Schedule for Assessing Speaking Conference

Friday, May 4, 2018		Saturday, May 5, 2018
8:15 – 8:45	Welcome	8:15 – 9:00	Breakfast
Session 1
9:00 – 10:30	S. Chen Rater Variability in a Paired Speaking Task: A Mixed-methods Approach G. Chen A Model of Analytic Rating Scales to Assess College Students’ L2 Chinese Oral Performance Vercellotti Assessing the Development of Linguistic Complexity in ESL Speech: A Consideration of Length, Subordination, and Structural Measures	9:00 – 10:30	Huth On graded scales: Interaction, proficiency, and assessment frameworks Lee Using Conversation Analysis to Assess Speaking in Context: A Case of Korean Language Learners Patharakorn Using open role-play in group oral assessment: Topic management skills elicitation and display
10:30 – 11:00	Break	10:30 – 11:00	Break
Session 2
11:00 – 12:30	Dubrovskaya Language use in context: assessing sociocognitive relevance Popa Beyond Speaking Competence- A Multimodal Framework for Assessment Teymurova Testing Speaking Ability	11:00 – 12:30	M. Yeh, Kley, & Kunitz Jiazhou? Is it California? Investigating the scoring validity of the repair subscale of a speaking test for Chinese learners Burt Listener Responses and Alignment in Intercultural Discourse: Can Beginning Spanish Students Respond Appropriately During Interaction in the L2? Pineda Turi Spanish for Medical Professions: Speaking about Healthcare vs. Speaking in a Healthcare Context
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch	12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
Session 3
14:00 – 15:00	Dyer & Quan Almost but not quite: Using formulaicity to assess L2 oral proficiency H. Yeh L2 Spoken Chinese Corpus and the implications in CSL pedagogy and assessment	14:00 – 15:00	Song & Hsu A comparison of students’ performance in face-to-face and virtual reality oral tests (14/15)
15:00 – 16:00	Posters	15:00 – 16:00	Moderated Discussion
16:00 – 17:30	Keynote: Roever	16:00 – 17:30	Keynote: Ross
18:00 – 20:30	Reception	18:00 – 21:00	Dinner