ND19-ETC: New Directions Eye-Tracking Colloquium |
Website | https://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/new-directions |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nd19etc |
Abstract registration deadline | September 1, 2019 |
Submission deadline | September 1, 2019 |
Innovative Uses of Eye-Tracking Technology in Language Assessment Research
A New Directions Pre-Conference Colloquium
Saturday 7 December 2019 at Yokohama National University
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts for all submission types should be 400 words, submitted as attachments in MS Word format (.doc / .docx)
The deadline for abstract submission is Sunday 1 September.
List of Topics
Submissions are invited which investigate aspects of testing research which employ eye-tracking. We encourage submissions from studies which cover:
- Test validation, including validation of different task types;
- Test taker interaction with different kinds of task input materials;
- Item writers’ engagement with guidelines or specifications;
- Raters’ engagement with scoring rubrics;
- Methodological innovations, such as;
- Integration of eye-tracking methods with other methods, such as quantitative strategy questionnaires, or qualitative verbal protocols;
- Approaches to calculating metrics such as saccades and regressions;
- Statistical approaches to analysing eye-tracking data
Invited Speakers
Opening remarks: Prof Barry O’Sullivan (British Council Assessment Research Group)
Invited speaker: Dr Vahid Aryadoust (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
Discussant: Dr Jamie Dunlea (British Council Assessment Research Group)
Publication
Accepted abstracts for all types of submission will be included in the online British Council New Directions conference programme and will be included in an application for publication in a volume for Proceedings of the British Academy.
Venue
This half-day colloquium will be held at Yokohama National University (YNU) on Saturday 7 December.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to NewDirectionsEastAsia@BritishCouncil.org