{"id":853,"date":"2017-11-22T21:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T21:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=853"},"modified":"2025-02-21T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:10:47","slug":"dialang-2-0","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/projects\/dialang-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"DIALANG 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DIALANG was a freely available language diagnosis system<\/strong>. It was developed by a consortium of European higher education institutions with support from the European Commission&#8217;s Socrates programme (1996-2004), and then hosted and maintained on a &#8220;pro bono&#8221; basis by Lancaster University (UK) until 2024. DIALANG tested reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary in 14 languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish-gaelic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. It reported levels of skill against the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for language learning. Over its lifetime, several million DIALANG test sessions were recorded. As a legacy system without funding, DIALANG is unfortunately no longer available due to technological incompatibilities with present-day technical requirements.<\/p>\n<p>DIALANG was informed by and has inspired further <strong>research on diagnosis in second or foreign language assessment<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alderson, J.C. (2006). <em>Diagnosing foreign language proficiency: The interface between learning and assessment<\/em>. London\/NY: Continuum.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/applij\/article\/36\/2\/236\/170015\">Alderson, J. C., Brunfaut, T., &amp; Harding, L. (2015). <em>Towards a theory of diagnosis in second and foreign language assessment: insights from professional practice across di<\/em><em>verse fields<\/em>. <em>Applied Linguistics<\/em>, <em>36<\/em>(2), 236-260. <\/a>[winner of the ILTA Best Article Award]<\/li>\n<li>Alderson, J.C., Haapakangas, E-L., Huhta, A., Nieminen, L., &amp; Ullakonoja, R. (2015).<em> The diagnosis of reading in a second or foreign language<\/em>. NY\/London: Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Alderson, J.C., &amp; Huhta, A. (2005). The Development of a Suite of Computer-Based Diagnostic Tests Based on the Common European Framework. <em>Language Testing, 22<\/em>(3), 301-320.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"rendering rendering_researchoutput rendering_researchoutput_apa rendering_contributiontojournal rendering_apa rendering_contributiontojournal_apa\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0265532214564505\">Harding, L., Alderson, C., &amp; Brunfaut, T. (2015). <em>Diagnostic assessment of reading and listening in a second or foreign language: elaborating on diagnostic principles<\/em>. <em>Language Testing<\/em>, <em>32<\/em>(3), 317-336. <\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twenty years after the start of the original DIALANG project, we are now exploring further developments in diagnostic language assessment through the <strong>project DIALANG 2.0<\/strong>. Key partners are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/linguistics\/about-us\/people\/charles-alderson\">Emeritus Professor Charles J. Alderson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/linguistics\/about-us\/people\/tineke-brunfaut\">Prof Tineke Brunfaut<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/linguistics\/about-us\/people\/luke-harding\">Prof Luke Harding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.research.lancs.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/people\/adrian-fish(cdbd4530-14b0-438f-9ea0-2449b18c06df).html\">Adrian Fish<\/a> (all Lancaster University, UK), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/hytk\/fi\/laitokset\/solki\/en\/staff\/AriHuhta\">Professor Ari Huhta<\/a> (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland).<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-color: #f70505;background-color: #e6f799\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>We are interested in supervising <strong>PhD projects<\/strong> from outstanding graduates which explore aspects of diagnosis in second or foreign language assessment. Please feel free to contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/linguistics\/about-us\/people\/tineke-brunfaut\">Prof Tineke Brunfaut<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/linguistics\/about-us\/people\/luke-harding\">Prof Luke Harding<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/hytk\/fi\/laitokset\/solki\/en\/staff\/AriHuhta\">Professor Ari Huhta<\/a> with your ideas and proposal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIALANG was a freely available language diagnosis system. It was developed by a consortium of European higher education institutions with support from the European Commission&#8217;s Socrates programme (1996-2004), and then hosted and maintained on a &#8220;pro bono&#8221; basis by Lancaster University (UK) until 2024. 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