

The 11th International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA)




Shuttle bus is provided. Kindly refer the Venue/Transport/Hotel tab.
Tentative Program
Day 1
(23 Aug 2025)
Venue: School of Languages, Literacies & Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Day 2
(24 Aug 2025)
Venue: Sains@USM,​
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Day 3
(25 Aug 2025)
Venue: Sains@USM,​​
Universiti Sains Malaysia
08:00 - 10:00: Registration
10:00 - 12:00: Workshop Session 1, 2 & 3
12:00 - 12:30: Welcome Reception
14:30 - 16:00: AALA EB Meeting
08:00 - 08:30: Registration & Breakfast
08:45 - 09:00 : Welcoming Remarks by the Local Chair
09:20 - 10:10: Keynote 1
10.10 - 10:30: Coffee Break/ Poster presentation
10:30 - 12: 00: Opening Ceremony
12:00 - 13:00: Symposium 1
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
13.00 - 14.00 - AALA Student Networking Session
14:00 - 15:00 - Keynote 2
15:00 - 17:00 - Parallel 1
20.00 - 22:00 - Conference Banquet
08:00 - 08:30: Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 10:00: Keynote 3
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break / Poster Presentation
10:30 - 12:00: Symposium 2
11:30 - 13:00: Parallel 2
13:00 - 14:30: Lunch
13:00 - 14:30: AALA General Member Meeting
14:30 - 15:30: Jamie Dunlea's Speech
15:30 - 16:30: Parallel 3
16:30 - 17:00: Closing Ceremony & Coffee
Pre- conference Workshops
Please note that all three pre-conference workshops will run concurrently.
Workshop 1
Rasch-GZ: Item Analysis and Test Equating in the Age of AI.
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Professor Zhang Quan
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Workshop 2
Connecting Ideas, Assessing Skills: Integrated Writing in Academic Settings
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Professor Atta Gebril
Workshop 3
Reimagining Language Assessment: Balancing Innovation and Integrity
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Chuah Kee Man