University of Gothenburg, Department of Education,
Language and Literature Unit
P.O. Box 300, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Fax: +46 (0)31 786 2380
P.O. Box 300, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Fax: +46 (0)31 786 2380
The Fourth Annual Conference of EALTA, Sitges, Spain, 15th - 17th June, 2007
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Thursday 14th June
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17.00 – 19.00 |
Registration at The Hotel Calipolis |
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19.30 |
Reception: welcome from the EALTA Executive Committee and the Conference Organisers |
Friday 15th June
| 09.00 – 09.45 | Keynote Paper: Rainer Lehman: Coding open responses: some open questions. Presentation (PDF 580 KB) |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | Jayanti Banerjee, Florencia Franceschina, and Anne Margaret Smith:
How do features of written language production interact at different
performance levels? Presentation (PDF 191 KB) Handout (PDF 116 KB) |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Cyril J Weir: Cognitive parameters in developing reading tests. Presentation (PDF 206 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.15 – 11.45 |
Joanna Anckar: Fruits of the happy union of quality and quantity:
Analysis of an MC-test of listening comprehension. Presentation (PDF 2 MB) |
| 11.45 – 12.15 | Alan Davies: Native Speakers and Native Users. Handout (PDF 123 KB) |
| 12.15 – 12.45 | Mary K Enright, Carol A Chapelle and Joan Jamieson: From validation
research to a validity argument. Presentation (PDF 1.3 MB) |
| Lunch | |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Gudrun Erickson and Lisbeth Åberg-Bengtsson: A collaborative
approach to national test development. Presentation (PDF 2.8 MB) |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Hans Anand Pant and Miriam Vock: Validity of a Test of English
as a Second Language – The test-takers’ perspective. Presentation (PDF 3.9 MB) |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Catherine Elder and Janet van Randow: A ‘before-after’
validation study of an English language screening tool. Presentation (PDF 290 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Vivienne May and Karen Ashton: ‘Small rewarding steps’:
Assessing learners and supporting teachers in UK classrooms. Presentation (PDF 2.4 MB) |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Dianne Wall and Tania Horák: Good practice in designing
impact studies. Presentation (PDF 357 KB) |
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19.00 |
Walking tour of old Sitges |
Saturday 16th June
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Tim McNamara: Citizenship language testing and the
limits of ‘fairness’. Presentation (PDF 1.8 MB) |
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| 09.30 – 10.00 | Mirja Tarnanen and Ari Huhta: First and foreign language
assessment practices at schools. Presentation (PDF 1.2 MB) |
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| Comfort break | ||
| 10.10 – 10.30 Work-in-progress parallel sessions |
Nigel Downey and Charalambos Kollias: Standard setting
for grammar items at Level C1. Presentation (PDF 728 KB) |
Inmaculada Sanz and Miguel Fernandez: A new English
component for the Spanish University Entrance Exam. Presentation (PDF 1.7 MB) |
| 10.30 – 10.50 Work-in-progress parallel sessions |
Erna Gille and Gunter Maris: The road to European
B1-items: EBAFLS. Presentation (PDF 1.2 MB), Table (PDF 18 KB) |
Helen Slatyer, Catherine Elder and Kehui Luo: Rater
reliability in the context of translator assessment. Presentation (PDF 67 KB) |
| 10.50 – 11.10 Work-in-progress parallel sessions |
Reidun Oanæs Andersen: Correlation study between
a university exam and a proficiency test in Norwegian as a foreign
language. Presentation (PDF 551 KB) |
Miriam Hallissey and Sue Hackett: Developing an EAP
Exam for an Irish Context. Abstract (PDF 73 KB) |
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Cecilie Carlsen and Eli Moe: A Human Touch
