Stephanie Link

co-author and co-editor of "Assessment Across Online Language Education"

February 8, 2019

Stephanie Link is an assistant professor of Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics. She is also the director of International Composition in the English Department and Graduate College Faculty Fellow.

Stephanie primarily teaches graduate-level courses in TESL theory and methods, second language writing, language and technology, and second language acquisition. Her research interests are technology-mediate second language writing and written science communication, which can be found in journal such as Journal of Second Language Writing, Language and Technology, System, CALICO Journal, among others.

Stephanie is the co-editor of the edited volume “Assessment Across Online Language Education” published by Equinox Publishing. The volume addresses concern about the validity and reliability of assessment practices and techniques in online language learning environments with a special focus on the impact online assessment has on teachers and learners.

With the expansion of online language learning opportunities, language teachers and learners are presented with an increasingly diverse range of tools to facilitate language learning in various contexts. However, CALL researchers and practitioners often have limited knowledge about the effectiveness of online language learning primarily due to a lack of research on online language learning outcomes and on valid assessment measures.

Despite the challenges in assessing language learning online, the editors of this volume believe the wide range of online language learning opportunities has brought new tools and methods to both strengthen assessment and inform pedagogical decisions in online language teaching. In terms of assessment, technology first provides researchers and practitioners with more options to document learners’ language use in different contexts and their progress over time.

The instances of learners’ actual use of language will complement any achievement and proficiency measures of language learning outcomes. Moreover, the use of technology motivates researchers and practitioners to re-conceptualize assessment of online language learning. More importantly, technologies make it possible for the assessment to be incorporated for the purpose of learning (e.g., adaptive learning) and teaching (e.g., technologymediated dynamic assessment and teacher intervention).

Assessment Across Online Language Education examines these challenges emerged in online language teaching and learning, explores the new opportunities for language teachers and learners, and provides suggestions for future research on assessment and learning in online language education.

 

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Last Updated: 8 February 2019