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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

The PowerPoints of the presentations will soon be posted on the EALTA website.

Thursday 27th May

17.00 – 19.00

Registration

19.00 – 21.00

Reception


Friday 28th May

09.00 – 09.45

Keynote Paper
Gordon Stobart: Assessment for Learning

09.45 – 10.15

Eli Moe, Lisbeth Brevik: CLIL – some teaching and testing results

10.15 – 10.45

Jamie Dunlea, Neus Figueras: Replicating a CEFR test comparison project across continents

10.45 – 11.15

Coffee break

11.15 – 11.45

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

11.45 – 12.15

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

12.15 – 12.45

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

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch
 

14.00 – 14.30

Karin Vogt: Adaptations of CEF descriptors to local contexts

14.30 – 15.00

Cecilie Carlsen: Linking a computer learner corpus to the CEFR

15.00 – 15.30

Glyn Jones, Kirsten Ackermann: Using CEF-derived guidelines in test development and assessment

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 16.30

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

16.30 – 17.00

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

17.00 – 17.30

June Eyckmans: Translation assessment within a common European framework?

18.00 – 19.30

Sightseeing Tour


Saturday 29th May

09.00 – 09.30

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

09.30 – 10.00

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

10.00 – 10.30

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

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.20

Claudia Harsch: An examination of difficulty-determining characteristics in reading and listening tasks
Gabor Szabo, Györgyi Együd, Zoltán Kiszely: Comparing the Hungarian School-Leaving Exam with International Language Examinations

11.20 – 11.40

Elizabeth Guerin: LTA literacy throughout Europe – findings from collaborative research Bruce Howell, Carolyn Westbrook :Co-operation between UK universities: designing pre-entry English assessments

11.40 – 12.00

Anders Johannessen Fikke: English tests for very young school pupils
Joni Oyserman, Laura Sadlier: 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 Harmony or conflict? Language activities, linguistic competencies, and intellectual functioning in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

14.45 – 15.15

Riikka Alanen, Ari Huhta: 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

20.00 – 23.00

Conference dinner


Sunday 30th May

09.00 – 09.30

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

09.30 – 10.00

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

10.00 – 10.30

Dina Tsagari: Linking textbooks to the CEFR: a collaborative approach

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.30

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

11.15 – 12.15

Keynote Paper: Felianka Kaftandjieva Memorial Lecture
Jan-Eric Gustafsson: Dimensionality of observations and referent generality of constructs

 

Farewell
 
 

 

 

Speakers and Abstracts

EALTA website


26-3-2012More information? ealta2010@cito.nl