{"id":937,"date":"2018-08-30T13:47:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T13:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=937"},"modified":"2021-10-25T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:08:11","slug":"2017-2018-programme-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/programme\/current-2021-2022-programme\/2017-2018-programme-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 – 2018 Programme archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LTRG is open to staff members, visiting researchers, PhD and MA students.\u00a0Staff and students working away from campus can attend the seminars on-line. 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.<\/p>\n

LTRG usually meets on Thursdays<\/strong>, from 15:00 to 16:30, <\/strong>in\u00a0<\/strong>the County South <\/strong>building, room D72 <\/strong>(unless otherwise indicated).<\/p>\n

Term 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\nRoom<\/th>\nPresenter<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
3 May<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\n\u00a0Theresa Weiler<\/td>\nInvestigating the construct tested through four item types used to assess lexicogrammatical competence in English as a foreign language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 May<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nSusana Correia (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)<\/td>\nConstruction and validation of a placement test for Portuguese as a Foreign Language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 May<\/td>\n16:00-17:30<\/strong><\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nTineke Brunfaut & Luke Harding<\/td>\nEALTA conference dry-runs:
\n1. Paper-based versus computer-based writing assessment: Investigating equivalence on integrated and independent tasks
\n2. DIALANG 2.0: Charting a course for revision and expansion of an online diagnostic testing system
\n3. Computer-based testing of integrated skills: the role of young learners\u2019 working memory and task motivation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24 May<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEALTA conference, Bochum, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31 May<\/td>\n15:00-17:00<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\n\u00a0All<\/td>\nLTRG writing retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 June<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nBahar Aksu<\/td>\nForeign accent perception: Measures and challenges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 June<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nMyriam Iliovits<\/td>\nInternational vs. local\u00a0tests of English language for university admissions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 June<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nKarmen Pi\u017eorn
\n(University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/td>\n		An investigation of young EFL learners\u2019 writing scripts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 June<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nSalom\u00e9 Villa Larenas<\/td>\nTowards change in language assessment literacy development: designing an instrument to assess the LAL of EFL teacher educators<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Term 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\nRoom<\/th>\nPresenter<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
8 Feb<\/td>\n15:00-16:00<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nIntroduction session for new members & sharing research plans\/projects<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 Feb<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\nLTRG writing retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 March<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nOksana Afitska<\/td>\nLearning science through the medium of English language: Addressing linguistic and non-linguistic challenges of EAL learners in primary classrooms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22 March<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nJohn Pill<\/td>\nLanguage tests to enter the workplace: Perspectives from stakeholders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Term 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\nRoom<\/th>\nPresenter<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
12 Oct<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nYing Xu (South China University of Technology, China)<\/td>\nA longitudinal investigation of students\u2019 perceptions and use of automated writing evaluation (AWE) feedback in L2 formative writing assessment: The case of\u00a0Pigai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 Oct<\/td>\n14:00-<\/strong>16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\n(1) Talia Isaacs (University College London, IoE)<\/p>\n

(2) John Read (The University of Auckland, NZ)<\/td>\n

(1) Contemporary debates in language testing: Standards, the native speaker, and the role of our professional association<\/p>\n

(2) A fresh look at assessing depth of vocabulary knowledge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2 Nov<\/td>\n16:00-17:30<\/strong><\/td>\nCavendish Colloquium<\/strong><\/td>\nJohn Pill<\/td>\nScore-users’ perspectives on testing occupation-related language skills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wedn 8 Nov<\/strong><\/td>\n12:00-13:00<\/strong><\/td>\nFASS A010 MR3<\/strong><\/td>\nAna Pellicer-Sanchez (University College London, IoE)<\/td>\nExamining learners’ eye movements during reading in different input modalities (joint LTRG-SLLAT session)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 Nov<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nAri Huhta (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland)<\/td>\nDiagnosing writing and its development in English as a foreign language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24-26 Nov<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUniversity of Huddersfield<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLanguage Testing Forum 2017 (http:\/\/ukalta.org\/call-for-papers-ltf-2017\/<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30 Nov<\/td>\n13:00-17:00<\/strong><\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nall LTRG members<\/td>\nWriting retreat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 Dec<\/td>\n15:00-16:30<\/td>\nCounty South D72<\/td>\nTineke Brunfaut<\/td>\nILTA bibliography (please bring your own laptop)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue 12 Dec<\/strong><\/td>\n16:00-17:00<\/strong><\/td>\nBowland North SR10<\/strong><\/td>\nTim McNamara (The University of Melbourne, Australia)<\/td>\nValues, politics, and language assessment: the challenge of English as a Lingua Franca<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wedn 13 Dec<\/strong><\/td>\n10:00-11:30<\/strong><\/td>\nFASS A010 MR3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMA in Language Testing dissertation talks:<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Task representations of classroom-based writing assignments (Monique Yoder)<\/li>\n
  • Types of reading in an A2 level test of English as a second language (Marianne Pickles)<\/li>\n
  • Effects of situational cues in writing task prompts on writing behaviour and attitudes (Matthias Zehentner)<\/li>\n
  • Development and Evaluation of Two Vocabulary Tests for Adult Learners of Swiss German Sign Language (Tobias Haug)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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