Introduction
The Language Assessment Studies Research Group (LASR) works out of the Language Assessment Studies Research Room. It focuses on research related to large-scale assessment, classroom-based assessment, assessment literacy, and assessing young learners in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. The group specializes in quantitative data analysis using a variety of statistical techniques and software packages. The group hosts the Assessing World Languages Conference annually, presents papers and posters at international conferences, and publishes articles in top language assessment and applied linguistics journals.
Room facilities
The room is equipped with computer equipment needed to conduct advanced statistical analysis and present research findings. The room also features a growing library, a boardroom table for meetings, and student workstations.
Awards
Prof. Kunnan: FAH Excellence in Research Award 2018
Department of English,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Coral Yiwei Qin: 2019 TIRF Masters Research Grant
The International Research Foundation for English Language Education
Jason Jincheng Wu: 2019 Outstanding Presentation Award
The First National Young Scholars’ Academic Forum of Foreign Languages and Literature
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Language Assessment Library
We are building a language assessment library. We have some of the well-known scholarly books and journals on language assessment. All students and faculty members can access journal articles online. Recently, we received test materials from many organizations including:
Cambridge English Language Assessment, UK
Educational Testing Services, Princeton, USA
Language Training and Testing Center, Taipei, Taiwan
TestDaF-Institut, Bochum, Germany
Goethe-Institut, Munchen, Germany
St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
