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CurriculumVitae(CV) AttaGebril

DepartmentofAppliedLinguisticsTheAmericanUniversityinCairoP.O.Box74,NewCairo11835,Egypt

':+20-2-2615-1919*:[email protected]

CURRENTPOSITIONAssociateProfessorandDirectorofMATESOLProgram(withtenure),DepartmentofAppliedLinguistics&ChairoftheInstitutionalReviewBoard,theAmericanUniversityinCairo.

EDUCATION

PHD|DECEMBER2006|THEUNIVERSITYOFIOWA,USA· Major:ForeignLanguageandESLEducation· Minor:Languagetesting· Dissertationtitle:IndependentandIntegratedAcademicWritingTasks:AstudyinGeneralizabilityandTestMethoRESEARCHINTERESTS

§ Classroom-basedassessment

§ Writingassessment

§ Secondlanguagewriting

§ Reading-writingconnections

§ Scoregeneralizability

§ Teachereducation

§ Testfairnessanduse

§ Testvalidation

§ Teacherbeliefs

§ Languagepolicy


COURSESTAUGHT

§ Assessmentforlanguagelearning

§ Researchmethodsinappliedlinguistics

§ Advancedresearchmethodology

§ Thesiswriting

§ Languagetestingforteachers

§ SkillsandstrategiesforprospectiveTESOLteachers

§ EnglishforspecificPurposes(ESP)

§ Pedagogicalgrammar

§ TeachingEnglishtoyounglearners

§ LanguageteachingMethodology

§ Academicwritingforuniversitystudents

§ Educationaltechnologyforpre-serviceteachers

§ Foreignlanguageeducationpracticum

§ Introductiontocareersandentrepreneurship

§ Arabicliteratureintranslation

§ ElementaryArabicfornon-nativespeakers

§ IntermediateArabicfornon-nativespeakers

§ AdvancedArabicfornon-nativespeakers

§ Microteachingforpre-servicelanguageteachers


CURRICULUMINNOVATIONS

§ AproposalwriterforaminorinEducationalLinguisticsattheCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,theUnitedArabEmiratesUniversity(startedinFall2010).

§ ParticipatedindevelopingproposalsfortwonewcoursesintheAppliedLinguisticsprogramattheUnitedArabEmiratesUniversity:AnIntroductiontoAppliedLinguistics&Discourseanalysis(Fall2010).

THESISADVISING&EXAMINATIONSDoctoralDissertations

§ PhDdissertationcommitteemember,JennaSteiner(Title:OmissionoftheCopulabyArabicEFLLearners:PerformanceorRepresentationalDeficit?).DepartmentofLinguistics,theUniversityofSouthCarolina.

§ PhDdissertationcommitteemember,MarwaBaza(Title:IntegratedWritingTasks:Instructor-Raters’PerceptionsandJudgmentofSourceUse).DepartmentofEnglish,CairoUniversity.

§ PhDdissertationexaminer,NorkhairiBinAhmad(Title:Astudyonlecturers’practicesindevelopingEnglishforspecificpurpose(ESP)testsforundergraduatesofengineeringprogrammes),UniversitiTeknologiMara,Malaysia.(Fall2018)

§ PhDdissertationcommitteemember,RenkaOhta(Title:Scoregeneralizabilityoflistening-to-writetasks),DepartmentofTeachingandLearning,theUniversityofIowa.(Spring2018)

§ PhDdissertationexaminer,SaraFard(Title:AnEvaluationoftheTextbookPicturesinYearFourPrimaryEnglish(KSSR)throughthePerceptionsofStudentsandTeachersinSelangor),theUniversityofPutraMalaysia,Selangor,Malaysia.(Spring2018)

§ PhDdissertationexaminer,HosseinSaadabadi(Title:TherelationshipbetweenESLgraduatestudents’understandingoftextualborrowing,sourcecitationandoriginalityoflanguageinwritinginEAP),theUniversityofPutraMalaysia,Selangor,Malaysia.(Fall2017)


§ PhDdissertationexaminer:IslamShettaia(Title:Formativeassessmenttechniquesinabusinesswritingclass).CollegeofEducation,AlexandriaUniversity(2016).

§ PhDthesisdefensememberofAliaaNabil(Title:HelpingEgyptianNon-English-MajorGraduateStudentsAchieveAcademicIntegrityinResearchinEnglish:AnInvestigationintoWritingAbility,AttitudeandStudyHabits).CairoUniversity(March2015)

§ ExternalexaminerofMasoumehAkhoundi'sPhDdissertation(Title:MeasuringtheknowledgeofexpositorytextstructureacrossdifferenttaskcharacteristicsandresponseformatsinanESLacademiccontext)UniversitiPutraMalaysia,Selangor,Malaysia.(December2010).

§ ExternalexaminerofHayamWilliam’sPhDdissertation(Title:Exploring

RelationshipsbetweenContinuousAssessment,StudentAchievementandTeachers'InstructionalPracticesintheEFLClassroom)–CairoUniversity,Egypt(October2010).

Master’sDissertations

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofRashidAbduallah(Title:UrbanMoroccanYouth:ALookatLanguageIdeologyandAttitudesFollowingRecentDevelopmentsinLanguagePolicy).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2018).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofAmiraSalama(Title:ExploringEgyptianEFLTeachers’PerceptionsofteacherLeadership).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2018).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofPatriciaLynnMrozek(Title:CrossingofEnglish-SpeakingExpatriatesintoGalicianonFacebookandHowtheirStance-TakingIndexestheirIdentity).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2018).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofAyahAmin(Title:Code-SwitchinginRelationtoGenderandSocialClassinanEgyptianTVSeries).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2018).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofHasnaaShalaan(Title:ExaminingGuidedOnlinePeerFeedbackonL2WritingContentandLanguageviaEdmodo).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2017).


