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
31 October 13:00-14:00 In person County South C89 + online option Judit Kormos Is faster better? Linguistic, cognitive and affective factors influencing reading test completion time
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 Tineke Brunfaut, Haoshan Ren Article discussion
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