GCSEs to move to numbered grading system, says Ofqual

See on Scoop.it – Applied linguistics and knowledge engineering Exam regulator claims new one to nine marking scale and dropping assessments will let GCSE pick out brightest pupils Pupils sitting GCSE exams in England will be awarded grades from nine at the top to one at the bottom – instead of the present A*… See … Read more

The Learner Corpus Association (LCA)

The Learner Corpus Association (LCA) aims to provide a forum for exchanging ideas on learner corpus research from an interdisciplinary perspective: – Second language acquisition– Foreign language teaching (including CALL)– Language testing– NLP applications (automated scoring, L1 identification, error detection and correction, etc.)– other language-related fields  The association was officially launched at the second Learner … Read more

The Learner Corpus Association (LCA)

The Learner Corpus Association (LCA) aims to provide a forum for exchanging ideas on learner corpus research from an interdisciplinary perspective: – Second language acquisition– Foreign language teaching (including CALL)– Language testing– NLP applications (automated scoring, L1 identification, error detection and correction, etc.)– other language-related fields  The association was officially launched at the second Learner … Read more

EUROCALL 2014 – 20-23 August, U. Groningen

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS, 28 October 2013 EUROCALL2014 Groningen, The Netherlands, 20-23 August, 2014 http://www.eurocall2014.nl/ The 21st EUROCALL conference will be held at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands from 20th to 23rd August 2014. The program will include individual papers, symposia, workshops, presentations on EU-funded projects, and posters. EUROCALL conferences are hosted under … Read more