§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofSandraElfeky(Title:Investigatingthe

UseofStanceMarkersinEgyptianandAmericanMATheses:ACorpusStudy).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2017).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofNicholasFrancesco(Title:Positioning

oftheOtherandIdentityoftheSelfRevealedinRichardWright’sBlackPower:ACriticalDiscourseAnalysis).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2017).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofFatamaaAlzahraaAbdelrahaman(Title:PerceptionsofEgyptianESLTeachersofTeachingAspectsoftheTargetCulture:TheCaseofCulturally-OrientedSpeechActsinTextbooks).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2017).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofEhabElshimi(Title:Second-languageLearners’WritingAnxietyandTeachers’Awareness).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2017).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofMutazAlabd(Title:HeritageLanguageLearnersinL2ArabicClasses:ChallengesandInstructionalStrategies).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2016).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteechairofNouraNabil(Title:TheEffectofL2Learners'ProficiencyonTheirResponsestoWrittenCorrectiveFeedbackandTeachers'FeedbackStrategiesinWritingClasses:AnEgyptianContext).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2016).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofNesmaAbdelFatah(Title:NegotiatedIdentityofEnglishForeignLanguage(EFL)Teachers:Asocioculturalperspective).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2016).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofSaharMashhour(Title:Code-ChoiceandStance-takingonTwitter:HowStance-takingReflectstheIdentityofPolyglossicEgyptianUsers).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Spring2016).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofIbraheemEltouhamy(Title:LanguageattitudestowardsdialectsofArabicinEgypt).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Fall2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofRashaSoliman(Title:StanceandIndexesofcodeswitchingintheEgyptianNovelZaat).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Fall2015).


§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofHendBarky(Title:TheInterfaceofPolitenessStrategiesandPowerRelationsinDisagreementsamongEgyptianstudents).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Fall2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofDinaAbuElmagd(Title:ExaminingtheEffectofElectronicDiscussionsontheForeignLanguageAnxietyLevelsamongAdultEgyptianEFLLearners)).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(Fall2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofNourhanSorour(Title:GrammaticalVersusPragmaticAwareness:TheCaseofEgyptianStudentsinanEnglish-mediumUniversity).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofMariamMohsen(Title:AStudyofComplimentResponsesamongMaleandFemaleEgyptianUndergraduateStudents).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofRanaHafez(Title:FactorsAffectingCodeSwitchingBetweenEnglishandArabic).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofHebaMohamed(Title:EgyptianUniversityStudents’BeliefsaboutForeignLanguageLearning:AnExploratoryStudy).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2015).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteechairofWaleedAli(Title:MotivationsandAttitudesofUndergraduateStudentstowardsESPClassesinanEgyptianUniversity).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2014).

§ Master'sthesiscommitteememberofLidyaIbrahim(Title:AnInvestigationofTeachers’Self-ReportedandActualWrittenFeedbackPracticesinEgyptianESLClasses).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2014).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteememberofSarahAbouEl-Goukh(Title:

OvercomingtheAnxietyofSpeakingArabicasaForeignLanguagefromStudents'Perspectives:AQualitativeCaseStudy).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(December2013).

§ Master’sthesiscommitteechairofOmarAbouelazm(Title:TheeffectofaudiofeedbackonL2writingqualityofEgyptianuniversitystudents).AmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2013).


§ Master'sthesiscommitteememberofAlhassanHussein(Title:AcquisitionofmorphosyntacticagreementintheinterlanguagesystemofAFLlearnersinGhana).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(January2013).

§ Master'sthesiscommitteememberofAhmedAwwad(Title:AComparison

studyontherhetoricalmovesofabstractsinpublishedresearcharticlesandEgyptianmaster’sforeign-languagetheses).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2012).

§ Master'sthesiscommitteememberofAlexLewko(Title:Linguistic

projectionandtheownershipofEnglish:SolidarityandpowerwiththeEnglishlanguageinEgypt).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2012).

§ Master'sthesiscommitteememberofNohayerLotfy(Title:Seatingarrangementandcooperativelearningactivities:Students'on-task/off-taskparticipationinEFLclassrooms).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2012).

§ MAthesiscommitteememberofJennaSteiner(Title:TheeffectsofusingconcordancedataintheclassroomonVocabularyacquisition).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2011).

§ MAThesiscommitteememberofLoraGalaby(Title:Studentuseandteacherrequirementofformalemailconventions).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2011).

§ MAthesiscommitteememberofMahmoudShoman(Title:DevelopinginterculturalcommunicativecompetenceandproficiencyofadvancedArabiclearners:Aproposedframework).TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(May2011).

§ InternalAdvisorofGhadaMurshedi(MAStudent),AppliedLinguisticsProgram,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity(graduatedinMay2010).

PUBLICATIONSBOOKS

§ Plakans,Lia,&Gebril,Atta.(2015).Assessmentmyths:Applyingsecondlanguageresearchtoclassroomteaching.AnnArbor,Michigan:TheUniversityofMichiganPress.


§ Gebril,Atta.(2009).Scoregeneralizabilityinwritingassessment:Theinterface

betweenappliedlinguisticsandpsychometricsresearch.Saarbruecken,Germany:VDMVerlagDr.Müller.

EDITEDVOLUMES

§ Gebril,Atta.(2017).AppliedlinguisticsintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica:Currentpracticesandfuturedirections.Amsterdam:JohnBenjamins.

§ Coombe,C.,Davidson,P.,Gebril.A.,Boraie,D.,&Hidri,S.(2017).LanguageassessmentintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica:Theory,practice,andfuturetrends.Dubai:TESOLArabia.

EDITEDCONFERENCEPROCEEDINGS

§ Boraie,Deena,&Gebril,Atta.(2016).Proceedingsofthe19thand20thNileTESOL/AUCConference.Cairo:NileTESOL.

§ Boraie,Deena,&Gebril,Atta.(2014).Navigatingawayforward:Innovatingande-innovatinginTESOL.Cairo:NileTESOL.

§ Boraie,Deena,&Gebril,Atta.(2013).RevolutionizingTESOL:Techniquesandstrategies.Cairo:NileTESOL.

JOURNALARTICLES

§ Plakans,L.,Gebril,A.,&Bilki,Z.(inpress).Shapingascore:Theimpactof

fluency,accuracy,andcomplexityonintegratedskillsperformances.JournalofLanguageTesting.https://doi.org/10.1177/0265532216669537

§ Ohta,R.,Plakans,L.,&Gebril,A.(2018).Integratedwritingscoresbasedonholisticandmulti-traitscales:Ageneralizabilityanalysis. Assessing Writing, 18, 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2018.08.001

§ Gebril,A.(2018).Testpreparationintheaccountabilityera:Towardalearning-orientedapproach.TESOLJournal,9(1),4-16.DOI:10.1002/tesj.30

§ Gebril,A.,&Eid,Michael.(2017).Testpreparationbeliefsandpractices:Ateacher’sperspective.LanguageAssessmentQuarterly,14(4),360-379.


