Resources
Materials
| Title | Author(s) | Year of Publication | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation of EALTA (2017) | 2017 | Presentation of EALTA PDF 225 KB | |
| J.B. Carroll (1954); Notes on the Measurement of Achievement in Foreign Languages. | J.B. Carroll | 2015 |
J.B. Carroll Notes |
| PROFILE-G A computer program (DOS-application) for Profile Analysis. The included manual gives a theoretical introduction and instructions to use the program. |
Norman Verhelst | 2012 | Profile-G (Zip-file, 675 KB, contains an exe-file for pc and documentation) |
| Putting the CEFR to Good Use. Selected articles by the presenters of the IATEFL TEA SIG and EALTA Conference; Barcelona, Spain, October, 2010 |
Judith Mader & Zeynep Urkun (eds.) | 2011 |
Barcelona Conference Report |
| CoE materials (By special permission of the Council of Europe; Copyright CoE) | |||
| Breakthrough Specification (unpublished) | John Trim | 2009 | CoE Breakthrough |
| Waystage 1990 (CUP) | J.A. van Ek & John Trim | 1991/1998 | CoE Waystage |
| Threshold 1990 (CUP) | J.A. van Ek & John Trim | 1991/1998 | CoE Threshold |
| Vantage (CUP) | J.A. van Ek & John Trim | 2001 | CoE Vantage |
| The MPI program A DOS-application that computes the misplacement index as described in Kaftandjieva (2010) (below) |
Norman Verhelst | 2010 | The MPI-package (Zip-file, 181 KB, contains an exe-file for pc and documentation) |
| Methods for Setting Cut Scores in Criterion-referenced
Achievement Tests A comparative analysis of six recent methods with an application to tests of reading in EFL |
Felianka Kaftandjieva Sauli Takala Norman Verhelst (eds.) |
2010 | Felianka Kaftandjieva's second doctorate (PDF 4 MB) |
| Linking to the CEFR levels: Research perspectives | Neus Figueras & José Noijons (eds.) | 2009 | Research Colloquium report (PDF 1.1 MB) |
| Compilation of descriptors at levels C1-C2 PowerPoint presentation |
Dr. Brian North | 2007 | C2
_C1 descriptors (PDF 805 kb) B North Presentation Sèvres 2007 (PDF 324 kb) |
| European Survey of Language Testing and Assessment Needs. Report: part two - regional findings |
Ari Huhta, Tuija Hirvelä (Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä) & Jayanti Banerjee (Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University) | 2005 | Report (external link) |
| European Survey of Language Testing and Assessment Needs. Report: part one – general findings |
Angela Hasselgreen, Cecilie Carlsen & Hildegunn Helness, University of Bergen | 2004 | survey-report-pt1
(PDF 88 KB) |
| Some European Students' and Teachers' Views on Language Testing and Assessment (ENLTA policy and practice survey report) | Gudrun Erickson and Jan-Eric Gustafsson, Göteborg University, Sweden | 2005 | ENLTA
Activity 4 Report (PDF 123 kb) |
| Readings on test-takers’ views of assessment | Compiled by Sauli Takala and Anja Agander | 2005 | LitSch-TakersView
(PDF 125 kb) |
| General bibliography on language testing and assessment | Compiled by ENLTA project members | 2005 | ENLTA-bibliography
(PDF 177 kb) |
| Annotated bibliography on alternative assessment | Constance Tsagari | 2004 | AnnoBib-Altern (PDF 59 kb) |
| Webinars | |||
| Developing rating scales for integrated assessment tasks | Dr. Sathena Chan (CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire) | 21st November 2017 |
Slides (PDF 716 KB) |
| Item Response Theory: Basic Notions | Norman Verhelst | 13th January 2017 | Video (mp4 233 MB) Slides (PDF 433 KB) Excel file (XLS 119 KB) |
| Test Theory: Basic Notions | Norman Verhelst | 28th October 2016 | Video (mp4 211 MB) Slides (PDF 430 KB) |
Conference Materials
EALTA Events
| Year | Event | Materials Available |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5th Meeting of the EALTA CEFR SIG, 27 February, 2018, Dublin | Report (PDF) |
| 2018 | 1st EALTA Winter School, 6-10 January, 2018, Innsbruck | Materials (HTML) Feedback (PDF) |
