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Call for Papers

​The Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ) invites you to submit an abstract for the ALTAANZ Conference to be held at The University of Melbourne, Australia, between 19 and 21 November 2020.

​​We welcome proposals related to the conference theme “Intersections, Crossings and Barriers”
 
Areas of particular interest are:
  • Assessment which intersects content areas and language skills, e.g. in Content-Based Instruction or LSP assessment
  • Assessment of subject content (e.g. science, history) through second languages
  • Multilingual assessment and assessment in multilingual contexts
  • Classroom-based assessment: issues and practice
  • Interactions between large-scale standardized assessments/frameworks and classroom practices
  • Assessments and tests with multiple uses
  • The intersection between learning and assessment
  • Collaborations across stakeholder groups
  • Language assessment policy and practice: ethics and accountability
  • Expanding existing, and creating new, validity frameworks for language assessment
  • Standardised tests: development, implementation and/or use by institutional stakeholders
  • Second language proficiency models and implications for developing assessment tasks
  • Research methodology for exploring language assessment
 
Proposals can be for papers, posters, work in progress presentations, symposia, or demos. Information on the different categories of proposals and the evaluation criteria for proposals can be found here.

We welcome proposals that focus on assessment that is primarily and explicitly of language ability, as well as assessments of content areas (e.g. science, numeracy, health care, professional skills) that also involve language and communication skills. 
 
A separate call for proposals for teachers to share their assessment practices will be announced soon.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 20 March, 2020. To submit a proposal, please go to https://www.conftool.pro/altaanz-melbourne-2020

You can download a .pdf file of the Call for Papers here.

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