PanSIG is an annual conference which will be held from May 24 to May 26 in Fukui. It is organized by many of the Special Interest Groups of JALT. This year TEVAL is sponsoring plenary speaker Dr. Daniel R. Isbell, assistant professor from the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai’I at Mānoa. His keynote Hype and High-Tech Language Tests: Staying Grounded with Language Assessment Fundamentals will be from 10am on Saturday, May 25.
Daniel R. Isbell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he teaches courses and supervises MA and PhD students in language assessment. He serves on the the editorial boards of the journals Language Testing and TESOL Quarterly. His primary research interest is language assessment, and he has conducted research on diagnostic assessment, self-assessment, rater effects, repeated test taking and proficiency development, test equating, specific purposes language testing, and vocabulary in context. His interests also include instructed second language acquisition, ranging from L2 pronunciation to language learning apps. To learn more about Dr. Isbell and his upcoming keynote address at PanSig 2024, read this recent interview with him in the current issue of Shiken
