EALTA 2020: Variations on Common Standards June 5-7, 2020 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ealta2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | November 30, 2019 |
Submission deadline | November 30, 2019 |
The 17th EALTA Conference, entitled Variations on Common Standards, invites participants to explore how local needs and conditions require context-appropriate responses, thus motivating local adaptations of our common reference systems, and to critically reflect on resulting language assessment and testing practices. We invite proposals for conceptual and empirical papers, work-in-progress presentations, posters and symposia relating to the conference theme.
Submission Guidelines
We would like to encourage as many people as possible to submit proposals, but every year we receive far more than can be included in the programme. The following guidelines will help you make your proposal as effective as possible and give you the best chance of success.
I. We will consider proposals for PAPERS (20 minute presentations), WORKS-IN-PROGRESS (15 minute presentations) and POSTERS adhering to the conference theme, and in a separate strand we will consider proposals which make a significant contribution to language testing and assessment research not related directly to the theme.
The proposals for papers, works-in-progress and posters must:
- contain a clear explanation of how the paper relates to the conference theme, or if it is not related to the theme, why it is of significance to the field
- keep to stipulated maximum word count for title and abstract (250 words max.)
- be well-structured
- clearly outline:
- the objectives of the paper
- for empirical papers: its methods (design, participants, instruments, procedures);
for theoretical papers: its theoretical framework or literature upon which it is based
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- the contribution it makes to the field of Language Testing and Assessment
- the novelty it may offer in terms of concepts, approaches or methods
- be likely to promote discussion and interaction amongst conference participants
II. We will consider proposals for SYMPOSIA adhering to the conference theme (90 minutes).
The proposals for symposia must:
- contain a clear rationale for the symposium (500 words max.) which
- is well-structured
- outlines the objectives of the symposium
- explains how the papers within the symposium relate to each other and contribute to the symposium goals
- contain a separate abstract for each contribution which
- outlines its relation to the conference theme and contribution to the symposium
- is well-structured
- keeps to the stipulated word count for title and abstract (250 words max.)
- clearly outlines the objectives, its methods or its theoretical framework, and the novelty it may offer in terms of concepts, approaches or methods
- be likely to promote discussion and interaction amongst conference participants.
The rationale and the abstracts for the contributions are to be submitted in one document.
III. Each proposal is rated by three independent vetters
We want to ensure an anonymous and impartial vetting procedure. Therefore, we will collect your contact details and the abstract separately. The data containing your name, affiliation etc. go to the conference administrators. They will use IDs to match your personal details with your abstract. You will submit your abstract in a separate file, which goes to the three vetters.
NB. To ensure anonymity, you are required to avoid any information in your title and abstract that may lead to identifying you or your institution as the author or origin of the proposal.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ealta2020@euroexam.org.