China Association for Language Testing and Assessment (CALTA) is happy to announce that the Fifth International Conference on Language Testing and Assessment & Inaugural Meeting of China Association for Language Testing and Assessment will be held in Guangzhou, China on July 6–7, 2019. This event is cohosted by The National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA), Educational Testing Service (ETS), and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), and co-organized by Foreign Language Testing and Teaching Journal. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or symposia addressing the following theme and topics.
Theme:
Language testing research in China: Past and Future
The past decade has witnessed the construction and release of China’s Standards of English Language Ability, the development of international, national and local language tests and the innovations in existing tests, such as HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi), NETS (National English Test System), and NMET (National Matriculation English Test). These research and development efforts have spurred a wide range of studies on a variety of issues by Chinese and international researchers in the field of language testing and assessment. In addition to large-scale, standardized language testing, classroom-based language assessment has gained much momentum within the context of China.
We have chosen the theme of Language testing research in China: Past and future as the focus for the Fifth International Conference on Language Testing and Assessment & the Inaugural Meeting of China Association for Language Testing and Assessment (CALTA) to recognize the past research efforts in the field of language testing and assessment within China and to encourage and stimulate discussions on areas of research that merit further exploration.
Topics:
1）Language testing research in China: Learning from the past
2）Collaboration among language testing researchers
3）Raising language assessment literacy
4）An international perspective on China’s language testing
5）New perspectives and approaches in language testing: Design, validation, and research methodology
6）Relationship between language testing and educational policy
7）English language testing vs. Chinese language testing
8）Assessing young language learners
9）Other topics associated with language testing and assessment
Preconference workshops:
To be decided.
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Michael Kane (ETS)
Dr. Xiaoming Xi (ETS)
Prof. He Lianzhen (Zhejiang University)
Prof. Wang Jimin (Beijing Language and Culture University)
Local organizer:
Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Submitting your proposals
All proposals should be submitted to this email address:calta@gdufs.edu.cn. Proposals could be written in English or Chinese.
1）English proposals should have a length between 300 and 400 words.
2）Chinese proposals should have a length between 400 and 500 Chinese characters.
3）Authors of English proposals are expected to present in English
4）Authors of Chinese proposals are expected to present in Chinese
5）Deadline for proposal submission：April 30, 2019
Important for international participants
Prospective participants who hold a passport other than one issued by the government of P. R. China are requested to inform the organizing committee of your (tentative) intention to register for the conference through email (calta@gdufs.edu.cn) prior to March 31, 2019. Kindly include your name, professional title, and affiliation in the email.
Important details
Date: July 6–7, 2019
Venue: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China
Registration fee: RMB1,000 for regular participants, RMB500 for students
Pre-conference workshop fee: RMB800 for regular participants, RMB400 for students
Conference website: http://calta.gdufs.edu.cn
Official email address: calta@gdufs.edu.cn
Telephone for inquiry: + 86-20-36207201 (Speak to Ms. Deng)
