ELT Calendar

Saturday, May 20th, 2017

PanSIG 2017 Conference (day 1 of 2)
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Many great speakers!
Organization: JALT PanSIG Conference
Location: Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Short description: PanSIG is an annual conference sponsored and organized by many of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT).

TUJ Osaka Distinguished Lecturer Series: Invariant Measurement with Rasch Models for Rater-Mediated Assessments
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: George Engelhard (The University of Georgia, U.S.A.)
Organization: Temple University Japan
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Measurement issues play a critical role in discussions of second language acquisition. This seminar examines key psychometric issues related to invariant measurement based on Rasch models for rater-mediated assessments.