LTRG programme 2026–2027
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 Prof Tineke Brunfaut (t.brunfaut ‘at’ lancaster.ac.uk) or Prof Luke Harding (l.harding ‘at’ lancaster.ac.uk) for details.
LTRG usually meets on Thursdays, from 14:00 to 15:30. Meetings in 2026-27 will be a mix of in-person, online and hybrid events.
Term 1
Coordinator: Tineke Brunfaut
| Date | Time | Location | Presenter | Topic |
| 8 Oct | 14:00-15:30 | County South, D072 & Teams | All | Welcome to the new academic year |
| Friday 16 Oct | TBC | TBC & Teams | Yoichi Matsuyama (Waseda University, Japan) | AI conversational agent for language testing |
| 22 Oct | 14:00-15:30 | County South, C089 & Teams | Laura Vilkaitė-Lozdienė & Rita Juknevičienė (Vilnius University, Lithuania) | Exploring ways to capture the development of phraseological competence in written L2 English |
| 5 Nov | 14:00-15:30 | County South, D072 & Teams | All | Writing retreat |
| 26 Nov | 14:00-15:30 | County South, D072 & Teams | Vitalija Jankauskaitė-Jokūbaitienė (Vilnius University, Lithuania) | CEFR-aligned Criterial Features in L2 Writing at B2+: the National Examination of English in Lithuania |
| 3 Dec | 14:00-15:30 | County South, D072 & Teams | Inesa Gilytė (Vilnius University, Lithuania) | Assessing speaking in L2 English: A validation study of the National English Examination in Lithuania |
| 10 Dec | 14:00-15:30 | County South, D072 & Teams | All | Christmas social |