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INVITED PLENARY ADDRESSES

 

1.        Thinking about language testing in new ways: Proficiency, placement, achievement, and diagnostic decisions, Plenary address ThaiTESOL Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1988.

2.        Where does testing fit into your language program? Plenary address, MEXTESOL National Convention, Valle de Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 1988.

3.        Classroom centered language testing, Keynote address CULI Post-RELC Seminar, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1990. 

4.        Fluency and accuracy in teaching oral language skills, Plenary address, XIV Simpósio dos Centros de Cultura Brasil-Estados Unidos, Vittoria, Brazil, 1990.

5.        An introduction to item banking for language tests, Plenary address, Annual National Conference of Inspectors of English, Rabat, Morocco, 1991.

6.        Technology, statistics, and language education in the twenty-first century, Plenary address, Second Foreign Language Education and Technology Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 1991.

7.        Cloze testing in Japan: Testing characteristics and readability, Plenary address, Third Conference on Language Research in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 1991.

8.        Vocabulary difficulty for Japanese university students, Featured address, Tokyo JALT Spring Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 1992.

9.        The systematic design of language curriculum, Plenary address, Chuba JACET Annual Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 1993.

10.     Designing language curriculum for the 21st century, Plenary address, TEFLIN National Conference, Padang, Indonesia, 1993.

11.     Aspects of fluency and accuracy, Plenary address, JALT Southwest Regional Conference, Kitakyushu, Japan, 1995.

12.     English language entrance examinations in Japan: Problems and solutions, Plenary address, JALT National Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.

13.     University English language entrance exams in Japan, Featured speaker, Hokkaido TEFL Forum, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, 1997. 

14.     University entrance examinations: Their effect on English language teaching, Opening plenary, Language Institute of Japan International Summer Workshop for Teachers of English (29th Annual), Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, 1997.

15.     The roles and responsibilities of assessment in foreign language education, Plenary address, Japan Language Testing Association, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.

16.     Classroom assessment: Purposes, effects, options, and constraints, Plenary address, Sixth National Conference on Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOLANZ), Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1998.

17.     Using tests to unify language curriculum: Needs analysis, objectives, tests, materials, teaching, and evaluation. Plenary address, Fourth International ELT Conference, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999. 

18.     Computer-adaptive testing. Plenary address, Korean Association of Teachers of English International Conference, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea, 1999. 

19.     The Impact of computers on language testing: Recent developments and what they mean. Plenary address, Korean Association of Foreign Language Educators, Seoul Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1999.

20.     Alternatives and techniques in language testing. Opening keynote speaker, Seventh Annual Rikkyo TEFL Seminar. Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999.

21.     Using tests to unify language curriculum: Needs analysis, objectives, tests, materials, teaching, and evaluation. Featured speaker, TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2001.

22.     Alternatives in language testing: Pros, cons, and guidelines. Opening plenary speaker, First Annual National Conference on Excellence in Academic English, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 2001.

23.   Reassessing language assessment. Opening plenary speaker, Third International ELT Reassessing Assessment Conference, Işik University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002.

24.   Problems and suggestions for language testing in Asia. Plenary, JALT Pan-SIG Conference – Language Testing in Asia in the 21st Century, Kyoto, Japan, 2002. 

25.     Promoting fluency over accuracy, Plenary, JALT Pan-SIG Conference – Conversational Fluency: Ideology or Reality, Kyoto, Japan, 2003.

26.     Twenty-five years of cloze testing research: So what? Invited speech, 38th RELC International Seminar, SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Singapore, 2003.

27.     The many facets of language curriculum development. Plenary, 5th CULI International Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.

28.     Current issues in language assessment. Plenary, Conference on Current Issues in Language Assessment, Moscow Open Education Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2004.

29.     Designing language curriculum for less commonly taught languages. Plenary, 7th National Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Madison, WI, 2004

30.     Perspectives on doing research in language teaching. Plenary, 8th African Language Teachers' Association Conference, Madison, WI, 2004.

31.     Language testing policy: Student needs, teacher needs, and administrator needs. Plenary, Annual Conference on TEFL and Applied Linguistics. Ming Chuan University, Kuei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2005.

32.     Classroom-based language testing. Plenary, Conference on Testing in Ukraine – Problems and Solutions. Kyiv, Ukraine, 2005.  

33.     Authentic communication: Whyzit importan’ta teach reduced forms? JALT Pan-SIG Conference, Shizuoka, Japan, 2006.

 

INVITED DISTANCE/VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS

 

1.        USIA/TESOL Worldnet telecast to East Asia invited by USIA (with J. Burton & P. Mickan), 28th TESOL Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994.

2.        Language testing, One-hour teleconference between the TESOL Summer Institutes at Carabobo University in Valencia, Venezuela and St. Michael's College, Vermont, 1995.