§ Plakans,L.,&Gebril,A.(2017).Anassessmentperspectiveonargumentationinwriting.JournalofSecondLanguageWriting,36,85-86.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2017.05.008

§ Plakans,L.&Gebril,A.(2017).Exploringtherelationshipoforganizationandconnectionwithscoresinintegratedwritingassessment.AssessingWriting,31,98-112.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2016.08.005

§ Gebril,A.(2017).Languageteachers’conceptionsofassessment:AnEgyptianperspective.TeacherDevelopment,21(1),81-100.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13664530.2016.1218364

§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2016).Source-basedtasksinL2writingassessment:Lexicaldiversity,textualborrowingandproficiency.JournalofEnglishforAcademicPurposes(JEAP),24,78-88.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2016.10.001

§ Crusan,D.,Plakans,L.,&Gebril,A.(2016).Writingassessmentliteracy:

Teachers'knowledge,beliefs,andpractices.AssessingWritingJournal,28,43-56.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2016.03.001

§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2014).Assemblingvalidityevidenceforassessing

academicwriting:Raterreactionstointegratedtasks.AssessingWriting,21(2),56-73.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2014.03.002

§ Gebril,A.,&Brown,G.T.L.(2014).Theeffectofhigh-stakesexamination

systemsonteacherbeliefs:EgyptianTeachers’ConceptionsofAssessment.AssessmentinEducation:Principles,Policy,andPractice,21(1),16-33.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0969594X.2013.831030

§ Plakans,L.&Gebril,A.(2013).Usingmultipletextsinanintegratedwriting

assessment:Sourcetextuseasapredictorofscore.JournalofSecondLanguageWriting,22,217-230.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2013.02.003

§ GebrilA.&Plakans,L.(2013).Towardsatransparentconstructofreading-

to-writeassessmenttasks:Theinterfacebetweendiscoursefeaturesandproficiency.LanguageAssessmentQuarterly,10(1),9-27-ASpecialIssueontheUseofIntegratedWritingTasksinLanguageAssessment.DOI:10.1080/15434303.2011.642040

§ Plakans,L.&Gebril,A.(2012).Acloseinvestigationofsourceuseinintegratedwritingtasks.AssessingWriting,17(1),18-34.


doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2011.09.002.

§ Gebril,A.(2010).Bringingreading-to-writeandwriting-onlyassessmenttaskstogether:Ageneralizabilityanalysis.AssessingWriting,15,100-117.doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2010.05.002.

§ Gebril,A.(2009).Scoregeneralizabilityofacademicwritingtasks:Doesone

testmethodfititall?JournalofLanguageTesting,26,507-531.doi:10.1177/0265532209340188

§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2009).Investigatingsourceuse,discoursefeatures,andprocessinintegratedwritingtests.SpaanFellowWorkingPapersinSecond/ForeignLanguageAssessment7,47-84.AnnArbor:TheUniversityofMichigan.

BOOKCHAPTERS

§ Gebril,A.(Forthcoming).AssessmentinprimaryschoolsinEgypt.InBloomsburyEducationandchildhoodstudies.London:Bloomsbury.

§ Gebril,A.(Forthcoming).AssessmentinsecondaryschoolsinEgypt.InBloomsburyEducationandchildhoodstudies.London:Bloomsbury.

§ Gebril,A.(Forthcoming).AssessmentinhighereducationinEgypt.InBloomsburyEducationandchildhoodstudies.London:Bloomsbury.

§ Brown,G.,Gebril,A.,Michaelides,M.,&,Remesal,A.(inpress).Assessmentas

anemotionalpractice:emotionalchallengesfacedbyL2teacherswithinassessment.InJ.Agudo(Ed.),Emotionsinsecondlanguageteaching:Professionalchallengesandteachereducation.London:Springer.

§ Gebril,A.(2018).Integrated-SkillsAssessment.InJohnLiontas(Ed.),TheTESOLencyclopediaofEnglishlanguageteaching.Malden,MA:Wiley-Blackwell.

§ Gebril,A.,Boraie,D.,&Arrigoni,E.(2018).Assessmentliteracy.InJohnLiontas(Ed.),TheTESOLencyclopediaofEnglishlanguageteaching.Malden,MA:Wiley-Blackwell.

§ Boraie,D.,Gebril,A.,Gabriel,R.(2018).Theinterfacebetweenreligious

valuesandlanguagepedagogyinEgypt:Whatdoteachersthink?InMaryShepardWongandAhmarMahboob(Eds.),Spiritualityandlanguage


teaching:Religiousexplorationsofteacheridentity,pedagogy,context,andcontent(pp.151-171).Bristol,UK:MultilingualMatters.

§ Gebril,A.(2018).Arabiclanguageteachers’conceptionsofassessment.InA.

BenmamounandR.Bassiouney(Eds.),TheRoutledgehandbookofArabiclinguistics.NewYork,Routledge.

§ Gebril,A.(2017).AppliedlinguisticsresearchintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica:AnOverview.InA.Gebril(Ed.),AppliedLinguisticsResearchintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica:Currentpracticesandfuturedirections.Amsterdam:JohnBenjamins.

§ Gebril,A.(2017).AppliedlinguisticsintheMENAcountries:AResearchagenda.InA.Gebril(Ed.),AppliedLinguisticsResearchintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica:Currentpracticesandfuturedirections.Amsterdam:JohnBenjamins.

§ Gebril,A.,Boraie,D.,Arriogni,E.(2016).AssessmentliteracytrainingforEnglishlanguageeducatorsinEgypt.InS.V.AryadousandJ.Fox(Eds.),CurrentTrendsinLanguageTestinginthePacificRimandtheMiddleEast:Policies,Analyses,andDiagnoses(pp.416-437).Cambridge:CambridgeScholarsPublishing.

§ Gebril,A.(2016).EducationalassessmentinMuslimcountries:Values,polices,andpractices.InG.T.L.Brown&L.R.Harris(Eds.),HandbookofHumanandSocialConditionsinAssessment(pp.420-435).NewYork:Routledge.

