UKALTA

UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment

LTF 2015

LTF 2015 was jointly hosted by the British Council and the University of Oxford’s Department of Education. The focus of the conference was: Assessing general language proficiency – definitions and approaches. Talks were organised under three themes: 

  • General language proficiency
  • Quality design and delivery
  • Localisation.

An opening plenary on the Friday evening was delivered by Yasmine El Masri  and Therese N. Hopfenbeck (Oxford University) on the topic of Language effects in international tests: the case of PISA science. 

LTF 2015 programme