7:30

Registration

Time

Regal Hall 1

South Hall1

North Hall 1

North Hall 2

9:00-10:30

Workshop 1

(Sponsored by Educational Testing Service)

Automated Feedback on Spoken and Written Language Production

Lin Gu & Keelan Evanini (Educational Testing Service)

Moderator: Yasuyo Sawaki (Waseda University)

Workshop 2

(Sponsored by the British Council)

Using Online Resources to Identify Suitable Reading Texts for Learning and Assessment

Barry O’Sullivan & Tan Jin (British Council / Sun Yat-sen University)

Moderator: David Qian
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Workshop 3 
(Sponsored by the British Council)

Rating Scale Development

Ute Knoch (The University of Melbourne)

Moderator: Jirada Wudthayagorn, (Chulalongkorn University)

10:30-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:00

Workshop 1 (cont.)

Workshop 2 (cont.)

Workshop 3 (cont.)

12:00-13:30

Lunch break

13:30-15:00

Workshop 1 (cont.)

Workshop 2 (cont.)

Workshop 4

(Sponsored by Cambridge Assessment)

Assessing Reading: Frameworks, Models, Checklists & Top Tips

Hanan Khalifa (Cambridge Assessment)

Moderator: Jirada Wudthayagorn, (Chulalongkorn University)

AALA Executive Board Meeting

15:00-15:15

Coffee break (Stadium Café)

15:15-16:30

Workshop 1 (cont.)

Workshop 2 (cont.)

Workshop 4 (cont.)

AALA Executive Board Meeting (cont.)

18:00

Reception Dinner (Crystal Ballroom)

7:30

Registration

Time

Regal Hall

9:00-9:20

Opening

9:20-9:30

Awards Ceremony

Awards Presenter: Antony John Kunnan (University of Macau)

9:30-10:30

Keynote Speech (Sponsored by the British Council)

From Standards to Operational Rating Criteria: Exploring the Issue of Context in Scale Design

Ute Knoch (The University of Melbourne)

Moderator: Yan Jin (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

10:30-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-11:35

Plenary Speech 1 (Sponsored by Educational Testing Service)

Language Standards – Putting the Construct Definition in the Spotlight

Xiaoming Xi (Educational Testing Service)

Moderator: Jianda Liu (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies)

11:35-11:40

Break

11:40-12:30

Plenary Speech 2 (Sponsored by the British Council)

Localisation

Barry O’Sullivan (British Council)

Moderator: David Qian (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

12:30-13:40

Stadium Café

South Hall 1

Lunch

Graduate Student Networking Lunch

Parallel Paper Sessions 1-3

Time

Regal Hall 1

Regal Hall 5

Regal Hall 4

Pujiang

Hall

South Hall 1

North Hall 1

13:40-14:05

Grade-related Differential Item Functioning in GEPT-Kids Listening

Linyu Liao

Setting Chinese College Students’ Performance Standard on English Finals and Examining the Reliability and Standard Errors of the Cutting-scores

Yuan Yao & Jinyan Huang

Setting Standards for Portfolio Assessment in Chinese College English Class: Implications for Language Teachers' Assessment Literacy

Hua Wang

How Literate are Teachers in Goa in Assessment? Questionnaire Survey Analysis and beyond

Rama Mathew

Promoting L2 English Learners’ Reading Proficiency Through Computerized Dynamic Assessment

Yanfeng Yang

Working Towards Professional Standards for Language Test Developers in China: A Survey of Teachers’ Perceptions of Language Testing Practice

Jason Fan

14:10-14:35

The Reconceptualization and Redesign of Assessment Scoring Rubrics for University-level ESL Courses

Alan Urmston

Feedback on Speaking Performance in an Assessment Context

Lin Gu, Pamela Mollaun & Jorge Beltrán

Developing Data-driven Standards for Adapting Source Texts of Academic Reading Tests

Kai Guo & Tan Jin

Whose Standard Is It? Redefinition of Standardized Tests for ELF Users

Wei-Feng Liu

Dynamic Assessment of Reading Proficiency among L2 Learners of English

Yanfeng Yang, David Qian & Wenwu Long

Implementing Continuous Rater Standardisation on a Large English for Academic Purposes Assessment at a Sino-foreign University

Jeanne OConnell & Ricky Jeffrey

14:40-15:05

Assessing Strategic Competence of Young Language Learners in Oral Communication Using a Scenario-based Self-assessment Scale

Jun Wang

Assessment of Primary Chinese EFL Learners' Oral and Aural Language Skills and Their Relations to the National English Curriculum Standards Targets