§ Boraie,D.,&Gebril,A.(2015).Writingeffectiveresearchquestions.InJ.D.

Brown&C.Coombe(Eds.),TheCambridgeguidetolanguageresearch(pp.190-197).Cambridge:UniversityofCambridgePress.

§ Gebril,A.&Hozayin,R.(2014).AssessingEnglishintheMiddleEastand

NorthAfrica.InAntonyKunnan(Ed.),Thecompaniontolanguageassessment.Malden,MA:Wiley-Blackwell.

§ Gebril,A.&Taha-Tamure,H.(2014).AssessingArabic.InAntonyKunnan(Ed.),Thecompaniontolanguageassessment.Malden,MA:Wiley-Blackwell.


§ Gebril,A.(2013).Generalizabilitytheoryinlanguageassessment.InC.Chapelle(Ed.),TheEncyclopediaofAppliedLinguistics(pp.2252–9).Malden,MA:Wiley-Blackwell.

§ Gebril,A.(2010).Reading-to-writeassessmenttasks:Fundamentalissuesin

reliability,validity,andtaskdevelopment.InArshadSamad&SharifahRahman,ReadingsinprofessionaldevelopmentinteachingEnglishasasecondlanguage,pp89-106.Selangor,Malaysia:UniversitiPutraMalaysiaPress.

§ Gebril,A.(2009).ACTFLandILRoralproficiencyinterviews:Ataleoftwoscales.InC.Coombe,P.Davidson,&D.Lloyd.Thefundamentalsoflanguageassessment:Apracticalguideforteachers,2ndedition,pp.132-146.Dubai,UAE:TESOLArabiaPublications.

§ Gebril,A.(2009).Assessingspeakingthroughoralproficiencyinterviewing:

Apanaceaforourtestingdilemma?ProceedingsoftheUAEUniversity10thAnnualConference,Alain,UAE.

§ Gebril,A&Saddallah,A.(2002).Sharedreading.InSPEER:SpotlightonprimaryEnglisheducationresources.AresourcetextforEgyptianeducators,supervisorsandteachers.Cairo:AcademyforEducationalDevelopment.

ASSESSMENTMATERIALS

§ Gebril,A.(2006).EnglishWorkKeysitemwriters’handbook.IowaCity,IA:ACTInc.

§ Gebril,A,Abdellah,A.&AbdElmonem,G.(2003).EnglishforjobsearchTest.Cairo:USAID.

INVITEDPRESENTATIONS

§ IwasinvitedbytheEuropeanLanguageTestingandAssessmentAssociation(EALTA)togiveaone-dayworkshoponintegratedwritingassessmentattheUniversityofBremen,GermanyinNovember2017.

§ IwasinvitedbytheEnglishLanguageInstruction(ELI)DepartmentattheAmericanUniversityinCairotogiveaplenaryattheirNeighborsandBridgesDay(Sep.26,2017),withthefollowingtitle:Scoringintegratedwritingtasks:Evidencefromholisticandanalyticrubrics.


§ IwasinvitedbytheArabicLanguageInstructionDepartmentatthe

AmericanUniversityinCairotogiveakeynotespeechattheALIannualWorkshop(April.22,2017),withthefollowingtitle:Testpreparationinlanguageclasses:Towardalearning-0reintedapproach.

SELECTEDCONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS

§ Plakans,Lia,&Gebril,A.(2018).Assessingargumentationinsecondlanguage

writing.SymposiumonResearching,Teaching,andAssessingArgumentation,TESOLInternationalConvention,Chicago.

§ Plakns,L.,Bilki,Z.,&Gebril,A.(2017).Usingsourcesinsecondlanguagewriting:Implicationsforassessmentresearch.2017WritingSymposium,TheUniversityofGiessen,Giessen,Germany,

§ Gebril,Atta.(2017).Textualborrowinginsource-basedacademicwriting.TheTESOLArabiaConference,Dubai,UAE.

§ Gebril,Atta.(2016).Authorialvoiceinintegratedwritingassessmenttasks,TheLanguageTestingResearchColloquium(LTRC)Conference,UniversityofPalermo,Italy.

§ Gebril,Atta.(2016).Languageteachers’assessmentbeliefs:Voicesfromthefield.CBLASIGmeeting,TheEuropeanAssociationforLanguageTestingandAssessment(EALTA)Conference,UniversityofValencia,Spain.

§ Ohta,R.,Plakans,L.,&Gebril,A.(2015).Reliabilityinholisticvs.analyticscoringofareading-to-writetask:Ageneralizabilitytheoryapproach.The17thMidwestAssociationforLanguageTesters(MwALT)Conference,TheUniversityofIowa,IowaCity,IA.

§ Gebril,A.,Boraie,D.,&Arrigoni,E.(2015).AssessmentLiteracyProgramforlanguageteachersinEgypt:Reflectionsandfutureplans.TheFirstInternationalLanguageAssessmentConferenceinEgypt(ILACE),TheAmericanUniversityinCairo,Egypt.

§ Gebril,A.(2015).Assessingacademicwritinginhighereducation:Challengesandopportunities.TheEuropeanAssociationforTeachingAcademicWriting(EATAW)Conference,Tallinn,Estonia.


§ Gebril,A.(2015).Testpreparationbeliefsandpractices:ATeacher’sperspectiveTheEuropeanAssociationforLanguageTestingandAssessment(EALTA)Conference,Copenhagen,Denmark.

§ Gebril,A.(2015).Developingintegratedtasksforwritingassessment.TheTESOLArabiaConference,Dubai,UAE.

§ Gebril,A.(2014).Scoringsource-basedwriting:challengesandopportunities.TheEuropeanAssociationforLanguageTestingandAssessment(EALTA)Conference,Coventry,UK.

§ Gebril,A.(2014).Developmentsinwritingassessment.TheCenterforDevelopingEnglishLanguageTeaching(CDELT)Conference,AinShamsUniversity,Egypt.(Invitedplenaryspeech).

§ Gebril,A.(2014).Classroom-basedassessmentinEgyptianschools:Voicesfromthefield?TestingColloquium,TheNileTESOLAnnualConvention,Cairo,Egypt.(InvitedSpeech).

