Presenters in “Work in Progress” Sessions at CALA 2024: Yara Yazbek Kathleen Blundon Christina Hammam Beverly Baker Kevin CroisetièreOtis Grateful to all presenters for sharing their progress and insights! #MSVU #msvuresearch #CALA2024 #TESOL #LanguageAssessment

Afternoon Sessions of Day 2: Coral Yiwei Qin: The Role of Language Assessment for Immigration Purposes: The Case of Chinese Immigrants in Canada Kelsey Lauren Crewson: Who’s Speaking? Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, and Accentedness in a Multilingual Classroom. #CALA2024

Day 2 Keynote at CALA/ACEL Conference: Ramsey L. Cardwell Presents Duolingo- Language Assessment with Human-in-the-Loop AI #MSVU #ResearchMSVU #CALA2024 #LanguageAssessment #TESOL #EFL #LinguisticResearch #McCain301 #Day2MorningSessions #duolingo

Morning Sessions of Day 2 at the CALA Conference! 💬 Dr. Mojtaba Heydari 📚 Dr. Amna Mirza 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Dr. Christine Doe 🎧 Dr. Zhi Li 🆕 Erin McDonald 🇫🇷 Dr. Alexandra Tsedryk Thank you to all our incredible presenters! 🙌 #MSVU #ResearchMSVU #CALA2024 #LanguageAssessment #TESOL #EFL

In the afternoon, our workshops covered essential topics for educators. Dr. Mirza shared strategies for EAL literacy, Dr. Woodworth explored AI-powered feedback tools, and Dr. Baker provided techniques to improve speaking skills and reduce anxiety. Excited for Day 2!✨ #CALA2024

We had an engaging panel discussion on 'Assessment Challenges for, of, and with Newcomer Students in Nova Scotia.' A big thank you to Lori Stafford, LeeAnn Brownell, Erin McDonald, Sara Devanney, and Gary Griffiths for sharing their expertise! 🌟 #CALA2024 #LanguageAssessment

Day 1 was a success! 🎉 Our morning workshops kicked off with incredible insights. Attendees explored storytelling in multilingual classrooms with Dr. Doe, mastered EAL benchmarks with Dr. Larson, and dove into social-emotional learning strategies with Dr. Ritchie. #CALA2024

The workshop day officially started!

A perfect start to our workshop day! 🌈

We are thrilled to announce our workshop schedule on October 11th at MSVU. Workshops are free for CALA members. For more information please go to: https://t.co/43PZlVD4FP

We are excited to announce that our Keynote speaker for our October 12th conference will be Ramsey Cardwell, an assessment scientist at Duolingo. https://t.co/u1lvpofiVo

THANK YOU to everyone who attended our welcome event! We look forward to another year of collaborative research as we strive to engage in innovative approaches to #assessment, #evaluation, #measurement & #KMB 🤗 REMINDER: PhD SSHRC Proposal Session on OCT 2! More details to come

Please join us for a day of workshops on October 11th at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. There will be a sponsored lunch. Workshops are free for CALA members. For more information please go to: https://t.co/43PZlVD4FP

Please join at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax for a day of workshops (October 11), followed by our annual Fall conference (October 12). Please go to: https://t.co/RExNtDDP1Z to become a member and register. Early bird pricing available until September 30th!