ALTAANZ CONFERENCE BEST STUDENT PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this award is to recognize the best paper presentation by a student at the ALTAANZ conference. The recipient will receive a certificate.
ELIGIBILITY:
Students are eligible for consideration if they:
CRITERIA:
Presentations will be judged on:
PAST WINNERS AND SELECTION COMMITTEES:
2012 – ALTAANZ conference in Sydney
Winner: Nick Zhiwei Bi, University of Sydney
Title: "Exploring the relationship between test-takers' lexicon-grammatical strategic processing and their test performance"
Selection Committee: Noriko Iwashita (Chair), Martin East, Anamaria Ducasse
2014 – ALTAANZ conference in Brisbane
Winner 1: Ali Rastgou, The University of Melbourne
Title: "Assessing the impact of teacher feedback on accuracy in the writing of EFL learners: A longitudinal study"
Winner 2: Chao Han, Macquarie University
Title: "Measuring rater variability in interpreter performance testing: Using Classical Test Theory, Generalizability Theory and Rasch Measurement."
Selection Committee: Martin East (chair), Susy Macqueen, Micheline Chalhoub-Deville,
2016 – ALTAANZ Conference in Auckland
Winner: Michelle Czajkowski, The University of Melbourne
Title: “Judgements of writing proficiency by non-native and native English speaking teachers: comparing holistic and analytical scoring.”
Selection Committee: Katherine Quigley (chair), Rosemary Erlam, Peter Gu, Margaret Kitchen.
2021 – ALTAANZ Online event
Winner: Maria Treadaway, The University of Auckland
Title: “Setting standards: Using Subject Matter Experts to Decide How Much is Enough.”
Selection Committee: Ivy Chen (Chair), Rosemary Erlam, Megan Yucel
2023 – ALTAANZ Online event
Winner: Rena (Wei) Gao, The University of Melbourne
Title: ‘Interaction matters: Automated assessment of interactive features in paired speaking tests’
Runner up: Xuelian Tao
Title: A corpus linguistic study of high-stakes English language tests: A multidimensional analysis of Gaokao in China
Selection Committee: Maria Treadaway (Chair), Ivy Chen, John Read
The purpose of this award is to recognize the best paper presentation by a student at the ALTAANZ conference. The recipient will receive a certificate.
ELIGIBILITY:
Students are eligible for consideration if they:
- are enrolled at a degree bearing program at the time of submission to the ALTAANZ conference;
- are students who present their research at ALTAANZ within one year of completion as long as they are presenting on their dissertation/thesis
- are listed as author or co-author of a full paper proposal accepted for the conference (any co-authors must be other students rather than supervisors or other colleagues);
- are not previous recipients of the award
CRITERIA:
Presentations will be judged on:
- the significance and originality of the topic, on the research design, appropriateness of the methodologies (in the case of empirical papers),
- the coverage and analysis of the literature (in the case of non-empirical papers),
- the conclusions drawn,
- the implications drawn from the study,
- the professionalism and clarity of the presentation,
- the sufficiency of information supplied and
- time management.
PAST WINNERS AND SELECTION COMMITTEES:
2012 – ALTAANZ conference in Sydney
Winner: Nick Zhiwei Bi, University of Sydney
Title: "Exploring the relationship between test-takers' lexicon-grammatical strategic processing and their test performance"
Selection Committee: Noriko Iwashita (Chair), Martin East, Anamaria Ducasse
2014 – ALTAANZ conference in Brisbane
Winner 1: Ali Rastgou, The University of Melbourne
Title: "Assessing the impact of teacher feedback on accuracy in the writing of EFL learners: A longitudinal study"
Winner 2: Chao Han, Macquarie University
Title: "Measuring rater variability in interpreter performance testing: Using Classical Test Theory, Generalizability Theory and Rasch Measurement."
Selection Committee: Martin East (chair), Susy Macqueen, Micheline Chalhoub-Deville,
2016 – ALTAANZ Conference in Auckland
Winner: Michelle Czajkowski, The University of Melbourne
Title: “Judgements of writing proficiency by non-native and native English speaking teachers: comparing holistic and analytical scoring.”
Selection Committee: Katherine Quigley (chair), Rosemary Erlam, Peter Gu, Margaret Kitchen.
2021 – ALTAANZ Online event
Winner: Maria Treadaway, The University of Auckland
Title: “Setting standards: Using Subject Matter Experts to Decide How Much is Enough.”
Selection Committee: Ivy Chen (Chair), Rosemary Erlam, Megan Yucel
2023 – ALTAANZ Online event
Winner: Rena (Wei) Gao, The University of Melbourne
Title: ‘Interaction matters: Automated assessment of interactive features in paired speaking tests’
Runner up: Xuelian Tao
Title: A corpus linguistic study of high-stakes English language tests: A multidimensional analysis of Gaokao in China
Selection Committee: Maria Treadaway (Chair), Ivy Chen, John Read