guidelines for presenters
1) Paper presentation – The paper presentations cover a range of topics and focus on both research and assessment from researchers and practitioners from diversified sectors. Each session is 20 mins followed by five minutes discussion. Please save your slides on USB and upload to the computer well before your talk.
2) The Work in Progress (WIP) session gives researchers and teachers the opportunity to share and discuss aspects of research projects they are currently involved in or classroom assessment tasks that they have developed. In doing so, they will receive feedback from conference attendees. The one hour session will be structured in three 20 minute sections, so that each presenter has the opportunity to discuss their project/task with 3 groups of interested conference attendees. Each room will have several presenters, and each presenter will be stationed at a table in a different area in the room.
3) Poster presentation - All poster presentations will be held at lunch time (12:05-1pm) on Saturday, 29 November. You will be expected to prepare for a poster before the conference and at the conference you will be given a space to place your poster. During lunch time, presenters are expected to stand next to the poster to explain their study and answer any questions.
4) Teacher – researcher network “Meeting of Minds: Educators reveal issues in their diverse classroom contexts for language testing and assessment researchers” - In this forum, chaired by Associate Professor Cathie Elder from The University of Melbourne, teachers will explain the language assessment and teaching issues that they encounter in their particular classroom contexts. These will be collected prior to the conference from the (classroom) teachers who are registering to attend, enabling them to voice their interest in language assessment. This forum will give researchers at the conference significant insights into language assessment across diverse contexts in schools. The aim of the forum will be to implement the ALTAANZ vision of fostering research collaboration and best assessment practice in schools. The role of the researchers in the forum will be to listen to and understand the issues presented by the teachers. Where relevant, researchers with specific expertise may be asked by the chair to respond briefly to issues raised by the teachers. Researchers will be able to augment their understandings of schooling contexts as a first step in building useful collaborations to foster research and development activities which serve the interests of the teaching profession. The forum will address diverse language assessment issues relating to different age stages, programs and language situations, drawing links to policy, school curriculum, and assessment and testing requirements at state and federal levels. After the forum, participants will be sent a summary of the issues discussed. Possibilities for research collaborations will be further explored via ongoing interactions on the ALTAANZ facebook page
2) The Work in Progress (WIP) session gives researchers and teachers the opportunity to share and discuss aspects of research projects they are currently involved in or classroom assessment tasks that they have developed. In doing so, they will receive feedback from conference attendees. The one hour session will be structured in three 20 minute sections, so that each presenter has the opportunity to discuss their project/task with 3 groups of interested conference attendees. Each room will have several presenters, and each presenter will be stationed at a table in a different area in the room.
3) Poster presentation - All poster presentations will be held at lunch time (12:05-1pm) on Saturday, 29 November. You will be expected to prepare for a poster before the conference and at the conference you will be given a space to place your poster. During lunch time, presenters are expected to stand next to the poster to explain their study and answer any questions.
4) Teacher – researcher network “Meeting of Minds: Educators reveal issues in their diverse classroom contexts for language testing and assessment researchers” - In this forum, chaired by Associate Professor Cathie Elder from The University of Melbourne, teachers will explain the language assessment and teaching issues that they encounter in their particular classroom contexts. These will be collected prior to the conference from the (classroom) teachers who are registering to attend, enabling them to voice their interest in language assessment. This forum will give researchers at the conference significant insights into language assessment across diverse contexts in schools. The aim of the forum will be to implement the ALTAANZ vision of fostering research collaboration and best assessment practice in schools. The role of the researchers in the forum will be to listen to and understand the issues presented by the teachers. Where relevant, researchers with specific expertise may be asked by the chair to respond briefly to issues raised by the teachers. Researchers will be able to augment their understandings of schooling contexts as a first step in building useful collaborations to foster research and development activities which serve the interests of the teaching profession. The forum will address diverse language assessment issues relating to different age stages, programs and language situations, drawing links to policy, school curriculum, and assessment and testing requirements at state and federal levels. After the forum, participants will be sent a summary of the issues discussed. Possibilities for research collaborations will be further explored via ongoing interactions on the ALTAANZ facebook page