{"id":7,"date":"2014-04-24T13:09:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T13:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-10-18T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:35:14","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/social-sciences\/linguistics-and-english-language\/\">Discipline of Linguistics and English Language<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/social-sciences\/\">School of Social Sciences<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\">Lancaster University,<\/a> and open to staff and research students interested in language testing issues, the <strong>Language Testing Research Group (LTRG)<\/strong> is a forum to discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>current issues in language testing research,<\/li>\n<li>individual research projects,<\/li>\n<li>research students&#8217; interests,<\/li>\n<li>research-related concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1516 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g-300x224.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g-300x224.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g-768x574.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g-676x506.jpeg 676w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/10\/LTRG-Oct-2023g.jpeg 1388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1793 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26-676x380.jpg 676w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/LTRG-2025-26.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1791 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-768x575.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-1536x1151.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-2048x1534.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_3858-676x506.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The coordinators are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/social-sciences\/people\/tineke-brunfaut\">Professor Tineke Brunfaut<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/social-sciences\/people\/luke-harding\">Professor Luke Harding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meetings are typically held on Thursdays during term time. The time and venue can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/programme\/2025-2026-current-programme\/\">programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/01\/uni-logo-new.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1428\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2023\/01\/uni-logo-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"134\" \/>\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/03\/LTRG-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1748\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/03\/LTRG-logo-300x292.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/03\/LTRG-logo-300x292.png 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2026\/03\/LTRG-logo.png 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based in the Discipline of Linguistics and English Language in the School of Social Sciences at Lancaster University, and open to staff and research students interested in language testing issues, the Language Testing Research Group (LTRG) is a forum to discuss: current issues in language testing research, individual research projects, research students&#8217; interests, research-related concerns. 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