30.1531, Calls: English; Applied Linguistics/Japan

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1531. Sat Apr 06 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1531, Calls: English; Applied Linguistics/Japan

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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:36:11
From: Sheryl Cooke [sheryl.cooke at britishcouncil.org.cn]
Subject: 7th British Council New Directions in English Language Assessment in East Asia

 
Full Title: 7th British Council New Directions in English Language Assessment in East Asia 

Date: 08-Dec-2019 - 09-Dec-2019
Location: Yokohama, Japan 
Contact Person: Sheryl Cooke
Meeting Email: NewDirectionsEastAsia at britishcouncil.org
Web Site: https://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/new-directions 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2019 

Meeting Description:

New Directions in English Language Assessment is a series of annual
conferences organised by the British Council providing perspectives and
insight on trends and approaches in English language assessment locally and
internationally.

The conference aims to provide a forum for the presentation of innovative
approaches and practical solutions, with a focus on real-life case studies and
works-in-progress reports.

Theme of Conference:
Realising Potential: Policy, Engagement and Impact

Conference Dates
8-9 December 2019

Location of Conference
PACIFICO National Conference Centre, Yokohama, Japan

For more information please visit the website:
https://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/new-directions.


Call for Papers:

The 7th British Council New Directions Language Assessment Conference East
Asia

This is the second Call for Papers for the upcoming New Directions in English
Language Assessment in East Asia conference. Our keynote speakers this year
are Professor Yoshinori Watanabe (Sophia University), Dr Talia Isaacs
(University College of London), Professor Joseph Lo Bianco (University of
Melbourne), and Professor Barry O’Sullivan (British Council).

This year’s New Directions conference invites proposals for papers on the
following main theme:

The critical role that language assessment plays in the creation, reform, and
implementation of policy. We invite papers that focus on issues surrounding
assessment policy, including how policy is created, how it is implemented, and
the effect it has on stakeholders. This theme includes how teachers orient
syllabuses towards tests, decisions based on test results, the motivations of
policy makers when introducing tests and the overall effect of test use on
language acquisition.

Proposals on the main theme or any of the following sub-themes are welcome.

Subthemes:

- Alignment of Policy with Context
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Assessment and Inclusion
- Implementing Performance Assessment
- Technology and Consequences

General Strand

There will be a section of parallel sessions set aside for outstanding
proposals on topics or innovative assessment research of general interest to
the wider field of language testing and assessment which are not directly
related to the main theme.

Submission of Proposals

We invite proposals addressing the main and sub-themes of the conference and
are particularly interested in those describing practical approaches, research
case studies and innovative perspectives on challenges in language assessment
in the East Asian context.

Criteria for Submission of Abstracts

Proposals should be:

- 250 words or less in length
- reflective of at least one of the sub-themes of the conference
- relevant to the target audience
- of practical interest to members of the target audience
- relevant to the East Asian region or including a regional perspective on an
international paper
- original and offering insight
- submitted in English
- submitted to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nd2019

Timeline:

Submission of proposal abstracts: 30 April 2019
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2019

Contact
For more information, please visit the New Directions website or feel free to
contact us at NewDirectionsEastAsia at britishcouncil.org

Download the full Call for Papers here:
https://www.britishcouncil.jp/sites/default/files/exm-camgpain-new_directions_
2019-call_for_papers.pdf




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