List of presentations at New Directions 2016
Plenary presentations
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- Presentation 'Tensions and synergies in standardised testing: Making the numbers meaningful'
Presenter: Dr Jamie Dunlea, Senior Researcher, Assessment Research Group, British Council, UK
Link to the presentation - Presentation 'A locally appropriate English language test – locality, globality and validity
Presenter: Dr Jessica Wu, Program Director, Research and Development Office, Language Training and Testing Center, Taiwan
Link to the presentation - Presentation 'Standardised tests in support of language improvement in school systems: Insights from elsewhere in education'
Presenter: Dr Gad S Lim, Principal Research Manager, Cambridge English Language Assessment, UK
Link to the presentation - Presentation 'Designing an international English language evaluation using a standardised test'
Presenters: Cherry Gough, Director, British Council, Vietnam and Elizabeth Shepherd, Director English Impact and Senior Researcher, British Council, U
Link to the presentation - Presentation '25 years of language assessment in Vietnam: Looking back and looking forward'
Presenter: Dr Vu Thi Phuong Anh, Vice Director, Educational Quality Training and Support Center, Association of Vietnam’s Universities and Colleges, Vietnam
Link to the presentation - Presentation 'Vocabulary targets and language proficiency: A framework for learning, teaching, and assessing vocabulary'
Presenter: Dr Veronica Benigno, Research Manager, Global Scale of English, Pearson English, UK
Link to the presentation - Presentation 'The IELTS speaking test: Interactional design and practice in a global context'
Presenter: Professor Paul Seedhouse, Professor of Educational and Applied Linguistics, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
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break-out sessions
- Presentation 'Enhancing scoring validity of direct speaking tests: Construct(s) measured by live, audio and video rating modes'
Presenter: Dr Chihiro Inoue, Lecturer in Language Assessment, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Impact of using TOEIC as an exit requirement at a public university in Vietnam'
Presenter: Dr Duyen Tran, Head of Language Practice Division, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Impact of TOEIC on English Learning'
Presenter: Dr Ha Nguyen, Senior Lecturer, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Rating fluency in the age of English as a lingua franca'
Presenter: Ellen Head, British Council China
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Writing Skill Development in Relation to CEFR: A Vietnamese Case'
Presenter: Ha Nguyen, PhD Student, North Carolina State University
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Automated assessment of performance-based tests: challenges and opportunities'
Presenters: Judith Fairbairn, Productive Skills Testing Researcher, British Council, UK and Dr Talia Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Bristol, UK
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Improving English teachers’ proficiency: Effective baselines and positive backwash'
Presenter: Keith O’Hare, Director English for Education Systems, British Council. Malaysia
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Assessing primary learners: The class star? Or the class triangle?'
Presenter: Martin Goosey, Head of Young Learners, British Council Vietnam
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Systematic support for a communicative standardised proficiency test in Vietnam'
Presenters: Professor Nathan Carr, California State University, Fullerton, USA; Dr Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quynh, Director of the Center for Language Testing and Assessment, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University (VNU), Vietnam; Nguyen Thi Mai Huu, Executive Deputy Director, National Foreign Language Project 2020, Vice Director of the Center for Language Testing and Assessment; Nguyen Thi Quynh Yen, Deputy Director of the Center for Language Testing and Assessment ; Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and Thai Ha Lam Thuy, Lecturer University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Demystifying item writing: The need for a theoretical framework'
Presenter: Ngo Xuan Minh, Lecturer, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Link to presentation - Presentation 'The impact of Aptis on the learning of English'
Presenters: Nhi Tran, Vice Dean, Thai Nguyen University School of Foreign Languages, Vietnam and Hanh Nong, Deputy head of Academic Department, Thai Nguyen University School of Foreign Languages, Vietnam
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Assessing ‘functional English’ in Vietnam, India and Ethiopia'
Presenter: Rhiannon Moore, Education Research Officer, Young Lives, University of Oxford, UK
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Performance-based testing: Contributing to test validity through Continuous Professional Development'
Presenters: Sheryl Cooke, National Examiner Manager, British Council, China and Paul Robinson, Deputy National Examination Manager, British Council, China
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Development of rating scales for performance-based tests'
Presenter: Susan Jones, Lead Academic – English Language (Asia), Trinity College London
Link to presentation - Presentation 'Identifying the criteria for selecting learning outcomes assessment tools: The case of TOEIC and IELTS'
Presenters: Dr Vu Thi Phuong Anh, Vice Director, Educational Quality Training and Support Center, Association of Vietnam’s Universities and Colleges, Vietnam; Dr Nguyen Quang Tien, Dean of the faculty of International Languages and Cultures, University of Economics and Finance, Vietnam; and Nguyen Thi Tan, Academic Coordinator, Educational Quality training and Support Center, Association of Vietnam’s Universities and Colleges, Vietnam
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