Members of LARG

Name and affiliationResearch Interests

Poonam Anand

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Classroom assessment in relation to high stakes assessment
Angel Arias 

Beverly Baker

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Mixed methods validation of large scale/high stakes assessments
  • Language Assessment Literacy
  • Critical approaches to language teacher development and language assessment development

Christian Colby-Kelly

Canada School of Public Service; freelance researcher

  • Learning Oriented Assessment/Assessment for Learning /diagnostic/dynamic assessment
  • Oral performance testing and discourse analysis of oral performance test responses
  • Test fairness and parallel testing

Galia Dukova-Zheleva

Second Language Training Consultant, Learning Centre, City of Ottawa

  • Application of language assessment research to language testing and training in government contexts
  • Syntax
  • Semantics

Zinat Goodarzi

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Classroom-based assessment
  • Academic acculturation of first-year university students
  • Academic literacy

Carla Hall

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Examiner training; test development
  • Influence of test delivery modes and modalities on test-taker performances in speaking tests
  • Discourse analysis, CA, multi-modal analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis

Amelia Hope

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Assessment of interactional competence in CLB speaking tasks
  • Rater training; test development

Monika Jezak

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Language policy
  • Multilingualism
  • Adult biliteracy

Valerie Kolesova

OLBI, University of Ottawa

  • Assessment of sociopragmatic competence

Michel Laurier

Vice Principal Academic/Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa

  • Learning outcome measurement and assessment
  • Language proficiency assessment
  • Use of technology in assessment

Kazem Loftipoursaedi 

Algonquin College

  • Discourse analytic approaches to ESL /EFL education, including curricular design, pedagogy task development, and testing task design
  • Redefining Canadian Language Benchmark levels in terms of textual forms

Jia Ma 

PhD candidate,

Assessment and Evaluation Group, Faculty of Education, Queen's University

  • Consequential validity of high-stake language tests

Glenn Thompson

Manager -- SLE, Services and Business Development Sector

Public Service Commission of Canada / Government of Canada

 

Carolyn Ferris

Public Service Commission of Canada / Government of Canada

 

Marie-Aude Plante

Public Service Commission of Canada / Government of Canada

 
Widad Al-edanie 

Kam Cheong (Jason) Chiu

IB Global Centre, Cardiff - International Baccalaureate®

learning-oriented assessment, language teaching approaches, and language teacher development