Dr Anthony Green
Professor of Language Assessment
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I have a Masters in Applied Linguistics, a Masters in English Language and Literature and a PGCE in English with Modern Languages as well as a PhD in Language Assessment. In addition to extensive experience as a teacher of English, test developer and examiner, I have worked for Cambridge Assessment and lectured at Cambridge, Reading, Oxford Brookes and London Metropolitan Universities. I joined CRELLA shortly after it was founded in 2006 and became Director in 2015. Over those years, it has been a privilege to see the centre and the people in it grow, going from strength to strength.
I research the assessment of language skills, especially written language; the use and impact of assessment results and the relationships between assessment, learning and teaching.
I was delighted to be conferred Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2023, recognising my contribution to the social sciences. I was President of the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) in 2015-16 and am an Expert Member of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) and the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE), where I also co-chair the ALTE Quality Management System Working Group. I currently serve on the editorial boards of Language Testing, Assessing Writing, Language Testing in Asia and have also served as Associate Editor for Language Assessment Quarterly and Executive Editor on Assessment in Education
I welcome proposals for supervision from postgraduate research students in all aspects of language assessment. My main interests are in the assessment of written language, the use and impact of assessment results and the relationships between assessment, learning and teaching. Before getting in touch, please be sure to read our guidance on applying to study at CRELLA
Students I currently supervise:
| Yuzhu (Betty) Su | Investigating student and teacher perceptions of using writing scales in preparing for their IELTS writing tests at a private language school in the south of China: a case study from an ecological perspective |
| Jane Lloyd | How standard setting panellists arrive at their judgements of Reading items when in remote settings |
| Mina Patel | Establishing a function-specific language assessment literacy framework |
Theses completed under my supervision:
| Dr Muhammad Tanveer | Developing test tasks that elicit the construct of English language proficiency (ELP) for employability |
| Dr Alun Roger |
Examining the role of rater personality in L2 speaking tests |
| Dr. Carolyn Westbrook |
The impact of input task characteristics on performance on an integrated listening-into-writing EAP assessment |
| Dr Edit Ficzere |
An investigation into assessing ESL learners pragmatic competence at B2-C2 levels |
| Dr Emma Bruce |
The impact of time allowances in an EAP reading-to-write argumentative essay assessment |
| Dr Stefan O’Grady |
Investigating the effects of task manipulation in an oral proficiency exam |
| Dr Singanayagam Umashankar |
Washback effects of speaking assessment of teaching English in Sri Lankan Schools |
| Dr Mark Chapman |
The effect of the prompt in high-stakes writing assessment |
| Dr Michael Corrigan |
Construct representation of First Certificate in English (FCE) reading |
| Dr Daniel Waller |
Investigation into the features of written discourse at levels B2 and C1 of the CEFR |
| Dr Rachel Yi-fen Wu |
Establishing the validity of the General English Proficiency Test reading component through a critical evaluation on alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference |
| Weiju Liao |
The Cross-cultural Adjustment of EFL Expatriate Teachers in Taiwan |
| Qian Zhang |
Understanding change in Chinese undergraduate students’ language learning motivation during the transition to UK Higher Education |
| Hanna Stöver |
Metaphor and Relevance Theory: A New Hybrid Model |
| Kozo Yanagawa |
A partial validation of the contextual validity of the Centre listening test in Japan |
| Burana Khaokaew |
An investigation of explicit strategy instruction on EFL reading of undergraduate English majors in Thailand |
My books include L2 Writing: An evolutionary perspective (Palgrave), Exploring Language Assessment and Testing (Routledge), Language Functions Revisited and IELTS Washback in Context (both Cambridge University Press).
You can access directly, or find links to my publications through the University of Bedfordshire Repository and a comprehensive list of CRELLA publications
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Director of CRELLA
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