Crossing the threshold:
investigating levels, domains and frameworks in language assessment

Programme

Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals closed on 30 September 2009. Correspondents will have been notified of acceptance or non-acceptance in December 2009. Contact LTRC2010@CambridgeESOL.org with any queries.

Theme & Sub-Themes

Crossing the threshold: investigating levels, domains and frameworks in language assessment.

Our main theme reflects contemporary research interests and concerns within the language testing and assessment community (at both national and international level) focusing on proficiency levels, language domains, and the role of interpretative frameworks of reference for language learning, teaching and assessment (e.g. the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)). This main theme also allows for coverage of a number of additional sub-themes which have contemporary relevance.

Guidelines for Presenters and Chairs

Guidelines for presenters are available to download for Research Papers, Symposia, Works in Progress and Poster presentations.

Please note all presenters must register for the conference.

Guidelines for Session Chairs are available to download.

Main Conference Programme

A provisional programme for the main conference is now available.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Full details for the Pre-Conference Workshops are available now.

Workshop 3 (Assessing levels of academic language proficiency: conceptualization, operationalization, alignment and validation) is fully booked.

Due to the level of sponsorship we have been able to secure for the conference, we are pleased to announce that we can reduce the cost of Workshop 4 Sharing your story to $45 (£30/35Euros) for ALL attendees. This price still includes a boxed lunch. We hope this will make the workshop more accessible to all those who are keen to develop or improve their practical conference skills.