3.        Curriculum Development Strategies for EFL Teachers, Two-hour TESOL Virtual Seminar – Key Issues in EFL. Webcast around the world by TESOL from Kaneohe, Hawaii via Chicago, IL, 2005.

 

OTHER INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

1.        Teaching fluency in oral language, invited by Encuentro Nacional de Profesores de Lenguas (Enseñanza Superior), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 1988.

2.        Guidelines for writing good test questions, invited by MEXTESOL National Convention, Valle de Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 1988.

3.        Panel discussion (with V. Condax, S. Jacobs, T. Hilgers, & H. Friedman) on “Writing across the curriculum” in plenary session, HCTE Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1988.

4.        Colloquium (with H. Byrnes, J. Chumley, F. Clark, K. Krahnke, L. Rawley, M. Spaan. J. Staczek, & S. Carkin, Chair) on intensive English programs, 24th TESOL Convention, San Francisco, California, 1990.

5.        Colloquium (with J.F. Fanselow, C. Stanley, G. Valcourt, & J.A. Aebersold, Chair) on teacher training, 24th TESOL Convention, San Francisco, California, 1990.

6.        Panel discussion (with K. Au & M. Lai) on performance assessments in plenary session, Second Annual Conference of the Hawai‘i Association for Asian and Pacific American Education, 1991.

7.        A practical introduction to item banking for language tests, invited Ten-hour computer workshop, Annual Conference of Inspectors of English in Rabat, Morocco, 1991.

8.        Social meaning in language curriculum, of language curriculum, and through language curriculum, invited by Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, DC, 1992.

9.        The Pacific rim: Diversity and challenge in EFL, invited (with R. Murphy, L. Baltra, R. Campbell, J. Richards, & G. Sampson), 26th TESOL Convention, Vancouver, Canada, 1992.

10.     Panel discussion (with eight other panelists) on “Indonesian language education in the twenty-first century” in plenary session, TEFLIN National Conference, Padang, Indonesia, 1993.

11.     Criterion-referenced testing: An alternative framework for research, invited to participate in a 3-hour colloquium on alternative research methods, 27th TESOL Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993.

12.     Aspects of fluency and accuracy, invited by JALT National Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.

13.     Writing effective language tests, invited by JALT National Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.

14.     What is a language test item, invited by Hokkaido TEFL Forum, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, 1997. 

15.     Systematic development and revision of language curriculum, Language Institute of Japan International Summer Workshop for Teachers of English (29th Annual), Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, 1997.

16.     Improving classroom language assessment, Language Institute of Japan International Summer Workshop for Teachers of English (29th Annual), Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, 1997.

17.     Measuring second language acquisition colloquium (organized with T. Hudson), 18th Annual Second Language Research Forum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1998.

18.     Investigating task-based performance assessment (with T. Hudson) in colloquium on Measuring second language acquisition, 18th Annual Second Language Research Forum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1998.

19.     Designing good quality classroom tests, Fourth International ELT Conference, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999. 

20.     Panel discussion (with H. Enginarlar, K. Smith, & B. Tomlinson) on language testing in plenary session, Fourth International ELT Conference, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999. 

21.     Conference summary panel discussion (with F. Babrakzai, B. Gersten, M. A. Jaffar, R. R. Jordan, & T. Parsons) in plenary session, First Annual National Conference on Excellence in Academic English, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 2001.

22.   Writing good language tests, 3rd International ELT Reassessing Assessment Conference, Işik University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002.

23.   Panel discussion (with A. Palmer & M. Christison) in plenary session on language testing, 3rd International ELT Reassessing Assessment Conference, Işik University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002.

24.   Systematic development and revision of language curriculum, JALT Pan-SIG Conference – Language Testing in Asia in the 21st Century, Kyoto, Japan, 2002.

25.     What I learned in 25 years of cloze testing research, JALT Pan-SIG Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2003.

26.     Language teaching, testing, and policy. Foreign Language and International Studies Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2003.

27.     Panel discussion (with C. Alderson, L. Hamp-Lyons, O. Kwon, & T. Mohtar) in plenary session on “Why testing determines what we teach instead of the other way around”, 38th RELC International Seminar, SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Singapore, 2003. 

28.     Panel discussion (with six other panelists) in plenary session on “ELT in a globalized world: Innovations and applications”, 5th CULI International Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.

29.     Colloquium (with Kobayashi, Morikawa, & Suzuki) on “Oral testing in Japan: A variety of perspectives.” JALT Pan-SIG Conference, Shizuoka, Japan, 2006.

 

INVITED LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND COURSES

 

1.        Social sciences research methodology, Three-hour lecture for the staff of the Import-Export Trade Commission, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1981.

2.        Language research methods, Five half-day lectures for the Business and Economics Language Center, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1981.

