Language Testing Forum 2025

This year the UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UKALTA) annual conference, Language Testing Forum (LTF), will take place from 21 to 23 November, 2025 at the University of Southampton (Southampton, UK).

Please join us in celebrating the 45th anniversary of the LTF and the 10th anniversary of the UKALTA at this year’s conference in Southampton! For more information, please visit the LTF2025 page.

Here is the LTF 2025 Schedule_Final

You can also access the schedule using the QR code below.

Conference theme:

The theme for LTF 2025 is ‘Interdisciplinary trends and challenges in language assessment’. Featured topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Generative artificial intelligence in language assessment and testing

  • Interdisciplinary methodologies (e.g., corpus linguistics, eye-tracking) in language assessment and testing research

  • Equ(al)ity, diversity, and inclusion in language assessment and testing

  • Multilingualism and multimodality in language assessment and testing

  • Language assessment for specific purposes (e.g., healthcare, business, and legal contexts)

  • The interplay between language policy and assessment

We are calling for abstracts for the UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UKALTA) annual conference, Language Testing Forum (LTF) 2025, taking place from 21 to 23 November, 2025 at the University of Southampton (Southampton, UK).


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 

Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) using this Submission Form by 25 July, 2025.

TIMELINE:

  • Abstract submission deadline: 25 July, 2025

  • Notification of acceptance: 29 August, 2025

  • Registration deadline for presenters & attendees: 7 November, 2025

  • Conference dates: 21-23 November, 2025

If you have any questions, please send them to: LTF2025@soton.ac.uk. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!