Program & Schedule

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Conference Schedule

All events hosted in the Intercultural Center on Georgetown University's campus

Thursday, October 24, 2024

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm EDT             Pre-conference Panel | ICC Auditorium

A comprehensive approach to developing an ASL test: DEI, validity, reliability, and practicality

Meg Malone (moderator), ACTFL

Camelot Marshall, ACTFL

Carly Favero, ACTFL

Hannah Lukow, Penn State

Shay Taylor-El, Gallaudet University

Keith Jodoin, Sapling Pictures 

5:15 pm EDT                                            Welcome Reception | Poulton Hall 230

Friday, October 25, 2024

8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT         Registration | Entrance to ICC Auditorium

8:30 am – 10:00 am EDT        Paper Session 1

8:30 am – 9:00 am EDT

Examining the Willingness to Communicate Scale (WTC) with advanced foreign language learners | ICC 108

Troy Cox, Brigham Young University

9:00 am – 9:30 am EDT

An exploratory study of self-assessment as feedback for academic writing | ICC 101

Qiaoming Hong, OISE University of Toronto

Meng-Hsun Lee, OISE University of Toronto

Assessing L2 speakers’ opinion-giving skills in interactive speech | ICC 108 

Yejin Jung, Lancaster University

9:30 am – 10:00 am EDT

Depth of automated diagnostic feedback processing and summary writing revisions: Insights from think-alouds | ICC 101 

Wan Zhou, OISE University of Toronto

Meng-Hsun Lee, OISE University of Toronto

10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT      Coffee Break 

10:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT      Plenary Speaker

Transparency and ethics in language assessment research | ICC Auditorium

Daniel Isbell, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EDT Paper Session 2 

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Investigating the effects of item repositioning on item performance in a high stakes multistage computerized adaptive English language assessment | ICC 101

Aubrey Sahouria, Center for Applied Linguistics

Shu Jing Yen, Center for Applied Linguistics

Language assessment literacy among Chilean English as a foreign language teachers: Comparing standards and practices | ICC 108

Evelyn Diaz Iturriaga, Georgetown University

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Creating a response test of pragmatic competence: Considerations for key stakeholder groups | ICC 101

Kate Moran, Center for Applied Linguistics 

Mathilda Reckford, Center for Applied Linguistics

Leslie Fink, Center for Applied Linguistics

Kevin Gormley, DLNSEO

A systematic review of International Teaching Assistant assessment in the United States | ICC 108

Tania Ferronato, University of South Florida

Jihye Kim, University of South Florida

Katherine Yaw, University of South Florida

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm EDT Coffee Break 

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm EDT Paper Session 3 

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm EDT

Holistic approaches to language placement: Assessing the impact of validity, stakeholder perceptions, and assessment tools | ICC 101

Conor McKeon, Georgetown University

TOEFL essentials and speaking performance in academic settings: Investigating the relationships between test tasks and non-test academic tasks | ICC 108

Daniel Isbell, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Dustin Crowther, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Jieun Kim, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Yoonseo Kim, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm EDT

Validating the use of a CEFR-based rubric: Lexical frequency and diversity as predictors of essay ratings | ICC 101 

Sohyeon Lee, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Maggie McGehee, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Conducting cognitive labs with young learners: Lessons from the field | ICC 108

Gordon Blaine West, WIDA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fabiana MacMillan, WIDA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm EDT

Reconsidering validity evidence when test design evolves: Re-analyzing data from a predictive validity study | ICC 101 

Jonathan Schmidgall, ETS

A mixed-methods investigation into raters’ assessments of prosodic features | ICC 108

Meng-Hsun Lee, OISE University of Toronto

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm EDT Poster Session | ICC 115

Teacher's perceptions of responsibility in remote language testing

Hadeel Arqbi, Georgetown University

Conducting a language needs analysis through a proficiency framework: A Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) case study

Troy Cox, Brigham Young University

Exploring ILR alignment in a teacher-administered speaking checklist: Lessons across languages

Meg Montee, Georgetown University

Analyzing the availability of assessments for less commonly taught languages (LCTLs)

Jillian Seitz, Georgetown University

Jamie Morgan, Center for Applied Linguistics

Self-assessed learning to develop argumentative writing in ESL writing classrooms

Nataliya Stepanova, University of South Carolina

5:20 pm – 5:30 pm EDT         Best Student Paper Award and Closing Remarks