John Pill

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

A new President's message is now available, if you haven't received it please check your spam folder. @LyndaTa72742819 @TonyClark1875 @DrNathanielOwen

[Talia Isaacs @TaliaIsaacs]

1 year since the passing of Tim McNamara, whose paradigm shifting work, mentorship & humanity continue to inspire. In this Virtual Special Issue, @JohnPill67 @KellieMFrost & @susymacqueen revisit Tim's work published in @LangTestJournal--a fitting tribute: https://t.co/tVlpDRqylA

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

New information about the UKALTA Student Awards and the UKALTA Grant Funding is now available here: https://t.co/W3JOOO7Cfb
@LyndaTa72742819 @DrNathanielOwen @TonyClark1875 @Catheri97490188 @santiblestari

[Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni @LAEL_LU]

Research published on Lancaster's successful Master's programme in language testing @LU_LanguageTest

https://t.co/IO54NiUWIV

[BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics @__BAAL]

Wanted! Speakers and Participants for BAAL Leadership EDI Workshop supported by AcSS/ESRC EDI (https://t.co/YrRtnO74u1)

5th September 1.30-4.35pm BST, University of Essex

To register: https://t.co/UecYBFOQeX

BAAL and non-BAAL members welcome. Travel bursaries are available!

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

Language Testing Forum deadline extended by two weeks, please see details on the UKALTA website: https://t.co/9IZ1r8CXdN
@LyndaTa72742819 @crella_beds @TonyClark1875 @DrNathanielOwen @Catheri97490188

[CRELLA @crella_beds]

Submit your abstract for the annual conference of @UKALTA2, LTF 2024 (22-24 Nov, 2024), in Bedford (UK)! 🥳The theme is 'What do we want the future of language assessment to look like?: Taking stock of what we know now' https://t.co/ZiYwMSC7UY

[Academy of Social Sciences @AcadSocSciences]

Congratulations to @__BAAL & @UKALTA2 who have received funding, as part of our joint EDI Project with @ESRC and our learned societies, to hold two workshops which will contextualise & place EDI issues at the heart of academic leadership.
➡️https://t.co/V47X7CGRJO

[Lynda Taylor @LyndaTa72742819]

Looking forward to another stimulating gathering of the UK language testing and assessment community in just 4 months’ time. Do come and join us.😊

[Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni @LAEL_LU]

Join us online for a 45-minute session where we will present to you our MA in TESOL with Language Testing and MA in TESOL with Corpus Linguistics. Both programmes are offered by the Linguistics and English Language Department at Lancaster University.

https://t.co/WzUSfEfolx

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

@JohnPill67 @LyndaTa72742819 @TonyClark1875

[Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina]

Did you know that @LAEL_LU online programmes in Corpus linguistics, Language testing and TESOL have a competitive fee structure: international students pay domestic fees!
https://t.co/O2T2jqcKyE

[Dr. Vahid Aryadoust @VahidAryadoust]

Excited to share that my proposal to host a two-day online workshop on machine learning for language assessment has received support from the UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UKALTA). 🌟🌟
Registration details will be shared as we near June or July. ✨📊

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

Two important new documents have now been added to the UKALTA website (under the events tab).

- the 2023 CEFR Colloquium final report
- the Call for Papers for the 2024 CEFR Case Studies conference in Barcelona

Have a look! @LyndaTa72742819 @DrNathanielOwe @TonyClark1875

[Lynda Taylor @LyndaTa72742819]

Reminder: applications for UKALTA grant funding to support an activity in 2024 are invited by 31 Jan.
Good news: the UKALTA Student Awards in 2024 will allow for up to £500 per awardee to attend and present at LTF. 👏😊 @UKALTA2

[Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni @LAEL_LU]

A new series of videos highlighting the interesting topics that students can study in our Department - we’ll be posting one every day for the next week!

First up is “Child language acquisition” by @SilleBrandt

➡️ https://t.co/t5xiFp8pq5

[Sylvain Perdigon @sylvain_anthro]

This is for a pause within the pause, Abu Ali a shepherd we know in Lebanon showing and talking about not using force, and being worldly & responsive. This an edit that @add_nauseam did from footage shot by @senorfunes for the @future_sheep in August 2021.
https://t.co/XDleRDUaxv

[Luke Harding @harding_luke]

Today was our first Language Testing Research Group meeting for 23/24. It was great to welcome some new members and catch up with colleagues around the world @LU_LanguageTest @LAEL_LU

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

Two exciting new funding opportunities:

UKALTA Student Travel Award 2023: https://t.co/EaZ3N4Pu8h

UKALTA Grant Funding 2024: https://t.co/uXh0yqDBF9
@LyndaTa72742819 @JudithFairbairn @TonyClark1875 @ElinArfon @DrNathanielOwen @JohnPill67

[UKALTA @UKALTA2]

Another new briefing sheet is now available on the UKALTA Website. If you are interested in 'Multilingualism, Translanguaging and Assessment' have a look here:

https://t.co/mQ0Gu0yjki

@LyndaTa72742819 @TonyClark1875 @ElinArfon