ENLTA – European Network for Language Testing and Assessment
Short description
In 2003-2005 the GU Department of Education Language and Literature Unit was the Swedish partner in a European network project for assessing language skills, ENLTA. Thirteen European countries took part in the network, whose primary aim was to help establish the EALTA – The European Association for Language Testing and Assessment. Within the framework of the network the LaL Unit was active in developing a Code of Practice for language assessment and was responsible for a study of European students’ and teachers’ conceptions about assessment and examinations in foreign languages.
Partners
Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, UK, Sweden, Germany, Hungary
Coordinator
Lancaster University (Professor J. Charles Alderson), Great Britain
Project team
Gudrun Erickson, Project director
Jan-Eric Gustafsson
Cecilia Nihlén
References
Erickson, Gudrun (2006). What is a good language test? — On student contribution to the development of valid assessment: a European example. Keynote speech at the Third Annual Conference of EALTA, Krakow, Polen.
Erickson, Gudrun & Jan-Erik Gustafsson (2005). Some European Students’ and Teachers’ Views on Language Testing and Assessment. A Report on a Questionnaire Survey. European Association of Language Testing and Assessment.
Hasselgreen, A. et al. (2004). European Survey of Language Testing and Assessment Needs. Report: part one - general findings. European Association of Language Testing and Assessment.
Huhta, A. et al. (2005). European Survey of Language Testing and Assessment Needs. Report: part two - regional findings. European Association of Language Testing and Assessment.