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Welcome to the website of the UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UKALTA).
UKALTA is a professional organisation that aims to provide a forum for the exchange of information and research on language testing and assessment in the UK. Founded as a professional association and learned society in 2016, UKALTA grew out of the Language Testing Forum, an annual gathering of UK-based language testing and assessment specialists which has met since 1980.
UKALTA is the face and heart of language testing in the UK:
- supporting the language testing and assessment research and practitioner community in the UK and to mentor new and emerging researchers and professionals in the field
- facilitating greater awareness of professional issues in language assessment and to improve (language) assessment literacy for both specialist and non-specialist audiences
- providing a highly visible source of professional expertise to which educational and corporate bodies, government and the media can look for input related to improving language assessment in the UK.
Membership is free of charge to individuals with a professional and/or academic interest in the field of language testing and assessment and who are working, studying or living in the UK (or have strong UK connections). Current membership stands at over 300, with a healthy balance of members from academia, education and industry, including a growing number of early career scholars and postgraduate research students.
You can find the UKALTA statement on our commitment to equity, diversion, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) here: UKALTA EDIA Statement – Nov 2022
(WELSH)
Cymdeithas broffesiynol yw UKALTA sy’n ceisio darparu fforwm i gyfnewid gwybodaeth ac ymchwil ar brofi ieithoedd ac asesu yn y DU. Fe’i ffurfiwyd fel cymdeithas broffesiynol ddysgedig yn 2016, wedi tyfu o’r Fforwm Profi Ieithoedd (Language Testing Forum), cyfarfod blynyddol i arbenigwyr profi ac asesu, sydd yn cwrdd ers 1980.
(SCOTTISH GAELIC)
Is e buidheann proifeasanta a th’ ann an UKALTA, a tha ag amas air fòram a sholarachadh airson iomlaid fiosrachaidh agus rannsachadh mu dheuchainnean agus measadh cànain san RA. Air a steidheachadh mar chomann proifeasanta agus comann ionnsaichte ann an 2016, dh’ fhàs UKALTA a-mach às an Fhòram Deuchainn Cànain, cruinneachadh bliadhnail de eòlaichean deuchainn is measaidh cànain stèidhichte san RA a tha air coinneachadh bho 1980.
(IRISH)
Is eagraíocht ghairmiúil é UKALTA a bhfuil sé mar aidhm aige fóram a sholáthar chun saineolas agus taighde a mhalartú ar an tástáil agus ar an measúnú teanga sa Ríocht Aontaithe. Bunaíodh UKALTA mar chumann gairmiúil léinn sa bhliain 2016, i ndiaidh Fhóram na Tástála Teanga (Language Testing Forum), tionól speisialtóirí sa tástáil agus sa mheasúnú teanga sa RA, atá ag teacht le chéile gach bliain ó bhí 1980 ann.