Innovative approaches to language testing research
Date: Friday 18 November 2011, 10:00 – 17:00
Venue: The University of Warwick, Westwood Campus, Room WT0.01
BAAL TEA SIG is holding a one-day conference (preceding the Language Testing Forum 2011) on the theme of ‘Innovative approaches to language testing research’. Two invited papers will focus on the use of new technologies in phonetics and reading research and their implications for language assessment.
Five reflective practice sessions (20-minute papers + 15-minute Q&A and feedback) and two poster presentations are planned, where a panel of experienced language testing researchers will provide constructive feedback on the presenters’ studies (completed or work-in-progress) in a friendly manner.
Provisional Programme
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10:00 – 10:10 Introduction – Dr. Vivien Berry (BAAL TEA SIG convenor)
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10:10 – 10:50 Invited paper - Using acoustic analysis software to analyse L2 pronunciation features ( Dr. Brechtje Post, English Profile Research Group, University of Cambridge)
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10:50 – 11:25 Session 1 - Exploring pause analysis and sentence copying to measure language competence: An application of Graphical Protocol Analysis (Putri Afzan Maria Zulkifli and Peter C-H Cheng, School of Informatics, University of Sussex)
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11:25 – 11:45 Break
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11:45 – 12:20 Session 2 - How can an innovative priming technique inform vocabulary research? (Suhad Sonbul, University of Nottingham)
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12:20 – 12:55 Session 3 – Explaining item difficulty with random item IRT models: an example using vocabulary test data (Karen Dunn, University of Lancaster)
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12:55 – 13:05 Introduction to posters - Korean and Spanish test-taker attitudes toward task planning time in the TOEFL iBT speaking component (Garrett Byrne, University of Bristol) and Predicting IELTS scores using measures of Lexical Richness (Theodosia Demetriou, University of the West of England, Bristol)
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13:05 – 14:20 Lunch + Poster sessions
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14:20 – 15:00 Invited paper - Using eye-tracking technology to research L2 reading (Dr. Lynda Taylor, Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment, University of Bedfordshire)
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15:00 – 15:35 Session 4 - Using eye-tracking methodology to measure L2 vocabulary acquisition from reading (Ana Pellicer-Sanchez, University of Nottingham)
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15:35 – 15:55 Break
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15:55 – 16:30 Session 5 – Measuring language dominance in bilinguals with CLAN (Prof. Jeanine Treffers-Daller, University of Reading and Tomasz Korybski, University of the West of England, Bristol)
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16:30 – 16:40 Closing remarks
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16:40 – 17:00 SIG AGM
Location and Travel
Campus Map - Room WT0.01 is located in Building 73 on this map.
You can see the room on the interactive map with the internet explorer.
Click here to find out how to get to the University of Warwick, at Coventry.
Bus Nr 12 (coming from the main bus station, and leaving the railway station on top of the bridge) stops conveniently at Kirby Corner, Westwood.
Registration for the conference is now closed.
(including refreshments and lunch)
- Full-time students: £20
- BAAL members: £25
- Language Testing Forum attendees: £25
- Non BAAL members: £30
The registration deadline is
Monday 7th November 2011.
Payment method
Payment must be made by cheque. Cheques should be made payable to ‘BAAL Testing Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group’. Send your cheque by post with your registration form to: Fumiyo Nakatsuhara, Room 125 CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire, Putteridge Bury Campus, Hitchin Rd, Luton LU2 8LE
Payment at the registration desk: Only by prior agreement may payment be made at the registration desk (see more details in the registration form).
Presentation Guidelines
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