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Ute Knoch

Associate Professor In Language Testing
Languages and Linguistics
linguistics
social sciences
education & educational research
language & linguistics
acquisition
written corrective feedback
error
writing assessment
communication
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Ute Knoch

 
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Arts
 
Primary Interest
statistics in language testing
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Projects

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OET Reading Part C test materials as a Trial commission

2019 - 2026
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Training Packages and Arrangements for English Language Proficiency Assessors

2020 - 2023
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Research study examining communication needs in aged-care.

2021 - 2022
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UEEC10 Assessment review and benchmarking

2019 - 2021
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Provision of services to examine English language testing benchmarks and methodology

2021 - 2021
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Test development project - Japan

2016 - 2021
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Review and development of the Australian Defence Force English Language Profiling System (ADFELPS)

2020 - 2021
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Consulting Services Agreement

2018 - 2021
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Mapping of language proficiency rating scales

2019 - 2021
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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AGREEMENT - MONASH UNIVERSITY

2018 - 2021
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45

Projects

Project Types

36

Research Contracts

8

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Revisiting rating scale development for rater-mediated language performance assessments: Modelling construct and contextual choices made by scale developers

Ute Knoch, Bart Deygers, Apichat Khamboonruang

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANGUAGE TESTING

Rating scale development in the field of language assessment is often considered in dichotomous ways: It is assumed to be guided e..

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Investigating the discourse produced at score levels B2.2 to C2 on the Aptis Advanced writing test

Ute Knoch, Jason Fan, Cathie Elder, Ksenia Zhao, Andrew Pitman

Report  |  2021

Adopting an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, this study explored the features of test-takers’ writing samples on the t..

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Evaluation of the Indonesian placement test

Ute Knoch, Andrew Pitman, Ivy Chen, Annemiek Huisman, Jason Fan, Michael Davey

Report  |  2020

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Evaluation of the Spanish placement test

Ute Knoch, Andrew Pitman, Ivy Chen, Annemiek Huisman, Jason Fan, Michael Davey

Report  |  2020

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Evaluation of the Japanese placement test

Ute Knoch, Annemiek Huisman, Andrew Pitman, Ivy Chen, Michael Davey

Report  |  2020

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'I will go to my grave fighting for grammar': Exploring the ability of language-trained raters to implement a professionally-relevant rating scale for writing

Ute Knoch, Barbara Ying Zhang, Catherine Elder, Eleanor Flynn, Annemiek Huisman, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias, Tim McNamara

Journal article  |  2020  |  ASSESSING WRITING

Researchers have recommended involving domain experts in the design of scoring rubrics of language for specific purpose tests by e..

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Assessing writing for workplace purposes: Risks, conundrums and compromises

S Macqueen, C Elder, U Knoch

Journal article  |  2020  |  Assessing Writing

Since the development of cuneiform script in Mesopotamia for keeping tallies of grain and sheep, written language has been used to..

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Capturing domain expert perspectives in devising a rating scale for a health specific writing test: How close can we get?

Ute Knoch, Catherine Elder, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Elizabeth Manias, Eleanor Flynn, Tim McNamara, Annemiek Huisman, Barbara Ying Zhang

Journal article  |  2020  |  ASSESSING WRITING

The importance of input from occupational experts in defining valid criteria to assess performance on English for specific purpose..

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Evaluation of the German placement test

Ute Knoch, Annemiek Huisman, Andrew Pitman, Ivy Chen, Jason Fan, Michael Davey

Report  |  2020

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Drawing on repeat test takers to study test preparation practices and their links to score gains

Ute Knoch, Annemiek Huisman, Cathie Elder, Xiaoxiao Kong, Angela McKenna

Journal article  |  2020  |  Language Testing

A key concern of washback research in language testing is with the value of test preparation for facilitating learning and improvi..

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Keyword Analysis

Linguistics
Learner and Learning
Communication
Expanding Knowledge
Language Studies
Specialist Studies in Education
Work and Labour Market
Education Systems
Health Services and Systems
Applied and Developmental Psychology

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2020

ILTA/SAGE Best Book Award 2020

International Language Testing Association/SAGE
2017

Women in Research Citation Award

Thomson Reuters
2014

TOEFL Oustanding Young Scholar Award 2014
2008

Runner-up: Christopher Brumfit dissertation award. Awarded to PhD research that make significant contribution to SLA/FL teaching and learning

Cambridge University Press/Language Teaching journal
2008

NACADA research grant

National Academic Advising Association
2007

Awarded annually to the best theses accross the whole university.

University of Auckland
2006

Awarded annually to up to ten PhD candidates in the language sciences, contested worldwide

The Language Learning Dissertation Grant Program.
2004

Bright Future Top Achiever Scholarship - valid for 36 months - awarded to top ten percent of doctoral candidates across all disciplines.

Ministry of Education, New Zealand
2004

University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship. Contested across all disciplines, awarded to applicants with the highest GPA.

University of Auckland

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor In Language Testing

Languages and Linguistics

Member

Association of Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ)

Member And Treasurer

Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ)

Member

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)

Education

PhD Language Teaching and Learning

University of Auckland

MA Language Teaching and Learning

University of Auckland

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Languages

Afrikaans
German