3.        Language testing, One-day workshop for ARAMCO Staff Development, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1983.

4.        Culture in the language teaching classroom, Two-day workshop for the Escambia School District, Pensacola, Florida, 1984.

5.        ESL curriculum: A systems approach, One-day workshop for ARAMCO Staff Development, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1984.

6.        Language testing for making program decisions: Criterion‑referenced or norm‑referenced? Two days of lecture at the American University Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 1984.

7.        Accuracy and fluency in EFL teaching, Ten days of workshops sponsored by the USIS, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1985.

8.        Language proficiency, Two half‑day workshops for local foreign language teachers. Punahou High School, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1986.

9.        Language learning, Five two‑day sessions for DOE teachers (3 semester hours credit). Kauai Community College, Lihue, Kauai, Hawai‘i, 1986.

10.     Language testing, Five two‑day sessions for DOE teachers (3 semester hours credit). Kauai Community College, Lihue, Kauai, Hawai‘i, 1986.

11.     Testing English as a second language, Workshop for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1987.

12.     Proficiency testing, One half-day workshop for local foreign language teachers for Academic Alliance Seminar Series (with C. Chaudron & C. Ning), Kamehameha High School, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1987.

13.     Language placement testing, Half-day workshop for teacher trainers at Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1987.

14.     Language testing, Five two‑day sessions for DOE teachers (3 semester hours credit). Kahului, Maui, Hawai‘i, 1987.

15.     Appropriacy in teaching oral language skills, Three five-day workshops for teacher trainers sponsored by the USIS in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pitsanulok, & Udon Thani, Thailand, 1988.

16.     The place of testing in English as a foreign language curriculum, Workshop for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1988.

17.     What does ESL have to offer the SLEP teacher in Hawai‘i? Five half-day workshops for DOE teachers (1 semester hour credit). Mililani, Oahu, Hawai‘i, 1988.

18.     Guidelines for writing good test questions, Six two-hour workshops sponsored by the USIS at a variety of universities in Mexico, 1988.

19.     Fluency and appropriacy in oral skills, Six two-hour workshops sponsored by the USIS at a variety of universities in Mexico, 1988.

20.     Language Curriculum development, Two fourteen-hour courses (1 semester hour credit for each) Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, 1989.

21.     Categories for effective testing, Two-hour lecture for Japan Association for Language Teaching, Nagoya, Japan, 1989.

22.     Testing in English as a foreign language, Two-hour lecture for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1989.

23.     Developing language curriculum, Two-hour lecture for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1989.

24.     Language testing, One forty-two hour course (3 semester hours credit) Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo, Japan, 1989.

25.     Writing effective language tests, Two-hour lecture for Japan Association for Language Teaching, Sapporo, Japan, 1989.

26.     Language Testing One half-day workshop for Academic Alliance Seminar Series (with T. Hudson). Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1989.

27.     Testing students of limited English proficiency, Two two-hour workshops for DOE teachers. Mililani and Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawai‘i, 1989.

28.     Cultural and linguistic aspects of testing, Honolulu District Workshop for Special Services teachers. Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1989.

29.     Writing effective classroom language tests, Two three-hour workshops. CULI Post-RELC Seminar, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1990. 

30.     Classroom language testing, One forty-two hour course (3 semester hours credit) Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo, Japan, 1990.

31.     Language skills, materials, tests, and curriculum, Fifteen hours of lectures for Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1990.

32.     Testing in language classrooms, Two-hour lecture. International University of Japan. Urasa, Japan, 1990.

33.     Guidelines for writing effective language tests, Four two-hour lectures delivered at PUCI/RIO and at Culturas Inglesas in Copacabana, Sao Paulo, and Belo Horizonte in Brazil, 1990.

34.     Fluency and Accuracy in teaching oral English skills, Two two-hour lectures delivered at the Centro de Cultura Brasil-Estados Unidos in Sao Paulo, and the Cultura Inglesas in Belo Horizonte and Copacabana in Brazil, 1990.

35.     Systematic design of language curriculum, Four two-hour lectures delivered at the Culturas Inglesas in Copacabana and Belo Horizonte, and at the Centros de Cultura Brasil-Estados Unidos in Vittoria and Sao Paulo in Brazil, 1990.

36.     Language research, Half-day workshop for teacher trainers at Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1990.

37.     Media and technology in language teaching, One forty-two hour course (3 semester hours credit) Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo, Japan, 1991.

38.     Teaching fluency and appropriacy in EFL speaking, Five two-hour workshops at Academies and American Language Centers in Fez, Marrakech, El Jadida, & Casablanca, Morocco, 1991.

39.     Writing a good language test, Five one-hour workshops at Morocco Association of Teachers of English Days and American Language Centers in Fez, Rabat, & Marrakech, Morocco, 1991.

