20 – 22 November 2009

The 2009 Language Testing Forum was hosted by the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment at the University’s Putteridge Bury conference centre from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November 2009.

The Forum is an annual specialist conference for language testing researchers working at the major examining boards and universities in the UK and across the world. With sixty-eight participants, this year’s Forum at the University of Bedfordshire attracted over twice as many delegates as the previous year.

In line with the conference theme of Frameworks and Levels of Proficiency, John Trim from the Council of Europe reflected on his experience as an author of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and there was discussion of the innovative socio-cognitive framework for test validation developed by CRELLA researchers now being used to revise the English Reference Level descriptors for the Council of Europe in the English Profile. There were a further 15 paper presentations including contributions from leading international figures such as Prof Alan Davies (University of Edinburgh), Prof Pauline Rea-Dickins (University of Bristol), Prof Jon de Jong (University of Amsterdam) and Prof Charles Alderson (Lancaster University) as well as 12 poster presentations.

The success of the Forum reflects the growing recognition of CRELLA as a centre of excellence in the field of language assessment and the continuing popularity of Putteridge Bury as a conference venue.

Papers

Poster Presentations

Photos

• John Trim's guest lecture 1 - JPG 8.7 MB
• John Trim's guest lecture 2 - JPG 8.6 MB
• John Trim's guest lecture 3 - JPG 8.7 MB
• John Trim's guest lecture 4 - JPG 10.7 MB
• John Trim's guest lecture 5 - JPG 9.7 MB
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• John Trim's guest lecture 7 - JPG 249.2 KB
• Group photo 1 - JPG 491.9 KB
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• Group photo 6 - JPG 395.5 KB