Assessment Symposium 2022

Assessment Symposium 2022
Assessment Practice in a Changing World
Online from 18 October 2022
‘Live’ Event – Saturday, 22 October 2022

Registrations open on Monday, August 29

Register Here

Presentations will be available in the week prior to the Symposium and available for one month afterwards on the UECA website. This will allow everyone who registers for the event and views the presentations to receive CPD points for their attendance. Even if you cannot attend on the day, you can still register for the event and access all the presentations.

A limited number of live attendees will also be able to join the event on the Gold Coast campus of Southern Cross University on October 22. It is a great option for those attending the AIEC on the Gold Coast from 18 to 21 October 2022 to be in the “live” audience on October 22.

This year, our keynote speakers are three leading academics in ELT Assessment.

Prof Guoxing Yu
Professor of Language Assessment, University of Bristol

Multimodal integrated language assessment in a digital age

Abstract
In this presentation, I will review (a) the current practices of multimodal integrated language assessment in high-stakes tests, and (b) the debates on the premises, promises, problems and compromises in using integrated language assessment tasks at different contexts, and highlight (c) the complexity of multimodal construct(s) of integrated language assessment tasks, and (d) the opportunities and challenges in researching and validating such tasks in a digital age.  

Bio
Prof Yu is an Executive Editor of Assessment in Education and is on the Editorial Board of Assessing Writing, Language Assessment Quarterly, Language Testing and Language Testing in Asia.

Find out more:

www.linkedin.com/in/guoxing-yu-70694815/

www.research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/guoxing-yu

---

Dr Paul Moore
The University of Queensland

Interaction, Technology & Speaking Assessment

Abstract
Interactional competence (IC) is increasingly seen as an essential component of communicative competence, but it is underrepresented in major language tests. In this talk, I outline the recent research into IC, how it is implicated in technology-mediated assessment and its particular relevance to learning-oriented assessment.

Bio
Paul Moore is a lecturer in the postgraduate Applied Linguistics program in The School of Languages and Cultures. Paul’s main research interest involves the dynamic influence of learners, tasks and sociocultural context on task-based interaction, performance and development.

Find out more:

www.researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2904

---

Prof Antony Kunnan
Senior Research Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University

Innovations in language assessment during the COVID-era

Abstract
This presentation will discuss innovations related to integrated language skills as well as the application of AI in language assessment. This discussion will also include challenges that accompany the innovations.

Bio
Professor Kunnan is an applied linguist whose research and teaching focuses on language assessment, scenario-based and integrative language skills, assessment policy for immigration and citizenship and statistical analyses. He is a staff assessment scientist at Duolingo.

Find out more:

www.antonykunnan.com

www.cmu.edu/dietrich/modlang/about-us/filter/affiliated/antony-kunnan.html

---

Through the theme Assessment Practice in a Changing World, the Symposium will provide valuable, collegiate opportunities for learning and professional development. It will focus on the successes, innovations and challenges of assessment over the past years, including the push and pull of assessing English proficiency, academic literacies, discrete and integrated skills in uncertain times.

Assessment Symposium Chair: Prof Thomas Roche
Southern Cross University

Assessment Symposium Coordinator: Sharon Leslie
Southern Cross University

Give Feedback Here

Register Here

Registrations open on Monday, August 29

Program – From 16 October 2022

Online Presentations
Available online from 16 October 2022
Asynchronous content available on the UECA website to registered participants

Live Event – Saturday, 22 October 2022 (QLD time)

Opening & Welcome
Saturday, 22 October 2022
11:00 – 11:15 AEST
‘Live’ via Zoom

Associate Professor Simon Winetroube
UECA President

Professor Thomas Roche
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Southern Cross University

Reflections on the keynotes & Q/A
Saturday, 22 October 2022
11:15 – 12:00 AEST
‘Live’ via Zoom

Dr Paul Moore
The University of Queensland

Break
Saturday, 22 October 2022
12:00 – 12:30 AEST

Registrations open on Monday, August 29

Register Here