Selected conference talks, 2010-14; for more recent talks, see my CV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the scope of language assessment?  Talks given at Ming Chuan University, Taiwan; 

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

 

Responsibility in language assessment. Talks given at Asia Education Expo Conference. Singapore; ETA Conference, Taiwan; Zhejiang University, China; University of Macao. 

 

Teaching English in “Inner” and “Outer” circle contexts. CSU Fullerton, USA

 

Evidence for the utilization argument. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

 

Fairness and Justice. Talks given at CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore; Language Testing and Training, Taipei, Taiwan; University of Bologna, Italy

 

Evaluating language assessments. Talks given at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan; University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; University of Bologna, Italy

 

Portability of the CEFR and international English language tests. LTRC, Princeton, NJ, USA

 

Immigration and citizenship testing. Hong Kong

Polytechnic University

 

Multilingualism and language assessment. AILA [World Congress], Beijing, China

 

High-stakes tests. Korean English Language Testing Conference, Seoul, Korea

 

Fairness in test development. ALTE Conference/Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic

 

Issues in language assessment: A colloquium. American University in Armenia, Yerevan

 

What evidence do we need to evaluate language assessments? Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

Assessment Evaluation Framework. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Differential Item Functioning. Language Testing and Training Centre, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Assessment data issues, Shanghai Jiatong University, China

 

How are we to evaluate a test? Talks given at Seoul National University, Korea English Language Testing Association 

 

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; 

 

Applied Linguistics Program, UCLA, USA; Apple Lecture. Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

 

Language assessment for immigration and citizenship. Columbia University, USA