Past news

The University of Melbourne, Parkville campus

New issue of PLTA now available.

In 2018 the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 2-6 July.

The LTRC Annual Report 2016 is now available to view.

Towards improved healthcare communication: Development and validation of language proficiency standards for non-native English speaking health professionals

Senate rejects changes to current Citizenship legislation

Congratulations to Professor Tim McNama who has been elected as Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences.

Seminar: The interface between language teaching and testing: the role of local standards

Dr Ute Knoch recently accepted The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) awards presented at LTRC in Bogota to two doctoral students.

LTRC staff and associates participated in the 2017 Language Testing Research Colloquium, the conference of the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) held at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia from July 17-21.

Director Ute Knoch provides comment on proposed changes to the Citizenship Test

LTRC was successfully awarded two research grants from Pearson Education in late 2016. These research studies commenced in early 2017.

Dr Ute Knoch, Associate Professor Cathie Elder and Professor Tim McNamara comment in relation to proposed changes to the Australian Citizenship Test

The LTRC has recently published a report by Knoch, U. and Frost, K.

The LTRC has made a submission to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

A Special issue of PLTA titled ‘Teacher assessment literacy in second and foreign language education’ has been published online