§ Gebril,A.,&Arrigoni,E.(2014).WhydoweneedaprofessionalorganizationforlanguagetestersinEgypt?TheNileTESOLAnnualConvention,Cairo,Egypt.

§ Gebril,A.(2013).Debunkingassessmentmisconceptions.TheBritishCouncil

–NileTESOLProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar,Cairo,Egypt.

§ Gebril,A.&Brown,G.(2013).Theeffectofhigh-stakesexaminationsystemsonEgyptianTeachers’ConceptionsofAssessment.TheEuropeanAssociationforResearchinLearningandInstruction(EARLI)Conference,Munich,Germany.

§ Gebril,A.(2012).Assessmentforlearning:IsitrealisticfortheEFLclassroom?TestingColloquium,TheNileTESOLConvention,Cairo,Egypt.(InvitedSpeech).

§ Crusan,D.,Plakans,L.,&Gebril,A.(2012).Writingassessmentliteracy:Asurveyofteachers’knowledge,beliefs,andpractices.TheLanguageTestingResearchColloquium(LTRC)Conference,Princeton,NewJersey.

§ Plakans,L.&Gebril,A.(2011).Theuseofsourcetextsinintegratedwritingassessmenttasks.TheLanguageTestingResearchColloquium(LTRC)Conference,TheUniversityofMichigan,AnnArabor,Michigan.


§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2011).Investigatingsourceuseinintegratedwritingassessmenttasks:Amixed-methodsapproach.TheUniversityofCyprusLanguageTestingConference,Nicosia,Cyprus.

§ Gebril,A.(2010).Writingassessment:Theraterfacet.Aninvitedspeech,The

EnglishLanguageInstitute(ELI)ProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.

§ Gebril,Atta(2010).L2writingassessment:newdevelopmentsandpotential

challenges.Aninvitedspeech,theCollegeofEducation,QatarUniversity.

§ Gebril,A.&Ismail,A.(2010).EpistemologicaldevelopmentofEFLprospectiveteachersintwoMiddleEasterncontexts.2ndInternationalConferenceonEnglishLanguageTeaching:TeacherEducationandDevelopment,MaltepeUniversity,Istanbul,Turkey.

§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2009).Integratedandindependentwritingtasks:

What'sthedifference?TheAmericanAssociationforAppliedLinguistics(AAAL)AnnualConference,Denver,Colorado.

§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2009).Buildingbetterwritingassignmentsby

integratingskills.TESOLAnnualConvention,Denver,Colorado

§ Gebril,A.&Plakans,L.(2009).Towardsatransparentconstructofreading-to-writeassessmenttasks:Theinterfacebetweendiscoursefeaturesandproficiency.TheLanguageTestingResearchColloquium(LTRC)Conference,Denver,Colorado.

§ Gebril,A.(2009).Assessingspeakingthroughoralproficiencyinterviewing:

Apanaceaforourtestingdilemma?TheUAEUniversity10thAnnualConference,Alain,UAE.

§ Gebril,A.(2009).Businesswriting:discourse-proficiencyinteraction.The

TESOLARABIAAnnualConvention,Dubai,UAE.

§ Gebril,A.(2008).Scoregeneralizabilityofacademicwritingtasks:Theintersectionofpsychometricsandappliedlinguisticsresearch.TheDepartmentofLinguisticsSeminar,theUAEUniversity,Alain,UAE.

§ Gebril,A.(2008).Theeffectoftasksandratersonawritingscore:A

Generalizabilityanalysis.TheCurrentTrendsinEnglishLanguageTesting(CTELT)12thAnnualConference,DubaiMen’sCollege,Dubai,UAE.


§ Gebril,A.(2008).AssessingL2academicwriting:Whyintegratedtasks?The7thMalaysianInternationalCenterforEnglishLanguageTeaching(MICELT)Conference,Seremban,Malaysia.

§ Gebril,A.(2007).Reading-to-writeAssessmenttasks:Possiblechallenges

andcontributions.TheCurrentTrendsinEnglishLanguageTesting(CTELT)11thAnnualConference,DubaiMen’sCollege,Dubai,UAE.

§ Gebril,A.(2007).Whatdoesgeneralizabilityresearchoffertowriting

assessment?TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(AUC)AnnualInternationalLanguageTeachingConference,Cairo,Egypt.

§ Gebril,A.&Noble,Candace.(2006).Testinginaninternationalcontext.

Seminarontheassessmentofsecondlanguagestudents,CollegeofEducation,theUniversityofIowa,IowaCity,IA.

§ Gebril,A.(2005).Errorsmadebynativeandnonnativewritersontwo

businessEnglishtests,ACTSummerInternsConference,ACT,Inc.,IowaCity,Iowa.

§ Gebril,A.(2004).ACTFLOPI:Atestreviewandresearchagenda,MwALT

conference,WrightStateUniversityatDayton,Ohio.

§ Gebril,A.,Everson,M.&Schrier,L.(2004).EstablishingprioritiesamongstakeholderstoinsureLessCommonlyTaughtLanguages(LCTL)programsuccess,NCOLCTLConference,Madison,WI.

§ Gebril,A.&Borderia-Garcia,A.(2004)Languagepolicyandpracticeontwo

continents,TESOLAnnualConvention,LongBeach,California.

§ Gebril,A.&Borderia-Garcia,A.(2003).Secondary-schoolevaluationpolicyinNorthAfricaandEurope,MwALTconference,UniversityofPurdue,Indiana.

§ Gebril,A.(2002).UsingtheInternetforpurposesofresearch,FourthCairo

ConferenceforReturnedParticipants,Cairo,Egypt.

§ Gebril,A.&Burch,R.(2000).Sharedreadingfromasharedperspective,SecondEgypTESOlConvention,Cairo,Egypt.

§ Gebril,A.(2000)SharedreadingfromanEgyptianperspective,theTESOL

Conference,Vancouver,Canada.


§ Gebril,A.,Hassan,A.,AbuRahma,M,Abdellah,A.&Mekheimer,M.(1999)TextbookadaptationinEgypt.CLASTATELAEFLconference,LosAngeles,CA.

§ Gebril,A.&Hassan,A.(1999).Makingteachinghumanistic.TheFirstCairo

ConferenceforReturnedParticipants,Cairo,Egypt.

