Programme

[53rd ALTE Meeting and Conference Programme Ghent – final]

 

Wednesday 24th April 2019 – ALTE COURSE

Registration, sessions & breaks all will take place at the Arts Faculty Library, Rozier 44.

Lunch will be served at the University Language Centre, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 136.

Time Session Room
8.30-17.00  

ALTE course on Raters and Rating

 

Library Lab

 

Wednesday 24th April 2019 – COMMITTEE MEETINGS (ELECTED MEMBERS ONLY)

All the sessions will take place at NH Hotel Gent Belfort, Hoogpoort 63

Time Session Room
08.45 – 09.00 Registration Lobby
09.00 – 11.00 Standing Committee Meeting

(elected members of committee only)

Bourdon 1
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Lobby
11.30 – 13.00 Standing Committee Meeting continues Bourdon 1
13.00- 14.30 Lunch (only for Members of the Committees)
Lobby
14.30 – 16.00 Executive Committee Meeting

(elected members of committee only)

Bourdon 1
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Lobby
16.30 – 18.00 Executive Committee Meeting continues Bourdon 1
Social activity:  guided city tour, “Well-known places, unexpected stories”

 

 

 


Thursday 25th April 2019 – SIG MEETINGS AND WORKSHOP (MEMBERS AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATES)

All the sessions will take place at NH Hotel Gent Belfort, Hoogpoort 63

Time Session Room
08.30 – 9.00 Registration Lobby
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and housekeeping

Graham Seed, ALTE Manager

Bourdon 1
09.10 – 09.20 Official opening

Prof Stef Slembrouck, Ghent University

Bourdon 1
09.25 – 11.00 Parallel SIGs  (All ALTE delegates)
Language Assessment for Migration and Integration SIG (LAMI)

Common European Framework of Reference SIG (CEFR)

Bourdon 1
SIG on Technology in Language Assessment Bourdon 2
Language for Specific Purposes SIG (LSP) Bourdon 3
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Lobby
11.30 – 13.00 Parallel SIGs (All ALTE delegates)
Quality Management System Working Group (QMS) Wolfers 1+2+3
Special Requirements and Circumstances SIG Bourdon 2
Teacher Training SIG Bourdon 3
Lunch Lobby
14.30 – 16.00 Workshop

Prof Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen, Western Norway University of Applied Science & Dr Bart Deygers, KU Leuven

Language teaching and testing of low literate learners

Bourdon 1
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Lobby
16.30 – 16.50 Reports from SIGs Bourdon 1
16.50 – 18.30 Annual General Meeting – ALTE Members only Bourdon 1
19.30 -23.00 Conference dinner The Crypt

Il Trovatore

 


Friday 26th April, 2019 – CONFERENCE DAY (ALL REGISTERED DELEGATES)

The sessions will take place at the University AULA-complex, Volderstraat 9 (morning + early afternoon) and NH Hotel Gent Belfort, Hoogpoort 63 (afternoon)

Time Session Room
8.30 – 9.00 Registration  Lobby AULA
9.00 – 9.10 Welcome

Representatives from ALTE, Dr Nick Saville, ALTE Secretary General and Graham Seed, ALTE Manager

 AULA
9.10 – 9.30 Opening address

Prof Mieke Van Herreweghe, Vice-Rector of Ghent University

 AULA
9.30 – 10.15 Keynote 1

Prof Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, University of North Carolina

Accountability in language testing

 AULA
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee break and exhibition  Peristilium
10.45 – 11.30 Keynote 2

Prof Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen, Western Norway University

Justice in practice: what it means and why it is our responsibility

 AULA
11.30 – 12.15 Keynote 3

Prof. Stef Slembrouck, Ghent University
Prof. Piet van Avermaet, Ghent University

Critical reflections on the Flemish (language) testing landscape

 AULA
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch Peristilium
13.30 – 15.00 Fact Session

  1. Tom De Moor, Ghent University

Catherine Verguts, Ghent University

Does the English proficiency of Flemish university lecturers hinder access to content for students of English-taught programmes?

 

  1. Dr. Frank van Splunder, Antwerp University

The English language test for lecturers: a deal or an ordeal for the Flemish universities?

 

  1. Emily Davis-James, Trinity College London

Accommodating candidates with special educational needs: how can awarding organisations and testing boards best serve all our candidates?

 

  1. Fauve De Backer, Ghent University

How do we walk down the path of multilingual testing?

 

  1. Dr. Koen Aesaert, KU Leuven

Girls outperforming boys in listening and reading skills: true gap or psychometric error?

  AULA
15.00 – 15.10 Closing remarks and introduction to the workshops

Dr. Nick Saville, ALTE Secretary-General

 AULA
15.10 – 15.30 Coffee  Peristilium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 15.45 – 17.15 Parallel Workshops NH Hotel
Prof. Micheline Chalhoub-Deville

Test validity and validation: comparative perspectives on quality assurance

Wolfers 1+2+3
Prof. Esli Struys, Free University of Brussels

Prof. Jill Surmont, Free University of Brussels

Teaching and assessment in CLIL: integrating language and content

Bourdon 1
Dr. Kirsten Rosiers, Ghent University

Joke Ysenbaert, Ghent University

A critical reflection on assessment practices in superdiverse multilingual classrooms

Bourdon 2
Ines Blomme, KU Leuven
Sabine Steemans, Antwerp University
Ann Vlasselaers, KU Leuven – Brussels
Catherine Verguts, Ghent UniversityWorkshop in DutchIs deze student klaar om talig te functioneren in het hoger onderwijs?(“Is this student ready to function linguistically in higher education?”)
 
Bourdon 3