{"id":1485,"date":"2023-10-05T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=1485"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:07:26","slug":"2024-2025-programme-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/programme\/2024-2025-programme-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-2025 Programme Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LTRG programme 2024\u20132025<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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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 \u2018at\u2019 lancaster.ac.uk), Luke Harding (l.harding \u2018at\u2019 lancaster.ac.uk) or John Pill (j.pill \u2018at\u2019 lancaster.ac.uk) for details.<\/p>\n

LTRG usually meets on Thursdays<\/strong>, from 12:30 to 14:00. <\/strong>Meetings in 2024-25 will be a mix of in-person, online and hybrid events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Term 3<\/p>\n

Coordinators:<\/em> Luke Harding and John Pill<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nTime<\/strong><\/td>\nWhere<\/strong><\/td>\nPresenter<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 May<\/td>\n10:00-16:00<\/td>\nWelcome Centre LT4<\/td>\nVarious<\/td>\nNo LTRG session – Please feel free to attend the LAEL Research Colloquium\u00a0<\/strong>(time and venue provided)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 May<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nD72 County South\u00a0<\/strong>+ online option<\/td>\n– Jennifer Morris<\/p>\n

– Vicky Allan<\/td>\n

– From start-up domain inhabitant standpoint to global applications and implications: an ethnographic study-analysis of how ChatGPT is redefining English workplace communication skills in T\u00fcrkiye’s private technology sector [dry-run for BAAL Literacies SIG Symposium]<\/p>\n

– A mixed-methods study evaluating the impact of extended time accommodations in English language testing on university students with ADHD dry-run for EALTA conference]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

22 May<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/strong><\/td>\nC89 County South + online option<\/td>\nCamilo Ramos Galvez<\/td>\nMock viva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29 May<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNo session <\/em>(EALTA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 June<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNo session<\/em> (LTRC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 June<\/td>\n12:00<\/strong>-14:00<\/td>\nB59<\/strong> County South<\/td>\nLuke Harding<\/td>\nEnd-of-academic-year shared lunch<\/p>\n

followed by<\/em>
\nSTEP test item feedback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

19 June<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNo session<\/em> (Corpus Linguistics and Language Testing Summer School)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 June
\nFriday<\/strong><\/td>\n		14:00-15:30<\/strong><\/td>\nOnline only<\/td>\nJohn Bandman<\/td>\nMock viva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Term 2<\/p>\n

Coordinators<\/em>: John Pill and Mi-Jin Chung<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nTime<\/strong><\/td>\nWhere<\/strong><\/td>\nPresenter<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 January<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nWriting retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 January<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nno session<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30 January<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nArticle discussion: Bennett (2024)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6 February<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nMA in Language Testing team<\/td>\nInvited workshop: What might constitute a contemporary postgraduate qualification in language testing? Ideas and reflections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 February<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nMA in Language Testing graduates:<\/p>\n
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  • Heather Gaddis<\/li>\n
  • Aidan Holland<\/li>\n
  • Peter Schofield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Presentations on recent dissertation projects:<\/p>\n
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  • The washback effect of a change in the listening paper of the English Matriculation Examination on teachers’ perceived and actual classroom practice in Lithuania<\/li>\n
  • A test-user perceptions study: Exploring consequential validity through candidates’ experiences with Aptis ESOL as a university exit-level English test in Spanish universities<\/li>\n
  • An investigation of international students\u2019 perceptions of the authenticity of the IELTS reading paper compared to reading on undergraduate courses at a UK university<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 February<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nReading Week – no session<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 February<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nonline<\/td>\nPucheng Wang (Zhejiang International Studies University)<\/td>\nExploring the effects of input sequencing on performance in integrated speaking tasks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6 March<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nNeil Bullock (International Civil Aviation English Association)<\/td>\nAddressing stakeholder concerns for the oversight of online language testing in aviation – a research-based perspective<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 March<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nKietnawin Sridhanyarat & Mutjarin Ittiphong (Silpakorn University, Thailand)<\/td>\nA localised CEFR-aligned English proficiency test at a Thai university<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 March<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nArticle discussion: Barkaoui (2025)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Term 1<\/p>\n

Coordinators<\/em>: Tineke Brunfaut and Haoshan (Sally) Ren<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nTime<\/strong><\/td>\nWhere<\/strong><\/td>\nPresenter<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 September<\/td>\n12:00-13:30<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person County South B89 + online option<\/td>\nKellie Frost (University of Melbourne, Australia)<\/td>\nCritical language testing and immigration policy: Language assessment for employment and skilled migration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 October<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nGeisa Davila Perez, Mi-Jin Chung, Natasha Davidson, Liam Gormley, Philip Horne, Jiayue Yin<\/td>\nPhD project presentations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 October<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South B89 + online option<\/td>\nRaffaella Bottini, Vittorio Tantucci<\/td>\nDo examiners and test-takers imitate each other? Dialogic resonance in second language testing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24 October<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South C89 + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nWriting retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 November<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South C89<\/td>\nOlena Rossi, John Pill<\/td>\nRestricted session (practical)<\/em>: Investigating language skills required by undergraduate students in an era of technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 November<\/td>\n18:00-20:00<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person Faraday\/Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre<\/strong><\/td>\nPatrick Rebuschat<\/td>\nDepartmental 50th<\/sup> anniversary lecture: The science of multilingualism. Book your seat here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 November<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNo session – Language Testing Forum 2024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 November<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nOlena Rossi, Tineke Brunfaut, Haoshan Ren<\/td>\nAutomated item generation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 December<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nonline<\/td>\nMichelle Czajkowski (Radboud University, The Netherlands)<\/td>\nThe Revision Tools Test: Diagnosing the use of digital writing tools for academic writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wedn 11<\/strong> December<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South B89 + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nLTRG social event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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