| 2017 | Joint Meeting of the EALTA Special Interest Groups Assessment of Writing and Assessment for Academic Purposes, 17-18 November, 2017 | Programme (PDF) Presentations (HTML) |
| 2017 | 4th Meeting of the EALTA CEFR SIG, 11 February 2017, London | Programme and presentations (PDF) Presentations & Summaries (HMTL) Photo Gallery |
| 2016 | 7th CLBA SIG Symposium, 19th November, Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 211 KB) Lecture and workshop slides Photo Gallery |
| 2016 | EALTA's fourth Summer School at the University of Innsbruck, Austria from 18 to22 July 2016. | Programme (318 KB) Materials Evaluation Report (PDF 335 KB) |
| 2015 | 6th CLBA SIG Symposium, 31st October, Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 184 KB) Lecture and workshop slides |
| 2015 | EALTA SIG Seminar Assessing Writing/ EAP Assessment University of Warwick |
Programme (PDF 451 KB) Presentations Evaluation Report (PDF 361 KB) |
| 2014 | 5th CLBA SIG Symposium, 1st November, Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 229 KB) Lecture and workshop slides Photo Gallery |
| 2014 | EALTA's third Summer School at the Università per Stranieri di Siena, Italy | Programme (PDF 783 KB) Materials Evaluation Report (PDF 253 KB) Photo Gallery |
| 2013 | 4th CLBA SIG Symposium, 1-2 November, Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 235 KB) Lecture and workshop slides Photo Gallery |
| 2012 | 3rd CLBA SIG Symposium, 2-3 November, Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 214 KB) Lecture and workshop slides Photo Gallery |
| 2012 | EALTA's second Summer School at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden | Programme (PDF 111 KB) Materials Evaluation Report Photo Gallery |
| 2012 | Joint meeting of the EALTA Special Interest Groups for the Assessment of Writing and the Assessment for Academic Purposes; The Middle East Technical University, Dept of Modern Languages; Ankara, Turkey | Information (PDF 44 KB) Programme & Abstracts (PDF 314 KB) Presentations |
| 2011 | 2nd EALTA Classroom-Based Language Assessment SIG Symposium; Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 143 KB) Lecture and workshop slides Evaluation comments (PDF 110 KB) Photo Gallery |
| 2011 | 1st EALTA Testing and Assessment for Academic Purposes SIG Meeting; Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey | Programme (PDF 145 KB) Presentations |
| 2010 | 1st EALTA Assessing Writing SIG Symposium; Centre of Applied Linguistcs, University of Warwick, UK | Participants and Programme (PDF 290 KB) Evaluation report (PDF 155 KB) Photo Gallery |
| 2010 | A joint IATEFL and EALTA conference titled Putting the CEFR to Good Use, Barcelona. | Programme and presentations (PDF with linked files) Evaluation report (PDF 253 KB) |
| 2010 | 1st EALTA Classroom-Based Language Assessment SIG Symposium; Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus | Programme and abstracts (PDF 128 KB) Lecture and workshop slides Evaluation comments (PDF 98 KB) Photo Gallery |
| 2010 | EALTA's first Summer School at the Norwegian Study Centre, University of York, UK | Programme (PDF 252 KB) Evaluation Report (PDF 249 KB) Photo Gallery |
EALTA-funded Events
| Year | Event | Materials Available |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Workshop series: Communicative Language Assessment: Promoting Best Practice for English Language Classrooms | Report (PDF 982 KB) |
| 2017 | First meeting of the Spanish Special Interest Group in Language Testing and Assessment | Report (PDF 10 KB) Programme (PDF 278 KB) |
| 2017 | Conference and workshops: ‘Testing and Language Progress Assessment: traditions and innovations’ Surgut State University, Surgut, Russian Federation |
Report (1.6MB PDF) |
| 2016 | Comasan Labhairt ann an Gaidhlig workshop, Glasgow, UK | Report (PDF 495 KB) |
| 2016 | Workshop 'Promoting fair assessment practices in university classrooms in Ukraine', Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine | Report (PDF 1.3 MB) Materials (weblink) |
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