The 10th Language Learning Assessment Group Meeting (LLAG)
・Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025 Poster version here
・Time: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
・Format: Fully online (via Zoom; no recordings will be provided afterward)
・Language: Japanese
・Registration: Required (https://forms.gle/hZQ2K6yGQ5jtgxzo9)
・Participation Fee: Free
・Deadline: Monday, October 20, 11:59 PM (Zoom links will be sent to registered participants by Friday, October 24)
Theme: Assessing Performance — What Makes Writing and Speaking Comprehensible?
[Program Schedule]
15:00–15:05 Opening Remarks & Speaker Introductions Rie Koizumi (Chair, Professor, University of Tsukuba)
15:05–15:45 Talk: "The Theory of Error Gravity in Second Language Writing and Its Applications" Hideaki Oka (Lecturer, Ibaraki University)
15:50–16:30 Talk: "Assessing Comprehensibility" in Speaking Aki Tsunemoto (Associate Professor, Tohoku University)
16:35–17:15 Talk:" Assessing Comprehensibility in Writing" Yui Suzukida (Fellow, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University / Part-time Lecturer, University College London)
17:15–18:00 "Panel Discussion: Assessing Performance — What Makes Writing and Speaking Comprehensible?"
Panelists:Hideaki Oka, Aki Tsunemoto, Yui Suzukida, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto (Vice Principal, Shizuoka Johoku High School / Former Head of High School Support Division, Shizuoka Prefectural General Education Center), Rie Koizumi and Makoto Fukazawa (Professor, University of the Ryukyus)
18:00– Informal Social Gathering via Zoom (for those who wish to stay)
Contact: Makoto Fukazawa – fukazawa@cs.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Hosted by: JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) No. 24K00082
“Investigating Sustainable Classroom-Based Speaking Assessment Practices to Promote Learning” (FY2024–2027)
References:
Hideaki Oka Profile: https://researchmap.jp/hoka
Aki Tsunemoto Profile: https://researchmap.jp/tsunemotoaki/
Yui Suzukida Profile: https://researchmap.jp/yuisuzukida
Hiroyuki Tsukamoto Materials: https://shorturl.at/TVc3O
