feedback on the Language Assessment Literacy Inventory for Teacher Educators |
| 11 May | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Hengbin (Victor) Yan | Computer-assisted peer review of EFL pronunciation – a preliminary study |
| 25 May | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Luke Harding, Tineke Brunfaut & Johnny Unger [joint talk with LiP group] | Enhancing security, preventing mobility? An analysis of the UK Secure English Language Testing policy |
| 8 Jun | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Shungo Suzuki | Examining the developmental patterns of L2 speaking in terms of complexity, accuracy, and fluency: The case of EFL learners |
| 26 June | 15:30-16:30 | Bowland North SR 26 | (1) Boon Sier Jeanette Lim
(2) Olena Rossi |
(1) ESL teachers’ and students’ perception and use of formative and summative assessment in an examination-oriented context
(2) Assessment literacy for test writers: what do people who write language tests need to know about testing? |
| 29 June | 14:00-15:00 | County South C89 | Pucheng Wang | Investigating test-takers’ cognitive processes while completing integrated writing tasks: Evidence from eye-tracking and stimulated recall |
Term 2
| Date | Time | Room | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Doris Froetscher | An investigation into the washback of a standardized national exam on the classroom testing of reading (mock viva) |
| 19 Jan | 16:00-17:00 | County South C89 | Tineke Brunfaut | ILTA bibliography compilation
[Please bring your own laptop] |
| 2 Feb | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Salomé Villa Larenas | Developing a language assessment literacy inventory |
| 9 Feb | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Mary-Jane Abrahams (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile) | Curriculum design/reform in a Chilean university (joint talk with SLLAT) |
| 16 Feb | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Ying Xu (Danny) | A review of the Computer-Based English Listening and Speaking Test (CELST) |
| 23 Feb | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Carole Sedgwick (University of Roehampton) | How ‘general’ can a language test be? A critical study of the IELTS requirement for the registration of non-UK trained nurses |
| 2 March | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Franz Holzknecht | Listening once or twice: A pilot study |
| 9 March | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Hiroko Usami | The CEFR in Japan |
| 16 March | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Anuchit Toomaneejinda | ELF disagreement in academic group discussion: A work-in-progress |
| 23 March | 15:00-16:30 | Bowland North SR26 | Olena Rossi | Moderation of item writing tasks |
Term 1
| Date | Time | Room | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Maria Sikolova (University of Defence, Czech Republic) | Language teaching and testing in the Czech military: main goals and challenges |
| 6 Oct | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Aek Phakiti (The University of Sydney) | Test-takers’ appraisal calibration and strategy use in IELTS listening tasks |
| 12 Oct (Wednesday!) | 15:00-16:30 | County South B89 | Andrea Kulmhofer & Isabel Hopf (BIFIE, Austria) | Assessing English as a foreign language in Austria |
| 19 Oct (Wednesday!) | 15:00-16:30 | County South B89 | Kamran Khan (University of Leicester) [joint talk with the LiP group] | (In)security and languages in the UK |
| 27 Oct | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Olena Rossi | Developing an online item writer training course |
| 3 Nov | 13:00-17:00 | Bowland North SR27 | All LTRG members | Writing retreat |
| 10 Nov | 10:00-11:30 | County South B89 | Aaron Batty | Examinee interactions with video in foreign language listening comprehension tests (mock viva) |
| 17 Nov | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | various; LTF dry-runs | Informing EAP listening assessment: Students’ processing and strategy needs during lecture listening (Sahar Alkhelaiwi & Tineke Brunfaut)
Exploring assessment literacy of Chinese EAP teachers preparing students for UK study (Olena Rossi) |
| 24 Nov | 13:00-14:30 | County South C89 | Harry Kollias | Virtual standard setting in language testing: Exploring the feasibility and appropriateness of setting cut scores in synchronous audio and audio-visual environments (mock viva) |
| 30 Nov (Wednesday!) | 16:00-17:30 | County South C89 | Sahar Alkhelaiwi | Cognitive processes, sub-skills and strategies in academic lecture listening at a Saudi Arabian university: A needs analysis study (mock viva) |
| 8 Dec | 15:00-16:30 | County South C89 | Tineke Brunfaut | Interpreting the Bangladesh higher secondary school learning outcomes through a CEFR lens |
| 14 Dec (Wednesday!) | 12:00-13:30 | FASS D023(MR7) | various | MA in Language Testing dissertation talks:
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