EDITORIALEXPERIENCE

§ Associateeditor,LanguageAssessmentQuarterly

§ Editorialboardmember,JournalofLanguageTesting

§ Editorialadvisoryboardmember,LanguageAssessmentQuarterly

§ Editorialboardmember,AssessingWritingJournal

§ Editorialboardmember,theArabJournalofAppliedLinguistics.

§ Editorialboardmember,JournalofLanguageTeachingandLearning

§ Reviewer,TESOLQuarterly

§ Reviewer,JournalofLanguageTesting

§ Reviewer,LanguageAssessmentQuarterly

§ Reviewer,AppliedLinguistics

§ Reviewer,JournalofSecondLanguageWriting

§ Reviewer,TheModernLanguageJournal

§ Reviewer,AssessingWritingJournal

§ Reviewer,ForeignLanguageAnnals

§ Reviewer,System

§ Reviewer,JournalofEnglishforAcademicPurposes

§ Reviewer,TheAsia-PacificEducationResearcher

§ Reviewer,GEMAJournalofLanguageStudies

§ Formereditorialboardmember,AUCTESOLJournal.

§ Formerresearchsectioneditor,AUCTESOLJournal.

§ FormerBookreviewseditor,TESOLArabiaPerspectives


TESTDEVELOPMENTEXPERIENCE

§ Developmentteammember,EnglishWorkKeystest,ACTInc(January2005-May2006).

§ Developmentteammember,CEPAArabictest,MinistryofHigherEducation&ScientificResearch,UAE(2008-2010)

§ WorkedforSecondLanguageTesting,INConanumberoftestdevelopmentprojects(2008-2012).

§ Consultant,AlAynProficiencytest,UAEUniversity(2008-2010).

§ RevieweroftheDefenseLanguageProficiencyTest5(DLP5)in2007.

§ Testanalysisskillsusingclassicaltesttheory(CTT),generalizabilitytheory,anditemresponsetheory(IRT),SPSS.

§ ACTFL/ILRCertifiedproficiencyinterviewer.

CONSULTANCYWORK

§ Consultant,UNICEFandSavetheChildrenWholeofSyriaProject:EarlyLiteracyAssessmentforSyrianRefugees(2018-2019).

§ Member,ScientificCouncilforLanguageTesting(SCLT)attheNationalCenterforAssessmentinHigherEducation(Qiyas),SaudiArabia.

§ Advisoryboardmember,StandardizedArabicProficiencyTest(SAPT),TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2015-2016).

§ Consultant,theAustralianCouncilforEducationalResearch(ACER)(2012-

2017).

§ Reviewerofthe2011QatariSecondarySchoolCertificate(QSSC)testdevelopedbyCTB/McGrawHill&SecondLanguageTesting,Inc.

§ Amemberofthecommitteethatdevelopedthe2010-213strategicplanfor

MohamedBinKhalidAlNahyanSchool(UAE).


§ Consultant,UAEMinistryofHigherEducationandScientificResearch:ArabicadmissiontestfortheUAEfederaluniversities(2008-2010).

§ Consultant,AlAynProficiencyTest,UniversityGeneralRequirementsUnit(UGRU),TheUnitedArabEmiratesUniversity(2008-2010).

§ Reviewerofthe2LTIArabic/EnglishTranslationTest,SecondLanguageTestingInternationalInc.in2010.

§ RevieweroftheDefenseLanguageProficiencyTest5(DLP5)in2007(WorkingwithDr.CharlesStansfieldoftheSecondLanguageTestingInc).

§ FormerMemberoftheEducationalCommitteeofMohamedBinKhalidAlNayanSchool,Alain,UAE(2010).

§ CertifiedACTFLandILROPIinterviewer–WorkingwithbothACTFLandthe

DefenseLanguageInstitute.

§ WorkedwithIELP-IIgroupasamemberoftheteamthatdevelopedthe“English-for-job-search”screeningtestin2002(Egypt).

§ FacilitatorandcoordinatorofTWOworkshopsoncommunicativelanguage

methodologyorganizedbytheIntegratedEnglishLanguageTeachingProgram(USA-IDprogram)inEgypt(2002).

§ MemberoftheworkinggroupthatorganizedtheTeachingPracticeSeminar

inEgyptin1999forEgyptianCollegesofEducation.

§ Taughtcourseson‘Englishforcomputers’foruniversitygraduatesinEgyptaspartofaprojectfundedbytheEgyptianMinistryofCommunications(2002).

PROFESSIONALCERTIFICATION

§ LeaderEducationDiploma,DubaiSchoolofGovernmentin2010

§ InteragencyLanguageroundtable(ILR)certifiedproficiencyinterviewer

§ ACTFLOPIcertifiedproficiencyinterviewer

§ Level(A)teachingcertificationfromtheUniversityofIowa


§ InstructionalDesigncertificatefromtheTeachingClinic(California)in2003PROFESSIONALAFFILIATION

§ Foundingchair,Testing,Evaluation,andAssessment(TEA)SpecialInterestGroup,NileTESOL.

§ InternationalLanguageTestingAssociation(ILTA)

§ EuropeanAssociationforLanguageTestingandAssessment(EALTA)

§ TheAssociationforLanguageTestersinEurope(ALTE)

§ AmericanCouncilonTeachingForeignLanguages(ACTFL)

§ MidwestAssociationofLanguageTesters(MwALT)Association

§ TeachersofEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages(TESOL)COMMUNITYACTIVITIES&LEADERSHIP

§ FoundingChair,TheFirstInternationalLanguageAssessmentConferenceinEgypt

(ILACE),TheAmericanUniversityinCairo,Egypt.(Sep.2-Sep.3,2015).

§ GraduateStudentRepresentative,theMidwestAssociationofLanguageTesters(MwALT)(2005-2006)

§ Oneofthefoundersofthe“CultureforDevelopment”SocietyinSohag,Egypt.

§ PresidentoftheEgyptianStudentAssociation(ESANA)attheUniversityof

Iowa(2004-2006).

§ VicepresidentoftheEgyptianStudentAssociation(ESANA)attheUniversityofIowa(2003).

§ CoordinatoroftheLanguageClubatSohagUniversityfrom1997–2001

§ ContributortoarecruitmentCDattheUniversityofIowa.


