Award Winners
Distinguished Dissertation Awards
2025
Shengkai YIN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, “Assessing critical thinking in EAP speaking: Development and validation of a rating scale”
2024
Jung Hee BYUN, Seoul National University, “Developing and validating a mobile augmented reality(MAR)-mediated English speaking assessment for Korean EFL high school learners”
2023
Emily Di ZHANG, University of Macau, “Assessing L2 student digital multimodal composing (DMC) competence: A scale development, validation, and utilization study”
2022
Juan ZENG, South China Normal University, “Rater Cognition and Rating Behaviours in a High-stakes EFL Integrated Writing Test: The Case of NMET Reading-writing Continuation Task”
2021
Yoko OI, Waseda University, “Efficacy of Student Assessment as Part of English Writing Instruction for Japanese High School Students”
2020
Hang SUN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, “An Argument-based Approach to Validating a Diagnostic Test: The Case of UDig Reading Test”
2019
Xiaoyi ZHANG, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, “An Investigation of the Construct Validity of the CET-SET: Perspectives on the Construction and Use of Rating Scales”
2018
Yanfeng YANG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, “Promoting L2 English Learners’ Reading Abilities through Computerised Dynamic Assessment”
2017–
TO BE UPDATED
AALA Conference Student Awards
2025
Best Student Papers
Xiaoxiao KONG, The University of Melbourne, “Evaluating language assessment for Australian teacher registration: An investigation of workplace communicative demands and challenges”
Chia-Hsin YIN, The Ohio State University, “Beyond the algorithm: EFL test-takers’ voices on generative AI in formative writing assessment evaluation”
2024
Best Student Paper
Niles ZHAO, The University of Melbourne, “Investigating the impact of the National Matriculation English Test: An agency perspective”
Best Student Poster
Xiaozhu WANG, Beijing Language and Culture University, “Investigating the effect of source type on the process of integrated speaking assessment from eye-tracking evidence”
2023
Best Student Paper
Xiaofei LIU, Waseda University, Japan, “Exploring the relationships between the channel of source text presentation, comprehension and integrated speaking performance: a mixed-methods approach”
Shishi ZHANG, University College London, UK, “Assessing second language pragmatic competence for intercultural communication in the academic domain: Needs analysis from pre-sessional documents and stakeholders”
Best Student Poster
Meng-Hsun LEE, University of Toronto, Canada, “The impact of computerized dynamic assessment on reading and writing performance: An investigation with latent profile and propensity score analyses”
2022
Best Student Paper
Sha LIU, University of Bristol, “The impact of feedback explicitness and accuracy on L2 learners’ engagement with AWE feedback – An eye-tracking study”
Emily Di ZHANG, University of Macau, “The development and validation of the L2 student digital multimodal composing competence scale and its impact on Chinese L2 students’ writing practices”
Best Student Poster
Yan Niles ZHAO, University of Melbourne, “Investigating the effectiveness of a learning-oriented writing rubric: Aligning Classroom-based assessment with external testing”
2021
Best Student Paper
Ji-young SHIN, Purdue University, “Investigating the relationships among complexity, accuracy, and fluency in elicited imitation: Insights from factor analysis and random forest modeling”
Best Student Poster
Agustinus PRASETYO, Iowa State University, “Scenario-based language assessment: Developing a computer-based language assessment literacy test”
2019
Best Student Paper
Thuy Ha Lam THAI, University of Huddersfield, UK, “Voices from teacher-raters in scoring speaking performances in a high-stakes localised test of English proficiency”
Best Student Poster
Sha LIU, University of Bristol, UK, “Using automated writing evaluation as a diagnostic assessment tool in Chinese EFL writing instruction: A mixed-method study”
2018
Best Student Paper
Kana MATSUMURA, Waseda University, Japan, “A generalizability analysis of Japanese EFL students’ performance on argumentative writing tasks”
Best Student Poster
Yanping DENG, Waseda University, Japan, “Chinese students’ interpretation and use of TOEFL speaking rubrics”
2017
Best Student Paper
Rongchan LIN, Columbia University, USA, “Operationalizing content integration in analytic scoring: Assessing listening-speaking ability in a scenario-based assessment”
Best Student Poster
Kana MATSUMURA, Waseda University, Japan, “A performance data-driven approach to the creation of a diagnostic profile for assessing EFL argumentative writings of high school students”
2016
Best Student Paper
Paul WICKING, Meijo University, Japan, “Understanding teacher belief and practice as a foundation for developing learning-oriented assessment” (1st place winner)
Bjorn Lennart NORRBOM, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, Saudi Arabia/University of Jyväskylä, Finland, “Taking test validation a step further through a two-level structure of Assessment Use Arguments” (2nd place winner)
Best Student Poster
Roxanne WONG, City University of Hong Kong/University of Jyväskylä, “Design and implementation of an in-house computerized feedback system”