Xi Lian

Language Assessment Literacy for Korean Teachers of English

Youngsoon So

British Council China Item Writing Training and Its Role in Improving Participant Language Assessment Literacy

Dylan Burton, Olena Rossi & Philip Horne

The Construction of Computerized Dynamic Assessment（C-DA） Model for EFL Listening

Dan Liu & Yaru Meng

Theory-based Approach to Writing Assessment: A Conceptual Framework for Assessment Design and Development

Cecilia Guanfang Zhao

15:05-15:20

Coffee break

Parallel Paper Sessions 4-7

15:20-15:45

Classroom-based Language Assessment: A Comparative Review Study

Hang Sun & Mengjie Xu

Interactive Spoken English Demands for English-medium Instruction in Tertiary Education: A Case Study of Taiwan

Anita Lin

Constructing Standards for Diagnostic Assessment of Evidence Use in Presentation: A Case Study

Zhan Shi, Jing Chen & Tan Jin

Investigating the validation approaches in language testing: Perspectives from Standards and Educational Measurement

Kaizhou Luo

Standardizing the Computerized Version of the Vietnamese Standardized Tests of English Proficiency (VSTEP.3-5)

Quynh Nguyen, Yen Nguyen, Thao Nguyen & Sao Bui

The Development of a Data-driven Rubric for Assessing English Academic Presentation Competence

Ying Long & Pengpeng Feng

15:50-16:15

Standards for Developing Writing Assessments

Liz Hamp-Lyons

Standards in Developing Legal Translation Assessments

Haiping Wang

Standards for EFL Teachers' Assessment Knowledge Revisited

Hossein Farhady

Read and Know, Reason, Question and Create—The "FLTRP· ETIC Cup" English Reading Contest in Enriching Learning and Empowering Teaching

Shishi Zhang

The Applicable Standard Exploration of Language Assessment in Local Universities

Zhumei Lin

Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of L2 Linguistic Complexity Measures

Hang Li

16:20-16:45

A Generalizability Analysis of Japanese EFL Students' Performance on Argumentative Writing Tasks

Kana Matsumura

Examining the Equivalence of Two Picture-based Listening Tasks for Chinese Eighth Graders

Luna Yang & Zunmin Wu

The Impact of Formative Assessment on Young English Learners' Motivation and Achievement in China

Jiawei Zhang

Alignment of the Standards-based Tests in Asia: TEPS and GEPT Comparison

Rachel Wu, Euijin Lim, Cecilia Liao, Heesung Jun, Jayoung Kim, Ingrid Chao, Grace Chen, Lynn Pan & Heokseung Kwon

Construct Validation of a Receptive Test of Collocational Knowledge: Complementary Use of CTT and Many-facet Rasch Measurement

Ivy Chen

Validating a Rating Scale for Summary Writing Using a Mixed-method Approach

Xuefeng Wu

16:50-17:15

Improving Language Scales through Alignment Studies: the Case of the China’s Standards of English

Wei Jie

The Relationships between EFL Learners' Strategy Use and Writing Test Performance

Naihsin Li & Jessica Wu

Reading Ability and Text Complexity: Do English-medium Schools Prepare Students for International Texts and Exams?

Alistair Van Moere, Heather Koons, Jamie Dunlea & Richard Spiby

Aligning China's Standards of English (CSE) with CEFR

Chuan Peng & Jianda Liu

What’s Going on in the Minds of Test-takers during a Simulated Two-way Discussion of the IELTS Speaking Test?

Christina Judy Fernandez

Validation of a Public Speaking Rubric at Tertiary Level in Mainland China: An Argument-based Approach

Li Liu & Guodong Jia

17:15-17:30

Group Photo

18:30

Cruise Banquet (Boarding the Shuttle to Shiliu Pu Pier, No. 551 Zhongshan Rd. E-2)

Time

Regal Hall

9:00-9:50

Plenary Speech 3 (Sponsored by Cambridge Assessment)

Setting Standards for Language Learning and Assessment – A Multilingual Perspective

Nick Saville (University of Cambridge)

Moderator: Zunmin Wu (Beijing Normal University)

9:50-10:05

Coffee break

Parallel Paper Sessions 8-11

Time

Regal Hall

South Hall 1

North Hall 1

10:05-10:30

Special Session – Symposium: Standards-based Assessment for Diagnostic Purposes in Schools and Colleges