HONORS&AWARDS

§ FoundingchairoftheInternationalLanguageAssessmentConferenceinEgypt(ILACE).

§ FoundingchairoftheTesting,Assessment,andEvaluation(TEA)SpecialInterestGroupatNileTESOL.

§ Finalist,The2014BestArticleintheFieldofLanguageTestingAward.TheInternationalLanguageTestingAssociation(ILTA).

§ HonorableMention.JSLWAwardfortheBestArticlePublishedin2013.JournalofSecondLanguageWriting,2014.

§ TheAmericanUniversityinCairoPre-tenureLeaveAward(Spring2012).

§ Invitedauthor,EncyclopediaofAppliedLinguistics.ChapterTitle:Generalizabilitytheoryinlanguageassessment.

§ Invitedauthor,CompaniontoLanguageAssessment.ChapterTitle:L1/L2

Arabicassessment.

§ Invitedauthor,CompaniontoLanguageAssessment.ChapterTitle:ESLassessmentintheMiddleEast.

§ RecipientoftheReevesCenterInternationalPresenterAward(Collegeof

William&Mary,Virginia,USA)in2006.

§ RecipientoftheIowaTestingProgramConferenceAward(TheUniversityofIowa,USA)in2004and2005.

§ RecipientoftheUniversityofIowaStudentGovernment(UISG)Conference

Awardin2004

§ GrantfromaUSAID-fundedprojectinEgypttoattendan“InstructionalDesignCertificate”programinOrangeCounty,California,2003.

§ DistinguishedParticipantAwardfromtheInternationalInstituteof

Educationin2002.

§ MyMAThesis,TheeffectofasuggestedprogramondevelopingthedescriptivewritingskillsofEnglishmajorsatSohagFacultyofEducation,wasselectedbytheUniversityofSohagforpublicationanddistributiontoEgyptianandArabuniversitiesthroughouttheMiddleEast,2001


§ RecipientofanInternationalParticipantAwardfromUSAIDtoattendand

presentattheTESOLconference,2000.

§ GrantfromaUSAID-fundedprojectinEgypttoattendasummerinstituteatCaliforniaStateUniversityatLAonteachingforeignlanguagesforchildren,1999.

§ HighestGPAinmySpecialDiplomaclassin1997

§ HighestGPAinmyB.A.classin1995

RESEARCHGRANTS

§ Erasmus+StaffMobilityGrant,theFreeUniversityinBerlin(May2017).

§ The2014TOEFLBoardGrant(Primaryinvestigator),Projecttitle:anassessmentliteracyprogramforEnglishlanguageeducatorsinEgypt:Phase3($15,000)fromEducationalTestingServices(ETS),Princeton,NJ.

§ TheInternationalLanguageTestingAssociation(ILTA)Workshopsand

MeetingsAward(2013).

§ The2013ErasmusMundusScholarshiptodoresearchinaEuropeanUniversity(FreeUniversityinBerlin).

§ The2013TOEFLBoardGrant(Primaryinvestigator),Projecttitle:an

assessmentliteracyprogramforEnglishlanguageeducatorsinEgypt:Phase2($14,990.00)fromEducationalTestingServices(ETS),Princeton,NJ.

§ TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(AUC)TestpreparationpracticesinEgypt

&Germany(2013).

§ The2012TOEFLBoardGrant(Primaryinvestigator),Projecttitle:anassessmentliteracyprogramforEnglishlanguageeducatorsinEgypt($14,983.00)fromEducationalTestingServices(ETS),Princeton,NJ.

§ TheAmericanUniversityinCairoPre-tenureleavegrant(Spring2012).

§ TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(AUC)FacultyResearchGrant:AssessmentconceptionsofPre-serviceEgyptianteachers(2011).

§ The2010UnitedArabEmiratesUniversityResearchGrant(13541UAEDh.):


InvestigationofthewritingtasksrequiredbyuniversityprofessorsattheUAEUniversity.

§ The2009TOEFLCommitteeofExaminers(COE)GrantfromEducationalTestingServices(ETS)(112600$)withDr.LiaPlakansoftheuniversityofIowa:Discoursefeatures,organizationalstructures,andsourceuseinTOEFLiBTintegratedwritingtasks.EducationalTestingServices,Princeton,NJ.

§ The2008SpaanFellowshipinForeign/SecondLanguageAssessment

($4,000).2008.TheUniversityofMichiganwithDr.LiaPlakansoftheUniversityofIowa:Investigatingsourceuse,discoursefeatures,andprocessinintegratedwritingtests

§ DissertationGrant($1,150)fromtheEgyptianCulturalandEducational

Bureau(ECEB)atWashingtonDC.

UNIVERSITYSERVICE

§ Co-chair,NAQAAEAccreditationsteeringcommittee,theAmericanUniversityinCairo(2018-2019).

§ Co-chair,adhoccommitteeonauthorshipguidelines,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).

§ Chair,adhoccommitteeonacademicintegrity,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).

§ Chair,adhocsanctioncommittee,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).

§ Searchcommitteemember,Cognitivepsychologyposition,DepartmentofPsychology,theAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).

§ Chair,AcademicAffairsCommitteeattheDepartmentofAppliedLinguistics,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).

§ Member,AcademicAffairsCommitteeattheCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences(HUSS),TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).

§ Coordinator,LinguisticsMinorattheDepartmentofAppliedLinguistics,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2017-2018).


§ Co-chair:MiddleStatesAccreditationworkingGroupon“EducationalEffectivenessandAssessment”,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2016-2017).

§ Member,theAUCstrategicplanCommittee(2013-2014)

§ Chair,InstitutionalReviewBoard,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2012-untilnow).

§ Senator,TheAmericanUniversityinCairoFacultySenate(2012-2013).

§ GrievanceCommitteemember,TheAmericanUniversityinCairoFaculty

Senate(2012-2013).

§ SearchCommitteeMember,CALL/CorpusLinguisticsposition,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(2011-2012).

§ TheAmericanUniversityinCairo(AUC)InstitutionalReviewBoard(IRB)

member.(2010-2012).

§ CollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesAcademicAffairs committee,TheAmericanUniversityinCairo.(2010-2012).

