The 5th International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment
Conference Schedule
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October 18, 2018 (Thursday): Pre-Conference Workshops
Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel
7:30 |
Registration |
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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 |
Workshop 3 Rating Scale Development
Ute Knoch (The University of Melbourne) Moderator: Jirada Wudthayagorn, (Chulalongkorn University) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Coffee break |
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10:45-12:00 |
Workshop 1 (cont.)
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Workshop 2 (cont.)
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Workshop 3 (cont.)
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30-15:00 |
Workshop 1 (cont.)
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Workshop 2 (cont.)
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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) |
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15:15-16:30 |
Workshop 1 (cont.)
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Workshop 2 (cont.)
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Workshop 4 (cont.)
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AALA Executive Board Meeting (cont.) |
18:00 |
Reception Dinner (Crystal Ballroom) |
October 19, 2018 (Friday): Conference Day 1 Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel
7:30 |
Registration |
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Regal Hall |
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9:00-9:20 |
Opening |
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9:20-9:30 |
Awards Ceremony Awards Presenter: Antony John Kunnan (University of Macau) |
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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) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Coffee break |
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10:45-11:35
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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) |
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11:35-11:40 |
Break |
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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) |
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12:30-13:40
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Stadium Café |
South Hall 1 |
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Lunch |
Graduate Student Networking Lunch |
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Parallel Paper Sessions 1-3 |
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Time |
Regal Hall 1 |
Regal Hall 5 |
Regal Hall 4 |
Pujiang Hall |
South Hall 1 |
North Hall 1 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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15:05-15:20 |
Coffee break |
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Parallel Paper Sessions 4-7 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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17:15-17:30 |
Group Photo |
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18:30 |
Cruise Banquet (Boarding the Shuttle to Shiliu Pu Pier, No. 551 Zhongshan Rd. E-2) |
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October 20, 2018 (Saturday): Conference Day 2
Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel
Time |
Regal Hall |
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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) |
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9:50-10:05 |
Coffee break |
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Parallel Paper Sessions 8-11 |
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Regal Hall |
South Hall 1 |
North Hall 1 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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12:00-13:00 |
Stadium Café |
Regal Hall |
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Lunch |
AALA General Membership Meeting |
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Time |
Crystal Ballroom |
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13:00-14:00 |
Poster Session Chairs: Thi Ngoc Quynh Nguyen (Vietnam National University); Alan Urmston (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
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14:00-14:05 |
Break |
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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) |
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14:55-15:10 |
Closing Yan Jin, Local Chair of 2018 AALA Conference(Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
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