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pamlab.bsky.social
New paper alert: congrats to Profs. @cbchang.bsky.social, Sunyoung Ahn & Youngjoo Kim on the publication of "LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency"! 🎉🎉

link.springer.com/article/10.3...

#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency - Behavior Research Methods
To facilitate objective measures of proficiency for language users of diverse backgrounds, recent research in second language acquisition and multilingualism has developed short, yet reliable, tests o...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
calaacel.bsky.social
Wrapped up Day 1 of #CALA2025 with our Work-In-Progress discussions. So inspired by the incredible range of talks today!

#MSVU #AcademicResearch #Duolingo #LanguageAssessment
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
calaacel.bsky.social
✨Welcoming everyone to the Fall 2025 CALA Conference at Mount Saint Vincent University! A day of meaningful connections, learning, and celebrating research on language assessment🧡📘 #CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
calaacel.bsky.social
✨Engaging insights this morning on heritage language learners and their acquisition pathways!
Marie Nader shared bilingual (EN/FR) findings on oral production and morphosyntactic elicitation, highlighting the impact of exposure on language performance. 🌍📊

#CALA2025 #LanguageAssessment
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
calaacel.bsky.social
✨ Welcome to Day 2 of the Fall 2025 #CALA Conference 💙📚

Get ready for another great day full of exciting presentations!!

#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
October 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
castledown.bsky.social
📏 Are English tests in Indonesian schools measuring what matters?

🔍 New review reveals weak validation & low expert input—raising key concerns.

🔗 lnkd.in/gx2HhrEn

#LanguageAssessment #EFLIndonesia #EdResearch
July 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
citizenptnewsco.bsky.social
Colorado's House Education Committee is taking a bold step to reshape how we assess multilingual learners, especially those newly arrived from Ukraine, addressing critical gaps in our education system.

Learn more here

#CO #InclusiveEducation #EducationAccess #LanguageAssessment #CitizenPortal
Education officials discuss testing strategies for multilingual learners from Ukraine
Officials address language assessment challenges for students newly arrived from Ukraine.
citizenportal.ai
March 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
calaacel.bsky.social
🔹Beverly Baker and Heike Neumann highlighted critical issues in language assessment, including extended time accommodations in computer-adaptive English testing and the broader implications for TESL contexts.

#CALA2025 #msvu_halifax #LanguageAssessment #TESL
October 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
calaacel.bsky.social
✨ Meng-Su Lee presented “An Investigation into Feedback Uptake in Computerized Dynamic Assessment”

#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #DynamicAssessment #ComputerizedDynamicAssessment #LanguageAssessment #academicresearch
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
calaacel.bsky.social
✨Johanathan Woodworth presented on educator perspectives on AI literacy and fairness in language assessment and feedback. 💬📚

#CALA2025 #CALA/ACÉL #MSVU #MountSaintVincentUniversity #MSVUResearch #TESL #LanguageAssessment #AI #Literacy
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
citizenptnewsor.bsky.social
Oregon City School District is tackling the critical challenges of language assessment for English learners, ensuring no student is misidentified and all receive the support they truly need.

Read the full story

#OR #LanguageAssessment #StudentEngagement #DiverseNEeds
District focuses on language support and assessments for English learners
Kelly addresses strategies for improving language support and assessment challenges in schools.
citizenportal.ai
February 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
calaacel.bsky.social
✨Zhi Li presented on Comparing the use of interactional tools in IELTS lecture-based listening tests and the BASE lectures.

#CALA2025 #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #LanguageAssessment #AcademicResearch #IELTS #BASELectures
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
dgb-linguistics.bsky.social
Our recommendation for #OAWeek addresses anyone interested in #LanguageAssessment:

@dima403.bsky.social, Matthew Poehner and Ari Huhta collected the latest research on dynamic and diagnostic approaches to language assessment: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111233918/html#bibliographicData
Book cover of "Dynamic and Diagnostic Language Assessment" edited by Dmitri Leontjev, Matthew Poehner, and Ari Huhta.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
calaacel.bsky.social
🔎✨ Amna Mirza presenting at #CALA2025 on enhancing irregular word recognition in English learners through the Packing–Unpacking–Packing method 📚💡

#CALA #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #LanguageAssessment #EnglishLearners #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
taliaisaacs.bsky.social
Open call to submit a proposal to guest edit a special issue of #LanguageTesting in 2027. All topics related to #languageassessment welcome, inc interdisciplinary ones. Deadline: Feb 20. Instructions:
journals.sagepub.com/page/ltj/spe.... Previous special issues: journals.sagepub.com/page/ltj/col...
December 6, 2024 at 9:24 AM
calaacel.bsky.social
❇️ Ramsey Caldwell with #Duolingo discussed a study extended time accommodations on a computer-adaptive high-stakes English test. 💻💬

#CALA2025 #CALA/ACEL #LanguageAssessment #DuolingoEnglishTest #ELL #MSVU #Halifax #LanguageTest
October 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
danielaoneill.bsky.social
#openaccess

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

For #SLP #SLT #bskyseechies 😃 Did you know a fully normed (18-47 months) Language Use Inventory (LUI) in Portuguese is available here at no cost! languageuseinventory.com/translations

#languageassessment #pragmatics #toddler #preschooler
Current practices of Portuguese speech-language pathologists with preschool-age children with pragmatic impairment: A cross-sectional survey | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core
Current practices of Portuguese speech-language pathologists with preschool-age children with pragmatic impairment: A cross-sectional survey - Volume 52 Issue 2
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February 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
msipress.bsky.social
Coming soon! Diagnostic Assessment at the Superior/Distinguished Threshold (Bella Cohen)

msipressblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/comi...

#languagelearning #languageteaching #languagetesting #languageassessment #nearnativelanguageproficiency
Coming soon! Diagnostic Assessment at the Superior/Distinguished Threshold (Cohen)
News about MSI Press authors; Excerpts from MSI Press authors' books; Carl's Cancer Compendium information; tips for authors
msipressblog.blogspot.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
calaacel.bsky.social
At #CALA2025, Eunice Jang presents “Leveraging AI for the Assessment of Critical Reasoning in Graduate Writing: Connecting Theory, Ethics, and Practice in Canadian Higher Education.”

#CALA #MSVU #ACÉL #Halifax #Duolingo #DuolingoEnglishTest #LanguageAssessment #CELPIP #toefl #academicresearch
October 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
msipress.bsky.social
Coming soon! Diagnostic Assessment at the Superior/Distinguished Threshold (Cohen)

msipressblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/comi...

#languagelearning #languageteaching #languageassessment #foreignlanguages #books
Coming Soon! Second Edition of Diagnostic Assessment at the Superiod/Distinguished Threshold
News about MSI Press authors; Excerpts from MSI Press authors' books; Carl's Cancer Compendium information; tips for authors
msipressblog.blogspot.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
duygucandarli.bsky.social
📢 We're organising the Language Testing Forum 2025 at the University of Southampton.
📝 Submit your abstracts by 11 July 2025!
👉 For more information, please visit the LTF2025 page: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n... #LTF2025 #languageassessment
April 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
calaacel.bsky.social
🧠✨ Exploring the intersection of Educational Psychology and language learning at #CALA2025!
Emma Becker presented “Aligning Social-Emotional Learning theory, evidence, and assessment for EAL learners: A scoping review of Canadian evidence.” 🇨🇦

#MSVU #EAL #Social-EmotionalLearning #LanguageAssessment
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM