Anna Soltyska

Ruhr-Universität Bochum | RUB · Zentrum für Fremdsprachenausbildung (ZFA)

This chapter studies post-pandemic assessment literacy and professional development related to assessment literacy for English teachers in Finland and Germany. The aim of the research is to determine the extent to which language instructors in both countries have been prepared for designing, performing, and evaluating assessment activities, particu...

Multilingualism has become commonplace for individuals and societies alike, not only in Germany, but in almost all countries of the world. However, in the context of higher education its practical applications have not yet been largely considered, while acknowledgement and respect for this linguistic competence are still missing. This article aims...

The emergence of highly capable online language support tools such as machine translators (e.g. Google Translate, DeepL), multilingual online dictionaries (e.g. Linguee, Leo) and thesauri as well as automated writing correction and feedback tools (e.g. Grammarly, Write and Improve) has significantly increased the availability and scope of non-human...

The recent pandemic has significantly impacted most educational practices, including teaching and assessment of foreign languages in various schooling contexts worldwide. This talk presents the ongoing assessment literacy project which has surveyed English teachers in Finland and Germany and analysed their views on assessment in remote contexts and...

Designing a meaningful, needs-based curriculum for a language for specific purposes course requires striking a balance between its subject-specific and language-related aspects. The article provides an overview of a competenceoriented concept of a two-part course “Technical and Business English for Sales Engineering and Product Management” which ha...

This paper provides an overview of major differences between cheating in conventional, face-to-face examinations and so-called e-cheating in digital settings. Furthermore, it presents possible strategies to reduce e-cheating and evaluates their strengths and weaknesses in various low- and medium-stakes contexts of language assessment. The article p...

The ongoing internationalisation of universities in Germany, Europe and beyond as well as current socio-political circumstances lead to instructors and students alike being increasingly confronted with culturally heterogenous audiences. Even though this phenomenon has already been well-incorporated in teaching and learning processes, divergent cult...

Numerous cases of academic misconduct have been reported by higher education institutions across Europe and beyond. With the growing importance of language exams, among other things for gatekeeping and selection purposes, university language centres too are more and more often exposed to this phenomenon, including but not limited to plagiarism and...

Each year the State Examination Centre in Azerbaijan conducts country-wide university entrance examinations for bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs, including in German as a foreign language. The project “Development and implementation of language tests in German as a foreign language” has aimed to guide local university lecturers and teache...

Die Erfassung bildungssprachlicher Kompetenzen und akademischer Sprachkompetenzen in der Fremd- oder Zweitsprache gewinnt in schulischen und universitären Kontexten zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dabei stehen die jeweiligen Akteure vor ähnlichen Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen: Was versteht man unter bildungssprachlicher Kompetenz und welche Aspekte...

Mehrsprachigkeit ist gesellschaftliche aber auch individuelle Realität in Deutschland und in fast allen Ländern der Welt. Dennoch wird dieser enorme Fundus an sprachlicher Kompetenz häufig nicht wirklich wahrgenommen, wertgeschätzt und genutzt. Dieser Vortrag präsentiert den Rahmen und die Durchführung sowie die Evaluation einer Veranstaltung, die...