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Midwest Association of Language Testers Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Language Assessment Research

Purpose: To recognize language assessment research conducted by a graduate student

Eligibility: The research must have been carried out by a graduate student in a master’s or doctoral program. The project may investigate any area of language assessment and may involve quantitative and/or qualitative analysis. The paper must have been submitted for credit within two years prior to the year of the award (2012, 2013 and spring semester of 2014 for the 2014 award).

Award: The winner will present the award-wining paper at the annual MwALT conference (October 3 and 4 in Ann Arbor) following his or her selection. The winner’s conference registration fee will be waived, and at the awards ceremony, the winner will receive a certificate and a book on language testing.

Criteria for Selection:
(a) The paper should address an area of importance in second language assessment.
(b) The paper must have been submitted for credit within two years prior to the year of the award (2012, 2013 and spring semester of 2014 for the 2014 award).
(c) The paper should be in APA format and no more than 9,000 words including references.
(d) The recipient is not required to be a member of MwALT.
(e) The research project must have been carried out for a graduate course or conducted for academic credit.

Submission: The paper (in APA format) must be no more than 9,000 words including references. Abstracts are required as part of the paper and should be no longer than 250 words. On a separate cover page, the following should be included:

a. Title of the paper;
b. Name of the author, the graduate course number, course title, professor of record, and the institutional affiliation including the location of the institution. Acronyms should not be used when giving institutional affiliations;
c. Surface mail address of correspondent;
e. Email address of correspondent;
f. Telephone number of correspondent.

The cover page and paper should be submitted electronically (as MS Word attachments) to chapman.m@cambridgemichigan.org by July 1st 2014. The email must have the subject header “Best Paper Award Submission­ - Name” as electronic papers submitted without the correct header may be lost. Papers submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Chapman, M. [LTEST-L] MwALT Best Student Paper Award. LTEST-L listserv (LTEST-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 18 May 2014).