to Language Testing. Presentation
(PDF 11.1 MB)
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| Coffee break | ||
| 11.40 – 12.00 Work-in-progress parallel sessions |
Rita Green and Daniela Neumann: Training teachers to develop
tasks in line with national standards and the CEFR. Presentation (PDF 227 KB) |
Aylin Unaldi: Text Selection: a neglected area. Presentation (PDF 657 KB) Handout (PDF 143 KB) |
| 12.00 – 12.20 Work-in-progress parallel sessions |
Evelyn Reichard, José Noijons and Gunter Maris: International
benchmarking of videotaped oral performances in terms of the CEFR:
Experiences and challenges. Presentation (PDF 703 KB) |
Ritva Aho and Sauli Takala: Aligning content, teaching and assessment
in tertiary-level language education. Presentation (PDF 200 KB) |
| 12.20 – 12.40 Work-in-progress parallel sessions |
Sarah Guth and Erik Castello: Developing an inter-faculty B1
English Language test. Presentation (PDF 1.5 MB) |
Karien Hattingh: Validating the assessment of ESL writing in
South Africa. Presentation (PDF 116 KB) |
| 12.40 – 13.40 | Poster session | |
| Lunch | ||
| 15.00 – 15.45 | Keynote Paper: Joan Mateo, Conxita Mayós
and Neus Figueras: Language assessment to improve teaching practice
in mainstream education: The Catalan experience. Presentation (PDF 1.1 MB) |
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| 15.45 – 17.15 | EALTA Annual General Meeting | |
| 17.15– 18.00 | The GGP Group: Charles Alderson, Claudia Beccheroni,
Gyoergyi Egyud, Gudrun Erickson, Neus Figueras and Rob van Krieken:
Implementing EALTA’s Guidelines for Good Practice in Language
Testing and Assessment. Presentation (PDF 215 KB), Multilingual (PDF 305 KB) |
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18.00 |
Refreshments |
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19.00 |
Conference dinner (departure from the Hotel Lobby) |
Sunday 17th June
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Claudia Harsch and Rita Green: The challenge of constructing a valid writing assessment system based on the CEFR. Presentation (PDF 245 KB) |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | John de Jong: Procedures for relating tests to the CEFR. Presentation (PPS 2 MB) |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Spiros Papageorgiou: Defining good practice in relating exams
to the CEFR. Presentation (PDF 579 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | SYMPOSIUM – THE CEFR IN EUROPE AND BEYOND: EXPERIENCES
AND CHALLENGES Chairs: Brian North and Tim McNamara Gabriele Kecker and Thomas Eckes: Linking the TestDaF to the CEFR: The Case of Writing Proficiency. Presentation (PDF 872 KB) Richard Tannenbaum and Caroline Wylie: Benchmarking the TOEFL© to the Common European Framework of Reference: Methodology and Findings. Presentation (PDF 564 KB) Jessica R W Wu and Rachel Y F Wu: Using the CEFR in Taiwan: The Perspective of a Local Examination Board. Presentation (PDF 2.6 MB) Brian North: Response (PDF 116 KB) Tim McNamara: Response (PDF 464 KB) |
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12.30 |
Farewell and brunch (courtesy of Conference sponsors) |
Poster presentations
| Khaled Barkaoui and Ibtissem Knouzi | What they value: Demystifying EFL teachers’ writing assessment criteria |
| Beth Brewer and C Ray Graham | Testing vocabulary breadth: A C-test approach |
| Barbara Hinger | We test what we teach, but do learners acquire what
we test? Poster (PDF 106 KB) |
| Olena Petrashchuk | Large scale benchmarking testing: Good practice in Ukraine |
| Doreen Spiteri | Not yet very good, but better: Improving a national examination |
| Monika Stawicka | Standardizing preliminary examinations in English
for university students Poster (PDF 1.1 MB) |
| Hans Juergen Heringer and Claudia Harsch | Constructing an automated scorer for the assessment of written learner-production |
| Micheál Ó Dúill and Jan Mayer |
Good practice: Is there a gold standard? |
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