21.3984, Calls: Language Acquisition/Italy

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Subject: 21.3984, Calls: Language Acquisition/Italy

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Date: 07-Oct-2010
From: silvia cacchiani < silvia.cacchiani at unimore.it >
Subject: Standardized Language Testing in Teaching and Research
 

	
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Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:31:33
From: silvia cacchiani [silvia.cacchiani at unimore.it]
Subject: Standardized Language Testing in Teaching and Research

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Full Title: Standardized Language Testing in Teaching and Research 

Date: 02-Dec-2010 - 04-Dec-2010
Location: Modena, Italy 
Contact Person: Silvia Cacchiani
Meeting Email: silvia.cacchiani at unimore.it
Web Site: http://www.clamore.unimore.it/conventions/language_testing/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 20-Oct-2010 

Meeting Description:

Standardized Language Testing in Teaching and Research
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
December 2-4, 2010 - Modena (Italy) 

The Language Center of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) 
in collaboration with the Department of Language, Text and Translation 
Studies are pleased to announce an international conference entitled 
'Standardized Language Testing in Teaching and Research', to be held in 
Modena from 2 to 4 December 2010. The conference aims to provide 
scholars, teachers and students specializing in language assessment an 
open forum for discussing current research issues from the field of 
language testing.  

Conference website:
http://www.clamore.unimore.it/conventions/language_testing/

Plenary speakers and round-table moderators:
Alan Davies (University of Edinburgh)
Gianfranco Porcelli (Università Cattolica di Milano)
James Purpura (Columbia University) 
Johann Fischer (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) 

2nd Call for Papers

Extended Deadline

The main focus of the conference will be on: 
- teaching methodologies 
- new technologies 
- standardization of language levels 
- evaluation and assessment 
- the test-taker 

Papers are invited on, but not restricted to, the following topic areas: 
- Evaluation vs assessment in Language testing 
- Models of communicative language ability and L2 assessment 
- Levels, domains, frameworks and language testing 
- Technology in language assessment: developing online test tasks for 
LSPs 
- Task and performance based language assessment 
- Assessing/testing the language of primary school teachers 
- Research and language testing/assessment 
- Language policy/ies and the setting of language standards 
- Socio-cognitive and socio-pragmatic factors in Language testing 
- Item writing and test production 
- Codes of practice and language testing as a profession 

The following keynote speakers and round-table moderators have 
confirmed their participation: 
Alan Davies (University of Edinburgh) 
Gianfranco Porcelli (Università Cattolica di Milano) 
James Purpura (Columbia University) 
Johann Fischer (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) 

Please submit your abstract via e-mail 
(testing[dot]modena[at]unimore[dot]it). 
Deadline for abstract submission is now extended to October 20, 2010.  
Abstracts should be no longer than 350-400 words in MS-Word format. 
They should clearly state research purpose, methodology and (expected) 
results, and include, if relevant, a short list of references. Please include 
name, affiliation and email at the top of the page. Notification of acceptance 
will be sent by email by the first week of November. 

English and Italian will be the main conference languages. Paper 
presentations in other languages are very welcome, but they must be 
accompanied by a short summary, slide presentation or printout in either 
English or Italian. Each presentation will be allotted 20 minutes, plus 
approximately 10 minutes for questions and discussion. An overhead 
projector and powerpoint facilities will be provided. 

We intend to make a selection of papers for an international publication. 
Further information concerning the publication will be provided at the 
conference. 

Further information is available at the conference website: 
http://www.clamore.unimore.it/conventions/language_testing/ 

Steering committee: 
Marina Bondi 
Silvia Cacchiani 
Sian Morgan 
Gianfranco Porcelli 
Sara Radighieri 
Marc Silver 

Organizing committee: 
Simonetta Bertoni 
Elisa Cavallini 
Fabrizio Colosimo 
Francesca Magnani 
Serena Mangano 
Alessandra Marazzi 
Davide Mazzi 
Giuseppe Palumbo 
Margherita Pelleriti 
Sonia Romanazzi 
Inga Wagner





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