LINGUIST List 22.2082 Sun May 15 2011 Confs: Applied Linguistics/Netherlands Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Bert Weltens , Writing Assessment in Higher Education Message 1: Writing Assessment in Higher Education Date: 13-May-2011 From: Bert Weltens <b.weltenslet.vu.nl> Subject: Writing Assessment in Higher Education E-mail this message to a friend Writing Assessment in Higher Education Short Title: WAsHE Date: 27-Oct-2011 - 28-Oct-2011 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Contact: Bert Weltens Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://writing-assessment.let.vu.nl Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Meeting Description: Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the Framework Work Two-day International Symposium which will be held in Amsterdam on 27 & 28 October 2011 The theme is based on the consideration that the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is inadequately specified at the higher competence levels with regard to descriptors for written competence. As such, the framework provides insufficient information for curriculum design and assessment. Research conducted at the VU in the context of the Pearson chair in Language testing is primarily geared to defining relevant linguistic parameters for the assessment of academic writing. Plenary Speakers: John H.A.L. de Jong, Pearson Professor of Language Testing, VU University Amsterdam and President of EALTA Jan Hulstijn, Professor of Second-Language Acquisition, University of Amsterdam Liz Hamp-Lyons, Visiting Professor in Language Assessment, University of Bedfordshire Tom Landauer, Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 15-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.