The Sixth Annual Conference of EALTA, Turku, Finland
4th - 7th of June, 2009
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Qualitative Methods in Language Testing and Assessment
PROGRAMME
Leaders: Jayanti Banerjee & Spiros Papageorgiou, University of Michigan
Tuesday 2nd June
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Introductions Overview of qualitative methods in language testing and assessment (PDF 391 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.00 – 13.00 |
Verbal Protocols (1) (PDF 156 KB) • Introduction • Practical task |
| Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Verbal Protocols (2) • Developing a framework for analysis • Practical task |
| Coffee break | |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Introduction to computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (PDF 240 KB) |
Wednesday 3rd June
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Review of Day One Conversation Analysis (1) (PDF 56 KB) • Introduction • Practical task (Example PDF 105 KB) |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.00 – 13.00 |
Conversation Analysis (2) • Practical task (cont.) • Presentations of analysis |
| Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Analysis of written language (1)
(PDF 267 KB) • Review of analytical approaches (including lexical diversity, syntactic complexity, and grammatical accuracy) |
| Coffee break | |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Analysis of written language (2) • Practical task |
Thursday 4th June
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Review of Day Two Analysis of written language (3) • Introduction to Discourse Analysis (PDF 60 KB) • Practical task |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.00 – 13.00 |
Analysis of written language (4) • Reflection on Discourse Analysis Wrap-up discussion • Presenting the results of qualitative analyses • The challenges of proof |
References (PDF 149 KB)
Workshop Evaluation Report (PDF 145 KB)