40.     Developing systematic curriculum in language programs, Two one-hour workshops at American Language Centers in Rabat & Casablanca, Morocco, 1991.

41.     Good language testing practices, One three-hour workshop for the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Fukuoka, Japan, 1991.

42.     Using TOEFL scores, One-hour lecture in the Teacher Development Series, Intensive English Language Program, Temple University Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 1991.

43.     Language research methods, One fourteen-hour course (one semester hour credit) Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo, Japan, 1992.

44.     Classroom-centered language testing, One two-hour lecture for Japan Association for Language Teaching, Tokyo, Japan, 1992.

45.     Language curriculum development, One two-hour workshop for International University Japan, Urasa, Japan, 1992.

46.     Testing in language classrooms, One two-hour lecture at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, 1992.

47.     Classroom-based Language Testing, One four-hour lecture for Tokyo American Community College, Tokyo, Japan, 1992.

48.     Making sense of language teaching methods, One two-hour lecture at Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Campinas, Campinas; one two-hour lecture at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande; & one one-hour lecture at Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, 1992.

49.     Language testing and your students, One two-hour lecture at Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Campinas, Campinas; one two-hour lecture at Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Rio de Janeiro; four two-hour lectures at the Alumni Language School, Sao Paulo; one two-hour workshop at Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia; & three two-hour lectures/workshops at the Cultura Inglesa in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992.

50.     Systematic revision and development of language curriculum, One two-hour lecture at Pontifícia Universidade Católicado do Rio de Janeiro; two three-hour lectures at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande; one two-hour lecture at Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro; one three-hour lecture at Universidade Federal de Niteroy; & one two-hour workshop at Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil, 1992.

51.     Fluency in oral English, One one-hour lecture at Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia; & one two-hour lecture at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, Brazil, 1992.

52.     Doing Language Research, Three three-hour lectures at Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Norte, Natal; & one two-hour lecture at Universidade Federal de Niteroy, Brazil, 1992.

53.     Classroom-centered Language Testing, Five three-hour lectures for local chapters of the Japan Association for Language Teaching at Matsumoto, Hiroshima, Niigata, West Tokyo & Gumma; & one two-hour lecture at Phillips University, Kyoto, Japan, 1993.

54.     Language research for teachers, Five-hour lecture at the Ministry of Education, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1993.

55.     Curriculum, testing, and research in language programs, Fifteen-hour workshop at United States Information Service, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1993. 

56.     Language curriculum design, Ten-hour workshop at CALTEX Oil Company Training Unit, Pekan Baru, Indonesia, 1993. 

57.     Issues in second language research design, Eight-hour lecture at Malang University, Malang, Indonesia, 1993.

58.     Teacher observations and evaluation procedures, One-hour lecture at Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, 1993.

59.     Language testing types and techniques, Two two-hour of lectures for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1994.

60.     The place of language testing in curriculum development, Three-hour lecture at Seigakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, 1994.

61.     Cultural contrasts: Japan, China, and the United States, One-hour lecture at Kanagawa Gaigotanki University, Yokohama, Japan, 1994.

62.     Advanced research methods seminar, One forty-two hour course (3 semester hours credit) Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo, Japan, 1994.

63.     Using tests to center language curriculum, One nine-hour workshop at the Instituto Superior Politecnico Jose Antonio Echeverria, Havana, Cuba, 1994.

64.     Classroom-based language testing, A one-hour and thirty minute lecture for the United States Information Service, Hotel Talleyrand, United States Embassy, Paris, France, 1995.

65.     Understanding language research, Two lectures: One of three-hours for the Institute Universitaire de la Formation des Maitres, Lyon, France; and one of one-and-one-half hours for the Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 1995.

66.     Administrative uses of language tests, Six hours of lectures for the Centre National de Formation des Personnels d'Inspection et de Direction, Paris, France, 1995.

67.     Fluency and appropriacy in oral English, Three three-hour lectures: One for the Mission Academique de la Formation Professionel des Enseigneurs Nationaux, Amiens; one of three-hours for the Institute Universitaire de la Formation des Maitres, Paris, France; and one for the Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 1995.

68.     Language testing in the classroom, Two two-hour lectures for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1995.

69.     Teaching listening and speaking, One two-hour workshop for International University Japan, Urasa, Japan, 1996.

70.     Fluency development in an oral curriculum, One three-hour workshop for the local chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching at Kanazawa, Japan, 1996.

71.     Language testing in the classroom, Two two-hour lectures for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1996.

72.     Effective uses of testing in language programs, Guangzhou English Language Center, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, 1996

73.     Designing effective language curriculum, Three two-hour lectures at Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey; Prep Program, Bosphorous University, Istanbul, Turkey; ELT Program, Mideast Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 1996

74.     The place of criterion-referenced testing in language curriculum, Six two-hour lectures at the BUSEL Program, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; ELT Programs, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; Beikent University, Istanbul, Turkey; Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey; Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; ELT Program, Bosphorous University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1996.

