{"id":1595,"date":"2024-09-09T10:57:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=1595"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:07:43","slug":"2023-2024-programme-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/programme\/2023-2024-programme-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"2023-2024 Programme Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LTRG programme 2023\u20132024<\/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 meets on Thursdays<\/strong>, usually from 12:30 to 14:00. <\/strong>Meetings in 2023-24 will be a mix of in-person, online and hybrid events.<\/p>\n

Term 3<\/p>\n

Coordinators<\/em>: John Pill; Sally Haoshan 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
25 April<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person
\nCounty South C89
\n+ online option<\/td>\n		William Agius<\/td>\nMock viva<\/em>: Exploring the features of language performance indicative of air traffic controllers’ workplace language socialisation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 May<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person
\nCounty South C89
\n+ online option<\/td>\n		All<\/td>\nLTRG writing retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9 May<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n(session postponed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 May<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nBurak Senel (Iowa State University)<\/td>\nEnhancing authenticity in TOEFL Listening: Moving from transactional to interactional listening tasks with generative AI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 May<\/td>\n14:00-15:30<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person only<\/strong>
\nCounty South C89<\/td>\n		Judit Kormos<\/td>\nThe test-taking processes, experiences and perceptions of candidates with specific learning difficulties in the TOEFL iBT: Panel review of research instruments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30 May<\/td>\n12:30-15:00<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person
\nCounty South C89
\n+ online option<\/td>\n		William Agius
\nTineke Brunfaut
\nGeisa Davila Perez
\nPhilip Horne
\nOlga Ukrayinska<\/td>\n		Practice presentations for upcoming conferences (EALTA, LTRC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6 June<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNo session – EALTA 2024 conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 June<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person
\nCounty South C89
\n+ online option<\/td>\n		Shangchao Min (Zhejiang University)<\/td>\nDeveloping and validating an in-house EFL diagnostic assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 June<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person
\nCounty South C89
\n+ online option<\/td>\n		Tineke Brunfaut & Judit Kormos
\nLuke Harding<\/td>\n		Practice presentations for upcoming conference (LTRC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 June<\/td>\n13:30-15:00<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person
\nCounty South C89
\n+ online option<\/td>\n		Olena Rossi (Independent Language Testing Consultant & Researcher)<\/td>\nItem writing with AI: Opportunities, challenges, and future directions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Term 2<\/p>\n

Coordinators<\/em>: Tineke Brunfaut; Yejin Jung<\/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
18 January<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nPeter Cormack;<\/p>\n

Andrew Fleck<\/td>\n

MALTD dissertation presentations:<\/p>\n
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  • Intraparticipant consistency of task difficulty judgements on a multi-level reading proficiency test<\/li>\n
  • Multiple-choice versus open-ended listening items: difficulty, perceived comprehension, and completion approaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25 January<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nHenry Emery (Latitude Aviation English Services)<\/td>\nRole play in aviation English language assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 February<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County Main SR4<\/strong> + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nLTRG writing retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 February<\/td>\n12:30-13:30<\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nYejin Jung<\/td>\nMock viva<\/em>: Linguistic features of opinion expression in the context of English L2 language tests<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 February<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South C89 + online option<\/td>\nMyriam Iliovits<\/td>\nMock viva<\/em>: Language use in an English-Medium Instruction university in Lebanon: Implications for the validity of international and local English tests for admissions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22 February<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nReading week – no session<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29 February<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nArticle discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 March<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South C89 + online option<\/td>\nJohn Pill<\/td>\nPromoting quality in assessment design and validation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 March<\/td>\n11:00-12:30<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person County South C89 + online option<\/td>\nLaura Schildt (Ghent University, Belgium)<\/td>\nLanguage testers in policy contexts: A discourse analytical approach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 March<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nJiayue Yin;<\/p>\n

Mi-Jin Chung<\/td>\n

PhD work-in-progress:<\/p>\n
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  • Research on multimodal metaphors about the Gaokao<\/em> in China on WeChat<\/li>\n
  • Assessing second language pragmatic competence in intercultural workplace setting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Term 1<\/p>\n

    Coordinators<\/em>: Luke Harding; Jiayue Yin<\/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
    12 October<\/td>\n12:00-13:00<\/strong><\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nAll who can attend<\/td>\nWelcome for new members, introductions, and research updates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    19 October<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nAll who can attend<\/td>\nLTRG writing retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2 November<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nCurtis Gautschi (University of Bern)<\/td>\nEvaluating general language proficiency speaking test assessment criteria: Evidence from non-language specialists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    9 November<\/td>\n12:30-15:30
    \n<\/strong>[Note: extended session]<\/td>\n    		In person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nCamilo Ramos G\u00e1lvez
    \nGeisa D\u00e1vila P\u00e9rez
    \nMyriam Iliovits
    \nOlga Ukrayinska<\/td>\n    		Practice presentations for LTF2024 (presentation + feedback) x 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    16 November<\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nIn person County South D72 + online option<\/td>\nLuke Harding<\/td>\nArticle discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    23 November<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNo session – LTF2024 Stratford<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    29 November (Wednesday)<\/strong><\/td>\n12:30-14:00<\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nYi Tan (Laura) (Georgetown University, USA)<\/td>\nTowards Including Second Language Varieties of English on High-stakes International Tests of English Proficiency: A Perceptual Adaptation Study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    12 December <\/strong>(Wednesday)<\/strong><\/td>\n11:30-13:00<\/strong><\/td>\nMicrosoft Teams (online only)<\/td>\nAzrifah Zakaria (National Institute of Education, Singapore)<\/td>\nLanguage Assessments and Corpus Linguistics: Approaches, Challenges and Future Directions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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