Language Testing Forum 2023

Conference theme

LTF 2023 shone a spotlight on the growing recognition of the importance of understanding multilingual contexts. The main theme of the conference is multilingualism and the impact on language assessment theory, practice and policy, with the following sub-themes:

• UK languages and language diversity in the context of the UK

• Translanguaging and the implications for assessment

• Language assessment for entry to work and education in a multilingual world

• The languages of schooling and the role of language in the assessment of content subjects

• Assessment in English Medium Education / Instruction contexts

• The design and validation of multilingual assessments

• The intersection between language assessment, language policy, and multilingualism.

Katie's project targets the theme of 'Assessment in English Medium of Instruction contexts.'

Katie reported early indication findings of her PhD project looking at the assessment of embodied resources of interactional competence in multimodal higher education digitally mediated English as a Medium of Instruction classrooms. Katie's PhD uses a sample of the larger FoE project dataset, and also investigates the accelerating and emerging construct of digital EMI.

Some of her slides are attached below:

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Katie would like to thank the British council for her PhD studentship, and UKALTA for awarding her the student travel award to support her attending the LTF.