75.     Classroom language testing, Two two-hour lectures for the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1997.

76.     Guidelines for writing good language tests, One-hour lecture at Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Japan, 1997.

77.     Backwash, washback, systemic validity, and language curriculum, Half-hour lecture for the local chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching at Chiba, Japan, 1997.

78.     Issues in language assessment, One-and-one-half hour workshop for the Thirteenth Forum on Language Teaching and Learning, Keio University Shonan-Fujisawa Campus, Fujisawa-shi, Japan, 1997.

79.     Writing good quality classroom tests, One-and-one-half hour workshop at International Christian University, Musasahisakai, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.

80.     Classroom testing, Two-and-one-half hour workshop at Minnesota State University – Akita, Akita, Japan, 1998.

81.     Guidelines for writing good language tests, Two-hour workshop for the local chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching at Akita, Japan, 1998.

82.     Writing good quality language classroom tests, One-and-one-half hour workshop at International Christian University, Musashisakai, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.

83.     Effective language test item writing, Two-hour lecture, STEP Test organization, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.

84.     Item-response theory, computer-adaptive testing, and sound testing practices, Two-hour workshop, STEP Test organization, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.

85.     Classroom assessment and feedback, Three-hour workshop for the Institute on Teaching Southeast Asian Languages, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1998.

86.     Using tests to unify curriculum needs analysis, objectives, testing, materials, teaching, and evaluation, Eight-hour seminar, Erciyes University, Kaiseri, Turkey, 1999. 

87.     Relating testing to language curriculum, Two two-hour lectures at Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999.

88.     Developing language curriculum, Two six-hour lectures at the BUSEL Program, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; and the ELT MA Program, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999.

89.     Guidelines for writing good language tests, Two-hour workshop for Kanda Institute of Foreign Studies, Chiba, Japan, 1999.

90.     Classroom language testing: What it is and how to do it well, Three-hour lecture for the local Japan Association for Language Teaching at Tokushima, Shikoku, Japan, 1999.

91.     What does the language testing literature say about the university entrance examinations in Japan? Two-hour lecture to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, Tokyo, Japan, 1999.

92.     Matching language tests to curriculum, Two-hour lecture at Kansai University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan, 1999.

93.     Alternatives in language testing, Two-hour lecture at Miyazaki International College, Miyazaki, Japan, 1999.

94.     The choices in language testing, Two-hour lecture at Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ishikawa, Japan, 1999.

95.     The importance of communicative language teaching in Japan, One-and-one-half hour lecture for the National Federation of Prefectural English Teachers’ Organizations, Tokyo, Japan, 1999.

96.     The systematic development of language curriculum, One three-hour lecture in the Second Language Acquisition and Curriculum Speaker Series at Duke University, Raleigh, NC, 2000.

97.     Workshop: Creating responsible language tests, One two-hour lecture in the Second Language Acquisition and Curriculum Speaker Series at Duke University, Raleigh, NC, 2000.

98.     Developing good tests for language classes, Three-hour lecture for the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Fukuoka Chapter, Fukuoka, Japan, 2000.

99.     Curriculum development, Two one-and-one-half hour lectures at the L’Institute Supérieur des Langues de Tunis, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; University of Human and Social Sciences of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia, 2000.

100.  Testing and evaluation, Two one-and-one-half hour lectures at the L’Institute Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; University of Human and Social Sciences of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, 2000.

101.  Doing testing well, One four-hour workshop for supervisors and members of the Test Development Unit, Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2001.

102.  Curriculum development and testing, One eight-hour lecture/workshop for Supervisors and members of the Curriculum Development Unit, Ministry of Education, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2001. 

103.  Writing good language tests, Four four-hour lecture/workshops for the Ministry of Education of Oman to secondary school teachers and inspectors in Al-Qabil, Al-Wafi, Nizwa, and Batinah, Oman, 2001.

104.  Using surveys in language programs, A twenty-four hour course for Columbia Teachers College, Tokyo, Japan, 2001.

105.  Generalizability theory, A three-hour workshop for the research associates of the Testing and Certification Division of The University of Michigan, Honolulu, Hawai‘I, 2001.  

106.  Approaches to curriculum development and testing, Five two-hour lectures/discussions with Curriculum Commission of the Ministry of Education, Ankara, Turkey. 2002.

107.  The merits and demerits of multiple-choice tests, A two-hour lecture for test and curriculum developers at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002.

108.  The politics of curriculum development, A two-hour lecture at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002.

109.  Writing decent language tests, A one and one-half hour presentation at the Turkish-American Association, Ankara, Turkey, 2002.

