ALTAANZ Conference
"Innovative Language Assessment: Challenges and Complexity"
Date: 9-10th November, 2012
Venue: Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney
The Association for
Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ)
conference will take place from November 9-10, 2012 in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The
University of Sydney, with pre-conference workshops held on November
8, 2012.
Plenary Speakers
Carol Chapelle (Iowa State University)
John Read (University
of Auckland)
Carsten Roever (University of Melbourne)
Each of these speakers will also deliver a workshop prior to the
conference, with topics including assessing vocabulary, argument-based validity,
and assessing pragmatics.
The conference has
been designed to facilitate a focus on research and researchers on
Friday 9th, with a policy symposium, works-in-progress session and a
research methods strand, and a focus on teachers and the role of
assessment in teaching and learning on Saturday 10th, with two
symposia on classroom-based assessment. In addition, papers on formative
assessment in classroom contexts, post-entry language testing and support, and
assessment literacy have been scheduled on the Saturday.
Thus the
conference will be relevant to both teachers and researchers with an interest in
language assessment.
One day registration is available, and the
early bird registration closes on September 30th.
Further information (including the conference program, registration and workshop)
www.altaanz.org
Map to Faculty of Education and Social Work
The Faculty of Education and Social Work is located on the Camperdown Campus. It is in the Education Building (A35) on Manning Road and is between the Old Teachers’ College and Manning Bar. To obtain a map, visit:
