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Conference Programme

The 7th Annual EALTA Conference
Collaboration in Language Testing and Assessment
The Hague, the Netherlands, 27-30 May, 2010
Hosted by Cito, Institute for Educational Measurement, the Netherlands

Thursday 27th May

 

Registration

 

Reception

Friday 28th May

09.00 – 09.45

Keynote Paper: Gordon Stobart

09.45 – 10.15

Moe: CLIL – some teaching and testing results

10.15 – 10.45

Dunlea: Replicating a CEFR test comparison project across continents (P76)

10.45 – 11.15

Coffee break

11.15 – 11.45

Van Moere: Usability testing with stakeholders in the development of a formative assessment of oral reading fluency

11.45 – 12.15

Bridgeman: Fairness Issues in the Use of Automated Essay Scores Across Cultures

12.15 – 12.45

Escudero: A collaboration model for Spanish as Second Language Certificate for immigrant workers

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch

 

14.00 – 14.30

Vogt: Adaptations of CEF descriptors to local contexts

14.30 – 15.00

Carlsen: Linking a computer learner corpus to the CEFR

15.00 – 15.30

Jones: Using CEF-derived guidelines in test development and assessment

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 16.30

Hidri: Static vs. Dynamic Assessment of Listening Comprehension for Learners of English in an EFL Context: Two Complementary Approaches

16.30 – 17.00

Rossa: Validity inquiry on the process level: Think-aloud data on listening task performance

17.00 – 17.30

Eyckman: Translation assessment within a common European framework?

Saturday 29th May

09.00 – 09.30

Green: Diving into the C levels. Towards reference level descriptions for English

09.30 – 10.00

Liontou: A closer look at strategic reading as a predictor of text difficulty

10.00 – 10.30

Eckes: Looking Beyond Rater Cognition: Operational Rater Types in Writing Performance Assessment

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.20

Harsch: An examination of difficulty-determining characteristics in reading and listening tasks

Szabo: Comparing the Hungarian School-Leaving Exam with International Language Examinations

11.20 – 11.40

Guerin: LTA literacy throughout Europe – findings from collaborative research

Howell: Co-operation between UK universities: designing pre-entry English assessments

11.40 – 12.00

Johannessen Fikke: English tests for very young school pupils

Van den Bogaerde: Collaboration in Sign Language Testing and Assessment

12.00 – 13.00

Poster session

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.45

Keynote Paper: Jan Hulstijn

14.45 – 15.15

Alanen: Combining language testing and second language acquisition research – insights from Project CEFLING

15.15 – 15.45

Coffee break

15.45 – 17.15

EALTA Annual General Meeting

 

Conference dinner

Sunday 30th May

09.00 – 09.30

Dragemark Oscarson: Collaboration in understanding results – Self-assessment of EFL writing

09.30 – 10.00

Léon: Assessing summaries from Secondary School students comparing human graders to LSA in different texts

10.00 – 10.30

Tsagari: Linking textbooks to the CEFR: a collaborative approach

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.30

Galaczi: Collaboration and symbiosis: Using statistics and expert judgement in rater training/standardisation materials

11.15 – 12.15

Keynote Paper: Jan-Eric Gustafsson

 

Farewell

 

 

 

 


10/12/2009More information? ealta2010@cito.nl