§ TEFLDepartmentAcademicAffairscommittee,TheAmericanUniversity in

Cairo.(2010-2012).§ MemberoftheTaskForceonsettingstandardsforliteracyandlinguistic

competenceattheCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,TheUAEUniversity(2010).

§ MemberoftheorganizingcommitteeofthefirstCareersan

EntrepreneurshipSeminarorganizedbytheUAEUCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesinNovember2008.

§ Textbookcommitteecoordinator,theDept.ofLinguisticsandmemberofthe

textbookcommitteeattheCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences(2007-2010).(TheUAEUniversity)

§ MemberoftheBenchmarkingandAccreditationCommitteeattheDepartmentofLinguistics(2007-2009).(TheUAEUniversity)

§ MemberoftheorganizingcommitteeoftheLinguisticsDayattheCollegeof

HumanitiesandSocialSciences(2007-2008).(TheUAEUniversity)


§ RepresentativeoftheDept.ofLinguisticsattheUAEUniversityRecruitmentDayinMarch2008.(TheUAEUniversity)

WORKSHOPS

§ A4-dayworkshoponAssessmentliteracyforEnglishlanguageeducatorsinEgypt(February2014)fundedbyETS.IncollaborationwithDinaBoraie&ElizabethArrigoni.

§ AworkshoponInstitutionalReviewBoardpolicies&thesismattersforAUCgraduatestudents(December2012)incollaborationwithManarZakiandDianaVanBogart.

§ AworkshoponresearchethicsforAUCundergraduatestudents(Fall2012).

§ A4-dayworkshoponAssessmentliteracyforEnglishlanguageeducatorsinEgypt(August2012)fundedbyETS.IncollaborationwithDinaBoraie,WaelAmer,ElizabethArrigoni,andJonahMoos.

§ Organizedtwoworkshopsonteachingskillsforpedagogicallynon-qualified

teachingassistantsatEgyptianUniversitiesin2002–incollaborationswithDrsDavidEskeyandEleanorBlack.

§ Organizedtwoworkshopsontest-takingstrategiesforTheUAEUniversity

studentsinthe2007-2008academicyearandtwoworkshopsonthesametopicinthe2008Fallsemester-incollaborationwithDr.AliShehadeh.

§ Organizedtwoworkshopsontest-takingstrategiesforTheUAEUniversity

studentsinthe2008-2009academicyearandtwoworkshopsonthesametopicinthe2009Fallsemester-incollaborationwithDr.AliShehadeh.

US-BASEDACADEMYFOREDUCATIONALDEVELOPMENT(AED)TRAINING

§ Six-weeksummerinstituteon“TeachingEnglishforChildren”atCaliforniaStateUniversity,LosAngeles,1999(FundedbyAcademyforEducationalDevelopment)

§ 3-WeektrainingonInstructionalDesign,TheTrainingClinic,SanDeigo,California,2002(FundedbyAcademyforEducationalDevelopment)


EGYPT-BASEDACADEMYFOREDUCATIONALDEVELOPMENTTRAINING

§ DayWorkshoponBestTeachingPracticesVideos(October2002)

§ 5-DayWorkshoponPrimaryMethodologyResources(September2002)

§ 5-DayworkshoponDevelopingScreeningTests(October2001)

§ 5-DayWorkshoponESPcourseDesignandMaterialsDevelopment(August2001)

§ 2-DayRFA(Requestforapplications)Workshop(May2000)

§ 5-DayWorkshoponInternetSkillsforEnglishLanguageTeaching

Professionals(April1999).

§ 5-DayWorkshoponCreativeUseofAudio-VisualMaterialsINLanguageClasses(November1998

§ 5-dayWorkshoponPrimaryEducationResources(July1998)

PROFICIENCYINTERVIEWINGTRAINING

§ 4-DayWorkshop:ACTFL/OPITesterRenorminginMay2007(WhitePlains,NYbyACTFL)

§ 4-DayCertificationWorkshop:SpeakingAssessmentUsingbothACTL/ILRScalesinAugust2005(WhitePlains,NYbyACTFL)

§ 4-dayWorkshop:ILROralProficiencyInterview(OPI)TesterTrainingin

May2005(WhitePlains,NYbyACTFL)

§ 4-DayWorkshop:ACTFLOralProficiencyInterview(OPI)TesterTraininginMay2005(Madison,WIbyACTFL)

LANGUAGETESTING&RESEARCHMETHODSTRAINING

§ Pre-conferenceworkshop(twodays)onstandardsettinginlanguagetests,TheEuropeanAssociationforLanguageTestingandAssessment(EALTA)Conference,TheUniversityofCopenhagen,Denmark.


§ Pre-conferenceworkshop(twodays)onusingmeta-analysisinlanguagetestingresearch,TheLanguageTestingResearchColloquium(LTRC),Amsterdam,TheNetherland,June2014.

§ Pre-conferenceworkshop(threedays)onautomatedscoringofdiscoursefeaturesinwritingassessmentresearch,TheEuropeanAssociationforLanguageTestingandAssessment(EALTA)Conference,Coventry,theUK,2014.

§ Pre-conferenceworkshop(twodays)onusingstructuralequationmodeling(SEM)inlanguagetestingresearch,TheUniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI,June2011.Instructor:Dr.ArdeshirGeranpayeh,UniversityofCambridgeLanguageExaminationsServices.

§ Pre-conferenceworkshoponusingtheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReference(CEFR)inlanguagetesting,TheUniversityofCyprus,Nicosia,Cyprus,June2011.Instructor:Dr.JohnDeJong,UniversityofAmsterdam&PearsonAssessments.

§ Pre-conferenceworkshopentitled:APracticalEvidence-BasedApproachtoEstablishingReadingTextLevel”,TheUniversityofCyprus,Nicosia,Cyprus,June2011.Instructor:BarryO’Sullivan,RoehamptonUNIVERSITY

§ Pre-conferenceworkshopentitled:“LatentGrowthModelingforLanguageTestingResearch”,InternationalLanguageTestingAssociation&EducationalTestingServices,Princeton,NJ,April2012.Instructor:GregoryHancock,UniversityofMaryland.

§ Pre-conferenceworkshopentitled:“ScalingandEquatingTestScores”,InternationalLanguageTestingAssociation&EducationalTestingServices,Princeton,NJ,April2012.Instructor:SamuelLivingston&ShuhongLi,EducationalTestingService

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