110.  Alternatives in language testing, Two two-hour lectures at the Open University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2002.

111.  University Entrance Examinations in Japan, Two 14 hour courses (1 semester hour credit) in the Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Temple University in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, 2002.

112.  The elements of language curriculum development, A two-hour presentation at Cukyo University, Nagoya, Japan, 2002.

113.  Current trends in language testing and the TOEIC, A two-hour presentation for the TOEIC Organization, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, 2002.

114.  Doing criterion-referenced language testing, A two-hour presentation at Kochi Women’s University, Kochi, Shikoku, Japan, 2002.

115.  Using surveys in language programs, A twenty-four hour course for Columbia Teachers College, Tokyo, Japan, 2002.

116.  Systematic development and revision of language curriculum, A six-hour workshop for the University of Oregon/ORTESOL, Eugene, OR, 2003.

117.  Writing effective test for both fluency and accuracy, Two-hour lecture for the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Hiroshima Chapter, Hiroshima, Japan, 2003.

118.  Promoting fluency in the EFL classroom, Two-hour lecture for the Japan Association for Language Teaching, Fukuoka Chapter, Fukuoka, Japan, 2003.

119.  Using surveys in language programs, A twenty-four hour course for Columbia Teachers College, Tokyo, Japan, 2003.

120.  Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced language testing, A two-hour public lecture at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2003.

121.  Criterion-referenced language testing: Old issues and new developments, A six-hour Intensive Graduate Seminar in Applied Language Studies for Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2003.

122.  Language testing methods: A course in item writing, A fifteen-hour course for the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 2004.  

123.  All-Russia Seminar on Language Testing, A nine-hour course for language teaching professionals from all parts of the Russian Federation at Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2004.

124.  Designing effective questionnaires for language programs, A two-hour presentation at Meikai University, Urayasu-shi, Chiba, Japan, 2004.

125.  Improving English language testing and curriculum in Senegal, A twenty-four hours of lecture/workshop for Conseillers Pédagogiques and Inspectors of English. Thies, Senegal (2004).

126.  Ideas for improving language testing and curriculum, Four four-hour presentations/discussions organized by the US State Department RELO and the Conseillers Pédagogiques in five cities in Senegal: Thies, Ziguinchor, Diourbel, Louga, and Ndar (aka Saint Louis) (2005).

127.  Using surveys in language programs, A twenty-four hour course for Columbia Teachers College, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.

128.  Speaking, listening, and pronunciation. A thirty-hour course for UH-HUFS Teacher Training Workshop. Hanoi University of Foreign Studies. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005.

129.  Understanding language research, A two-hour presentation at National Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2005.

130.  Classroom-based language testing, Seven two-hour presentations: at Dnipropetrovsk National Mining University and Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of In-Service Pedagogical Education, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; at Lviv Ivan Franko National University and Lviv Regional Institute of In-Service Pedagogical Education, Lviv, Ukraine; and at National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, National Taras Shevchenko University, English Teaching Resource Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2005.

131.  The elements of language curriculum, A two-day in-service workshop for Seigakuin International Center, Seigakuin University, Saitama, Japan, 2006.

132.  What every language teacher should know about standardized and classroom testing. A ninety-minute presentation at the International Graduate School of English, Seoul, Korea, 2006.

133.  What teachers need to know to write good language tests. Three ninety-minute presentations at Lanition Lyceum, Limassol, Cyprus; A. Varnavas Lyceum, Nicosia, Cyprus; Mogu Akdeniz Universitesi (Eastern Mediterranean University), Famagusta, Cyprus.

134.  Problems and solutions in managing teachers. One-hour presentation/discussion for Inspectors of all subject areas, Ministry of Education, Nicosia, Cyprus.

 

REGULAR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

1.        Teaching and testing spelling, CATESOL Conference, Long Beach, California, 1978.

2.        Four methods for scoring cloze tests, TESOL Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979.

3.        An exploration of morpheme‑group interactions, Second Language Research Forum, Los Angeles, California, 1980.

4.        Newly placed vs. continuing students: Comparing proficiency, TESOL Convention, San Francisco, California, 1980.

5.        An evaluation of a categorical scoring instrument for ESL compositions, CATESOL Conference, San Diego, California, 1980.

6.        Norm‑referenced testing in China, Guangzhou English Language Conference, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 1980.

7.        The effectiveness of teaching reduced forms for listening comprehension (with A.G. Hilferty), TESOL Convention, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1982.

8.        Problems with reliability and context in cloze tests, TESOL Convention, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1982.

9.        A norm‑referenced engineering reading test, International Symposium on LSP, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1982.

10.     Applications of generalizability theory to task‑oriented testing, International Language Testing Symposium, Hong Kong, 1982.

