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The Second TC/ETS Forum on Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of English Language Learners
New Applications and Challenges in Second Language (L2) Pragmatics Assessment
March 4, 2016
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York

The goal of the TC/ETS Forum is to bring together teachers, students, researchers, testing specialists, administrators, and others interested in language assessment topics to listen, explore, discuss, and debate issues and concerns related to the assessment of English Language Learners. This forum features three presentations followed by time for discussion.

Talk 1: Contextualizing L2 Pragmatics as Part of Assessing Communicative Language Ability: Framing a New Video-Based Pragmatics Placement Test
Fred S. Tsutagawa, Andrea E. Durkis, & Soo Hyoung Joo, Teachers College, Columbia University

Talk 2: Designing a Self-Access Tool for L2 Pragmatics Learning and Assessment
Veronika Timpe-Laughlin, Educational Testing Service
Heidi Han-Ting Liu, Teachers College, Columbia University

Talk 3: Generalizability Considerations and the Interactionalist Approach to Construct Definition in L2 Pragmatics Assessment: Examining the Trade-Offs
Kirby C. Grabowski, Teachers College, Columbia University

For full details about the forum go to http://www.iltaonline.com/index.php/en/language-testing-and-related-conferences/gcalendar/44-the-second-tc-ets-forum-on-teaching-learning-and-assessment-of-english-language-learners