Chair: Zunmin Wu

Discussant: Jianda Liu

Presenters: Chunqing Zhang

          Liang Zhao

          Hang Sun & Yan Jin

          Jiuliang Li & Luxia Qi

Identifying the Level-distinguishing Features of the Reading Subscale of China's Standards of English Using Text Mining

Hongwen Cai

An Alignment Story of a High Stakes Examination in Bangladesh: A Washback Perspective

Nasreen Sultana

10:35-11:00

Investigating the Consequential Validity of the Test of English for Academic Purposes (TEAP) Test in the Japanese High School Context

David Allen & Diane Nagatomo

Predicting EAL Academic Ability: Implications for Vocabulary Assessment

Gavin Brooks & Jon Clenton

11:05-11:30

Standards in and out: Setting Rubrics for a Task Assessing Core Competencies

Yumei Zhang & Shaoqian Luo

Validity Standards in Language Testing Research and Language in Validity Standards

Ramsey Cardwell & Meltem Yumsek

11:35-12:00

Are The Stakeholders Ready for the Coming Senior High School English Achievement Test?

Lei Zhang

Linking the TEM-8 Summary Writing to the China's Standards of English

Mengjie Xu & Hang Sun

Investigating the Accuracy and Usefulness of an Automated Writing Evaluation System for Formative Assessment of L2 Writing

Limei Zhang

12:00-13:00

Stadium Café

Regal Hall

Lunch

AALA General Membership Meeting

Time

Crystal Ballroom

13:00-14:00

Poster Session

Chairs: Thi Ngoc Quynh Nguyen (Vietnam National University); Alan Urmston (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

1. Investigating Local Dependence in a Large-Scale English Proficiency Test

   Euijin Lim (Seoul National University ), Jayoung Kim (Gyeonggi Institute of Education ) & Heesung Jun (Seoul National University)

    

2. A Low Proficiency Test of Expeditious Reading

   Fan Chen (Nanjing University of Information Science and technology)

    

3. The Relative Significance of Aural Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension

   Dongjing Han (Shenzhen Polytechnic)

    

4. Analyzing Speaking Tasks: Lexical Knowledge and Fluency in Monologic and Dialogic Speaking Tasks

   Dion Clingwall (Prefectural University of Hiroshima)

    

5. Standards in Language Assessment: Investigating Lexical Frequency Profiles from Vocabulary and Speaking Tasks

   Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser & Dion Clingwall (Hiroshima University)

    

6. Chinese Students’ Interpretation and Use of TOEFL Speaking Rubrics

   Yanping Deng (Waseda University)

    

7. The Development of an English Test to Measure Critical Thinking Ability

   Hiroki Maeda, Takeshi Kato, Akiyo Hirai, Hideaki Oka & Naoki Takebayashi (University of Tsukuba)

    

8. An Investigation into the Validity of the Cut Scores of the VSTEP.3-5 Listening Test

   Yen Nguyen (Vietnam National University)

    

9. Assessing Critical Thinking in the English for Academic Purposes Classroom: Benchmarked Objective Criteria for Argumentative Written Texts

   Seth Hartigan (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)

    

10. A Systematic Review of Washback Studies in the Japanese Context: A Replication of Cheng, Sun, and Ma (2015)

    Tatsuro Tahara (Waseda University)

     

11. Developing Standards for Assessments at an EMI Course – to Make What is Taken for Granted Come True

    Quynh Nguyen & Nguyen Thi Thanh Van (Vietnam National University)

     

12. Constructing Standards of EAP Assessment for Chinese EFL Learners of Finance and Economics Majors at University Level

    Wenjie Shi (Central University of Finance and Economics)

     

13. A Test Review on the English Test for International Communication (ETIC) – An Assessment Use Argument Evaluation

    Xuelian Zhu (Sichuan International Studies University / Nanyang Technological University)

     

14. Interpreting Vocabulary Knowledge Task Scores: Implications for Vocabulary Assessment Development

    Hosam Elmetaher (Hiroshima Shudo University ) & Jon Clenton (Hiroshima University)

     

15. Improving English teachers’ classroom assessment literacy: the use of assessment questionnaire

    Xuelian Li (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies)

14:00-14:05

Break

14:05-14:55

Plenary Speech 4 (Sponsored by Liulishuo)

Developing Guidelines for Practice for Language Assessment in Asia: Principles and Methodology

Yan Jin (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) & Jessica Wu (The Language Training and Testing Center)

Moderator: Yong-Won Lee (Seoul National University)

14:55-15:10

Closing

Yan Jin, Local Chair of 2018 AALA Conference(Shanghai Jiao Tong University)