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 Fifth Annual Conference of EALTA, Athens, Greece
PRE-CONFERENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
Standard Setting Research and its Relevance to the CEFR
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 6th May
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Registration and Welcome Neus Figueras |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | Opening session Jose Noijons, Johanna Panthier and Sauli Takala Mark Reckase, Neil Jones, Felianka Kaftandjieva and Gunter Maris: Standard setting theory and practice(s): Issues and difficulties Presentation (Reckase) (PDF 48 KB) Reckase, 2000: The evolution of the NAEP (PDF 290 KB) Presentation (Jones) (PDF 212 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.30 – 12.30 |
Jayanti Banerjee: The effect of stakeholder on standard setting decisions Presentation (PDF 242 KB) |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Spiros Papageorgiou: Analysing the decision making process of standard setting participants Presentation (PDF 196 KB) |
| Lunch | |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Cathy Taylor: Relating the Trinity College London GESE and ISE examinations to the CEFR Presentation (PDF 89 KB) |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Gunter Maris, José Noijons and Evelyn Reichard: Benchmarking of videotaped oral performances in terms of the CEFR Presentation (PDF 131 KB) |
Wednesday 7th May
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Karmen Pizorn: Designing Proficiency Levels for English for Primary and Secondary School students and the impact of the CEFR: A Slovenian experience. Presentation (PDF 579 KB) |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Taina Juurakko: Standard Setting in the Amkkia Project Presentation (PDF 415 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.30 – 12.30 |
Jamie Dunlea and Tomoki Matsudaira: Investigating the relationship between the EIKEN tests and the CEFR Presentation (PDF 387 KB) |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Rob van Krieken: Linking Scottish Qualification A’s ESOL Higher to the CEFR Presentation (PDF 163 KB) |
| Lunch | |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Elif Kantarcioglu and Carole Thomas: Bilkent University School of English Language COPE CEFR linking project Presentation (PDF 694 KB) |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Kollias Karambalos and Nigel Downey: Standard Setting for Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary and Reading of the Advanced Level Certificate in English (ALCE) Presentation (PDF 171 KB) |
Thursday 8th May
| 09.00 –10.00 | Eli Moe: How to make judges’ life easier? Presentation (PDF 154 KB) |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Open discussion |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.30 – 13.30 |
Colloquium Summing up by discussants and closing |
| Lunch | |
Research Colloquium Evaluation Report (PDF 66 KB)
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