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Versant: Project to relate the Versant placement test to the CEFR
NCK University Taiwan and British Council: Researching capacity of NCK University, Taiwan, in terms of its readiness for internationalisation. A similar project was carried out in Vietnam.
English Profile Speaking Test analysis: Analysing language functions elicited in speaking test discourse.
Tempus V: Developing undergraduate teacher training programmes for Russian universities.
UCLEB Test development consultation: Consulting for the University of Central Lancashire Examination Boards on improvements to their suite of EFL tests.
TEAP Speaking Project: Developing and validating a speaking component of a new admission test for Japanese colleges and universities
TEAP Writing Project: A review of the washback concept in language education with particular implications for Japan and the STEP organisation.
Effects of pre-task planning on paired speaking test performance before and after study-abroad experience.
GEPT Writing project-cognitive processing: Examining the contextual and cognitive validity of the GEPT Advanced Level writing task
Password Listening Test: Proposal for a listening component to supplement the Password test.
Trinity GESE: Examining examiner interventions in relation to the listening demands they make on candidates in the GESE Exams
TEMPUS IV: Promoting sustainable excellence in testing and assessment of English.
Metadiscourse analysis: researching Cambridge language test in terms of their metadiscourse features at difference levels.
British Council Research symposium: Advising the ministry of Education, Malaysia on Classroom-based assessment.
The British Council (ELTRPA) Researching cognitive processes during computer-based reading tests
Cambridge ESOL Examinations Investigating learners’ cognitive processes during computer-based CAE reading tests
European Union (TEMPUS) Macedonian as a Foreign Language Curriculum Upgrade: TEMAK
The British Council/IELTS: The relationship between test-takers’ listening proficiency and their performance on the IELTS Speaking test, IELTS Research Programme 2009-2010
The British Council Evaluative project: English in bilingual education in East Asia
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Investigating effects of pre-task planning between before and after study-abroad experience (with Dr. Ryo Nitta, Japan)
English Language Testing Ltd: Testing the English Language Skills of international students at the Foundation level
English Profile Project: Producing reference level descriptions for English Language learning. (continuation of work started in 2006)
European Union (Lifelong Learning): English Profile Network
The British Council/IELTS: An Investigation of the Process of Writing IELTS Academic Reading Test Items
English Language Testing Ltd Testing the English Language Skills of international Students at the Foundation level
The British Council Reading component of placement test for the British Council’s international language teaching centres
Cambridge ESOL Examinations: University Online English language course impact study (Italy)
Pedagogical Research Fund for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in Higher Education: The cognitive processes of second language academic readers
Pedagogical Research Fund for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in Higher Education Language Study skill and related issues facing international students in the first year of their MPhil / PhD studies
English Profile Project Discourse level functional progression in English language learning in the CEFR C1 and C2 proficiency band
The British Council/IELTS: The cognitive processes underlying the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS
Cambridge ESOL Examinations English language teacher ePortfolio design
British Council/IELTS: The relationship between the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS and the reading experiences of students in the first year of their courses at a British university
European Union Review of Quality Assurance in Language for Specific Purposes Estonia Latvia and Lithuania Project
Cambridge ESOL Examinations: Review of the Development of the Teaching Knowledge Test
Cambridge ESOL Examinations: Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) Exam Textbook Washbook Study
Cambridge ESOL Examinations/IELTS: IELTS impact study Phase 3
Cambridge ESOL Examinations: Does the computer make a difference? Reactions of candidates to a CBT versus traditional hand-written form of IELTS Writing component: effects and impact
Cambridge ESOL Examinations Progetto Lingue language teaching reform project impact study (Italy)
British Council/IELTS: Investigating the differences in cognitive processing in writing on a computer based test and on a pencil and paper test
British Council/IELTS: The impact of IELTS on the preparation classroom: stakeholder attitudes and practices as a response to test task demands
British Council/IELTS: IELTS User Survey project design
British Council/IELTS: Monitoring score gain on the IELTS Academic Writing Module in EAP programmes of varying duration
