TEVAL is pleased to announce a forum with PanSig 2024 Plenary Speaker, Dr. Daniel R. Isbell to be held at 1pm on Saturday, May 25. This will be a chance tor TEVAL members to ask any questions or raise any concerns they may have regarding language assessment. The informal, conversational type setting is sure to be conducive to some interesting discussion so make sure you put this event in your calendar! Everyone is welcome to submit any questions or issues they have in advance and if you wish, this can be done anonymously using the following google doc: https://forms.gle/y3DGTxRv696hz3jL9.
We strongly encourage you to make the most of this opportunity and submit any questions you have regarding language testing. We look forward to seeing you at this PANSIG forum!
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