11.     A cloze is a cloze is a cloze? TESOL Convention, Toronto, Canada, 1983.

12.     An EST program in China, Summer Conference for Teachers of ESL, Tallahassee, Florida, 1983.

13.     Problems and promises in oral proficiency testing, Summer Conference for Teachers of ESL, Tallahassee, Florida, 1983.

14.     The delivery of an overseas master's degree in TESL/TEFL (with F.L. Jenks), TESOL Convention, Houston, Texas, 1984.

15.     Moral, ethical, and social considerations in quantitative TESOL research, TESOL Convention, Houston, Texas, 1984.

16.     The spoken cloze as a proficiency test (with L. McKeon, J. Nemes, K. Nemes, and P. Schiesswohl), Language Testing Colloquium, Houston, Texas, 1984.

17.     An ESL program without decent tests has no center, Gulf Area TESOL Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, 1984.

18.     Spoken cloze: Just another variation on cloze? (with P. Schiesswohl), Gulf Area TESOL Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, 1984.

19.     The Saudi Arab student: A glimpse at life in the Kingdom (with F.L. Jenks), Gulf Area TESOL Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, 1984.        

20.     Creating cloze tests that work, Hawai‘i Council of Teachers of English Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1985.

21.     Learning styles and strategies: Helping students succeed (with K.M. Bailey and L. Hansen), NAFSA Regional Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1985.

22.     The use of statistics in research, TESOL Convention, Anaheim, California, 1986.

23.     Language program evaluation: A synthesis of existing possibilities, International Conference on Trends in Language Programme Evaluation, Bangkok, Thailand, 1986.

24.     Advising foreign students and non‑native speakers of English, Fourth Statewide Student Services Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1987.

25.     Two ways to improve ESL placement tests, HCTE Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1987.

26.     Improving ESL placement tests using two perspectives, TESOL Convention, Miami, Florida, 1987.

27.     What makes a cloze item difficult? Second Language Research Forum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 1988.

28.     The place of ESL students in writing across the curriculum placement testing, 11th Language Testing Research Colloquium, San Antonio, Texas, 1989.

29.     Short-cut estimates of criterion-referenced test reliability, 11th Language Testing Research Colloquium, San Antonio, Texas, 1989.

30.     What makes cloze test items difficult? TESOL Convention, San Antonio, Texas, 1989.

31.     Assessing the writing of ESL students: Curriculum planning, 7th National Testing Network Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1989.

32.     Evaluating a university-wide writing program by means of a component analysis: A panel (with J. Marsella and T. Hilgers), 7th National Testing Network Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1989.

33.     A comprehensive criterion-referenced language testing project, 12th Language Testing Research Colloquium, San Francisco, California, 1990.

34.     Southeast Asian languages proficiency examinations, RELC Conference on Language Testing and Language Programme Evaluation, Singapore, 1990. 

35.     Language testing courses: What are they? (with K. Bailey), 14th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Vancouver, Canada, 1992.

36.     A framework for testing cross-cultural pragmatics (with T. Hudson & E. Detmer), 14th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Vancouver, Canada, 1992.

37.     An EFL Readability Index? American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Seattle, Washington, 1992.

38.     A Survey of research and practice in the TESOL organization (with M. Knowles, D. Murray, J. Neu, & E. Violand-Hainer), 26th TESOL Convention, Vancouver, Canada, 1992.

39.     Recharging the battery: Placement tests for ESP students (with M.I.A. Cunha, M.A.P. Martins, Inés Kayon de Miller, & Lúcia Pacheco de Oliveira), XII Encontro Nacional de Professores Universitários de Léngua Inglesa, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1993.

40.     Decision dependability of item types, sections, tests, and the overall TOEFL test battery (with J.A. Ross), Language Testing Research Colloquium, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1993.

41.     Differential subtest performance and test-taker characteristics, Language Testing Research Colloquium, Washington, DC, 1994.

42.     Oh, whatever shall I do? Assessing cross-cultural pragmatics (with T. Hudson & E. Detmer), 28th TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, 1994.

43.     English language entrance examinations at Japanese universities: What do we know about them? (with S.O. Yamashita), JALT National Conference, Matsuyama, Japan, 1994.

44.     Currents in language testing in Japan (organized a colloquium with R. Thrasher, D. Griffee, C. Ikeguchi, S. Gates, & N. Jungheim), JALT National Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 1995.

45.     Estimating L2 performance based on task difficulty components (with T. Hudson & J.M. Norris), American Association of Applied Linguists Conference, Seattle, WA, 1998.

46.     The development of task-dependent and task-independent scales in performance assessment (with T. Hudson & J.M. Norris), Language Testing Research Colloquium, Monterey, CA, 1998.

47.     Validation of task-dependent and task-independent ratings of performance assessment (with J.M. Norris & T. Hudson), Language Testing Research Colloquium, Tsukuba, Japan, 1999.

