Research and publications

The KPG has been presented at conferences and various other events in Greek and other languages

A SELECTION OF RECENT PRESENTATIONS

2014

• Listening comprehension: Why is it so difficult for L2 test-takers? 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Apostolou, Elisabeth.

• A comparative study of cohesion in L2 candidates' texts. 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Blani, Virginia.

• Analysing and evaluating written protocols by raters of the KPG speaking test. 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Delieza, Xenia.

• Systemic functional-multimodal discourse analysis (sf-mda) of KPG reading comprehension source texts. 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Karatza, Stella.

• Automatic text processing, cultural familiarity & reading comprehension performance: The case of the KPG English language exams. 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Liontou, Trisevgeni.

• Reading Comprehension Text Complexity & the CEFR: Ιmplications for text selection. EALTA Conference 2014. University of Warwick, 30 May - 1 June 2014. Liontou, Trisevgeni.

• Are read-to-write tasks difficult for L2 candidates? Test taker views and perspectives. 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Oikonomidou, Vasso.

• Shuttling between languages: Defining interlinguistic mediation as translanguaging practice in the light of research results. ILTA/ LTRC 2014. Towards a Universal Framework. University of Amsterdam. 4-6 June 2014. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• Complementing the CEFR: Developing objective criteria to assess interlingual mediation competence. EALTA Conference 2014. University of Warwick, 30 May - 1 June 2014. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• Workshop: From ‘Languaging’ to ‘Translanguaging': Assessing foreign language learners' mediation competence. LTRC 2014: The 36th Language Testing Research Colloquium - Towards a Universal Framework. University of Amsterdam. 4-6 June 2014. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• EFL Learner Mediation Performance: Implications of an Empirical Study in a Testing Context. 4th Postgraduate Student Conference "Assessing Language and Analysing Discourse", Athens, 26 June 2014. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• Assessing test-takers' translanguaging competence: The case of the Greek national exams for foreign language proficiency. Paper presented in ALTE Paris 2014: Language Assessment for Multilingualism - Promoting Linguistic Diversity and Intercultural Communication. Paris, 10-11 April 2014. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• Cultural Familiarity and Reading Comprehension Performance: The test–takers’ perspective. Paper presented in ALTE Paris 2014: Language
  Assessment for Multilingualism - Promoting Linguistic Diversity and Intercultural Communication. Paris, 10-11 April 2014. Liontou, Jenny.

2013

• Διαβαθμισμένη Εξέταση Γ: Η δική μας ταυτότητα (presentation in Greek), Pekade Seminar Day, September 2013, Dendrinos B. in collaboration with Apostolou, E., Blani, V., Geka, V., Hill, M., Zorbas, V. and Stathopoulou, M.

• Investigating Mediation as Translanguaging Practice in a Testing Context: Towards the Development of Levelled Mediation Descriptors. Language Testing in Europe: Time for a New Framework? University of Antwerp, Belgium, May 2013. Stathopoulou, Maria

• Investigating translanguaging and interlinguistic mediation strategies: the case of the Greek National Foreign Language Exams. Language and Super-diversity: Explorations and interrogations. University of Jyväskylä, Finland. June 2013. Stathopoulou, Maria

• Rethinking foreign language education in a multilingual perspective: exploring translanguaging and interlingual mediation practices.21th
  International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki, April 2013. Stathopoulou, Maria

• Listening comprehension text difficulty: the learner perspective. 21th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics.
  Thessaloniki, April 2013. Apostolou, Elisabeth

2012

• Mediating betweeen Languages: Α Way to Promote Multilingualism through Language Testing. International Conference - XLVI Congresso Internazionale SLI 2012 Plurilinguismo/Sintassi. Università per Stranieri di Siena. Siena, Italy. September 2012. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• Mediating between Languages and Cultures: the case of the Greek National Exams for Foreign Language Proficiency. International Conference: Languages, Cultures, Societies. Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris, June 2012. Stathopoulou, Maria.

2011

• The application of rhetorical structure theory in the investigation of text grammar. 3rd Postgraduate Student Conference in Applied Linguistics, 22 December 2011. Blani,Virginia-Maria.

• Intuition versus evidence: Exploring the difficulty level of texts in the KPG English Language Exam. Postgraduate Student Conference in Applied Linguistics, 22 December 2011, University of Athens. Liontou, Jenny.

• Written mediation task description and analysis. Postgraduate Student Conference in Applied Linguistics, 22 December 2011, University of Athens. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• 'Co-constructing' performance in the B2 and C1 KPG oral exams: A comparison of the role of examiners as interlocutorl, 22 December 2011. Delieza, Xenia.

• Social Meanings In Global And Glocal Language Proficiency Exam Systems1st International Conference on Language Testing and Assesssment. Cyprus, June 2011. Dendrinos, Bessie

• Preparing assessment criteria for written mediation: A workshop. 1st International Conference on Language Testing and Assesssment. Cyprus, June 2011. Dendrinos, Bessie and Stathopoulou, Maria.

• Listening comprehension difficulty: the learner perspective. 19th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki, April 2011. Apostolou, Elizabeth.

• Text Grammar as an assessment criterion in writing. 19th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki, April 2011. Blani, Virginia-Maria.

• The linguistic characteristics of written mediation tasks. 19th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki, April 2011. Stathopoulou, Maria.

2010

• Difficult writing tasks: The ‘what’ and the ‘why. 2nd Postgraduate Student Conference. Language & Linguistics Colloquim. Amphitheatre Drakopoulos. January 2010, Oikonomidou, Vasso.

• Mediating between languages and cultures: investigating hybridity in mediators’ scripts. Presentation at the Interdisciplinary
  Conference‘(Re)-constructing multiculturalism’, Faculty of European Studies, University of Cardiff, June 2010. Stathopoulou, Maria.
  

• Written Mediation in the KPG exams: Locating ‘hybrid’ formations in candidates’ scripts. 2^nd Postgraduate Student Conference. Language & Linguistics Colloquim. Amphitheatre Drakopoulos. January 2010. Stathopoulou, Maria.

• The construal of participants as active global citizens in KPG-B2 exam texts. 2^nd Postgraduate Student Conference. Language & Linguistics Colloquim. Amphitheatre Drakopoulos. January 2010. Balourdi, Amalia.

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