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A/PROF CATHERINE ELDER



Contact Details

Organization: Languages and Linguistics
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/elder/index.html
Work: 8344 4485
Fax: 9347 2613
Room: 519
Level: 05
Building: Arts Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Language Testing Australia, New Zealand
Language Program Evaluation Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada Carleton University Research
New Zealand The University of Auckland Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United States Educational Testing Service Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Chile Ministry of Education Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1970
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1976
Diploma University of London 31-Dec-1970
Master of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1990
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1997

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Towards improved healthcare communication: development and validation of language proficiency standards for non-native English speaking health professionals Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
OET RESEARCH Chief Investigator CENTRE FOR ADULT EDUCATION 01/01/2009
A PROJECT TO EXAMINE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN ASIAN LANGUAGES EDUCATION Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 28/04/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Book Chapters

  • Exploring the Explicit Knowledge of TESOL Teacher Trainees: Implications for Focus on Form in the Classroom
    Year: 2009
    Book: Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Learning, Testing and Teaching
    Publisher: Multilingual Matters(Clevedon)
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  • Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of an L2 and Language Proficiency
    Year: 2009
    Book: Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Learning, Testing and Teaching
    Publisher: Multilingual Matters(Clevedon)
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  • Validating a Test of Metalinguistic Knowledge
    Year: 2009
    Book: Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Learning, Testing and Teaching
    Publisher: Multilingual Matters(Clevedon)
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Journal Articles

  • Diagnosing the Support Needs of Second Language Writers: Does the Time Allowance Matter?
    Year: 2009
    Journal: TESOL Quarterly
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 10
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  • Reconciling accountability and development needs in heritage language education: A communication challenge for the evaluation consultant.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Language Teaching Research
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 15-33
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Exploring the utility of a web-based English language screening tool


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Language Assessment Quarterly
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 173-194
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  • Target language use in foreign language classrooms: Practices and perceptions of two native speaker teachers in New Zealand


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Language, Culture and Curriculum
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 167-185
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Explicit language knowledge and focus on form: options and obstacles for TESOL teacher trainees
    Year: 2007
    Book: Form-focused Instruction and Teacher Education Studies in honour of Ron Ellis
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • The role of language proficiency in academic success: Perspectives from a New Zealand university


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Melbourne Papers in Language Testing
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 24-58
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  • Evaluating rater responses to an online training program for L2 writing assessment
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Language Testing
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 37-64
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Reports

  • ELICOS Language Levels Feasibility Study: Final Report
    Year: 2007
    Customer: DEST
    Publisher: Department of Education Science and Training(Canberra)
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  • OET-IELTS BENCHMARKING STUDY REPORT
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Occupational English Test Centre (OET)
    Publisher: Language Testing Research Centre, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • An investigation of the effectiveness and validity of planning in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test
    Year: 2006
    Book: IELTS Research Reports Volume 6
    Publisher: IELTS Australia(Canberra)
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Journal Articles

  • Assessing English as a Lingua Franca
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 282-301
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Planning for test performance: Does it make a difference?


    Year: 2005
    Book: Planning and task performance in a second language
    Publisher: Benjamins - John Benjamins Publishing Company(Amsterdam)
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  • Validity and Validation in Language Testing
    Year: 2005
    Book: Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning
    Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates(Mahwah)
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Journal Articles

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of heritage language education: What role for testing?


    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2/3
    Page numbers: 196-212
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  • Individual feedback to enhance rater training: Does it work?


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Language Assessment Quarterly
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 175-196
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  • Language choices and pedagogic functions in the foreign language classroom: A cross-linguistic functional analysis of teacher talk


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Language Teaching Research
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 355-380
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • The Handbook of Applied Linguistics


    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Book Chapters

  • Applied Linguistics: Subject to Discipline?
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Handbook of Applied Linguistics
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Introduction to Part II: Applied Linguistics (A-L)
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Handbook of Applied Linguistics
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • The Practice of LSP
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Handbook of Applied Linguistics
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Size and strength: do we need both to measure vocabulary knowledge?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Language Testing
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 202-226
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Code-switching as index of language shift? A case study of a young Chinese migrant in New Zealand
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 53-66
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  • Rasch techniques for detecting bias in performance assessments: an example comparing the performance of native and non-native speakers on a test of academic English
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Applied Measurement
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 181-197
    Publisher: JAM Press
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Reports

  • Investigating the Relationship between Intensive English Language Study and Band Score Gain on IELTS, Chap. 6 in International English Language Testing System Research Report 2003
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Intensive English Language Testing System
    Report No:: 4
    Publisher: IELTS Australia Pty Limited(Canberra)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Estimating the difficulty of oral proficiency tasks: what does the test-taker have to offer?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Language Testing
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 347-368
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  • When mother tongue medium becomes foreign language object: the case of native speaker teachers in New Zealand
    Year: 2002
    Journal: New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 63-88
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Studies in Language Testing. Experimenting with uncertainty. Essays in honour of Alan Davies.
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

  • Assessing the language proficiency of teachers: Are there any border controls?


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Language Testing
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 149-170
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