48.     Fluency in oral/aural language testing, JALT National Conference, Maebashi, Japan, 1999.

49.     Doing language testing in the University of Hawai‘i doctoral program in SLA (with J.M. Norris), Language Testing Research Colloquium, Vancouver, Canada, 2000.

50.     Task-based performance assessment (with W. Bonk, T. Hudson, & J.M. Norris), Language Testing Research Colloquium, Vancouver, Canada, 2000.

51.     What linguistic characteristics predict students’ performances on cloze test items? American Association of Applied Linguistics, Vancouver, Canada, 2000.

52.     Personality, motivation, anxiety, strategies, and language proficiency of Brazilian and Japanese university students. American Association of Applied Linguistics, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002.

 

IN-HOUSE PRESENTATIONS AT UHM

 

1.        Reading empirical language studies.  The English Language Institute. Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1986.

2.        The English Language Institute, Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1987.

3.        Everything you need to know about the ELI, Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1987.

4.        The ESL student in sophomore literature courses, Department of English, Seminar for Sophomore Literature Professors, UHM, 1988.

5.        Proficiency testing, Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute, UHM, 1988.

6.        The English Language Institute, Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1988.

7.        The ELI: Curriculum, employment and research, Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1989.

8.        The SEASSI Proficiency Test, Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute, UHM, 1989.

9.        The English Language Institute and the ELI Placement Test, Foreign student orientation, ISO, UHM, 1989.

10.     Qualitative vs. quantitative approaches to language research (with K. Watson-Gegeo) Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1989.

11.     The ELI: Curriculum, employment, and research, Dept. of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1989.

12.     The English Language Institute, Foreign student orientation, International Student Organization, UHM, 1990.

13.     Foreign graduate assistants, Presentation for TA supervisors, Training and Orientation for New Graduate Teaching Assistants, Center for Teaching Excellence, UHM, 1990.

14.     SL research: Options in qualitative and quantitative approaches (with K. Watson-Gegeo) Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1990.

15.     Curriculum development, New Intensive Course of English, Summer Sessions, UHM, 1991.

16.     What you need to know about the English Language Institute, Foreign student orientation, International Student Organization, UHM, 1991.

17.     Reading statistical language research, Department of ESL Wednesday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1993.

18.     Cloze tests and second language readability, Department of ESL Wednesday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1993.

19.     Testing oral language production, New Intensive Course of English, Summer Sessions, UHM, 1993.

20.     Differential subtest performance and test-taker characteristics, Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1994.

21.     Language program evaluation: Problems and solutions, Dept. of ESL Wednesday Seminar, UHM, 1995.

22.     Classroom-centered testing, Three two-hour workshops for the Doctoral Teaching Preparation Seminar series, UHM, 1995.

23.     The ESL department scholarly paper and thesis options (with G. Kasper), Department of ESL Friday Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1995.

24.     Personality, motivation, anxiety, strategies, and language proficiency of Japanese students, Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1996.

25.     Publishing articles and books in ESL/EFL, Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1996.

26.     An ESL readability index? Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1997.

27.     Developing responsible portfolio assessment (with T. Hudson & J. Norris), Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1997.

28.     Performance-based teaching/testing, Department of East-Asian Languages Brown-bag, UHM, 1997.

29.     Publishing articles and books in ESL/EFL, Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1997.

30.     Central issues in L2 performance assessment: Task difficulty and the rating of task accomplishment, (with T. Hudson & J. Norris), Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1998.

31.     A performance-based testing project, Department of East-Asian Languages Brown-bag, UHM, 1998.

32.     Performance assessment for the FL classroom, (with T. Hudson, Y. Kim, & J. Norris), SLTCC Professional Development Series, UHM, 1998.

33.     Publishing articles and books in ESL/EFL, Department of ESL Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 1998.

34.     Performance assessment for the FL classroom (with T. Hudson, Y. Kim, & J. M. Norris), SLTCC Professional Development Series, UHM, 1998.

35.     Investigating The Japanese Placement Test (with K. Kondo-Brown), Department of East-Asian Languages Brown-bag, UHM, 2000.

36.     Getting Published in Applied Linguistics, Department of SLS Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 2000. 

37.     Doing language testing well, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages, UHM, 2001.

38.     Publishing articles and books in second language studies, Department of SLS Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 2001. 

39.     Personality, motivation, anxiety, strategies, and language proficiency of Brazilian and Japanese university students, Department of SLS Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 2002. 

40.     What I learned from twenty-five years of cloze testing research, Department of SLS Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 2004.

41.     Teaching continuous speech as part of pronunciation, Department of SLS Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 2005.

42.     Publishing books and articles in applied linguistics, Department of SLS Brown-bag Seminar, UHM, 2006.

 

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