Presentations

Gokturk, N. & Chukharev, H. (2024, July). What inferences can we draw from scores on spoken dialog system mediated oral assessment tasks? A study on construct-relevant and -irrelevant factors [Work-in-progress to be presented]. Language Testing Research Colloquium, Innsbruck, Austria. 

Gokturk, N. (2024, May). Using the CEFR CV to create test-taker profiles for language assessment purposes [Invited presentation]. EDEN 507: Principles of Foreign Language Testing Course in the English Language Education Program at Yeditepe University, Virtual.

Gokturk, N., & Celik Uzun, E. (2023, October). Language proficiency frameworks [Invited talk]. Board of Education, Ministry of National Education, Ankara, Türkiye.

Gokturk, N., & Chukharev-Hudilainen, E. (2023, April). Spoken dialog system-delivered paired discussion tasks for interactional competence assessment [Paper presentation]. Association of Language Testers in Europe 8th International Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Gokturk, N. (2022, November). Spoken dialog systems for assessing interactional competence: Potential opportunities and challenges for large-scale assessments [Paper presentation]. European Association for Language Testing and Assessment: Assessing Speaking Special Interest Group, Virtual.

Gokturk, N. (2022, September). Evaluating the quality of a language test using (very) simple statistics for classroom-based assessment purposes [3-hour workshop]. Board of Education, Ministry of National Education, Balıkesir, Türkiye.

Gokturk, N., & Chukharev-Hudilainen, E. (2021, March). Investigating strategy use in paired discussion tasks developed through spoken dialog systems [Paper presentation]. Annual American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Virtual.

Gokturk, N., & Chukharev-Hudilainen, E. (2020, September). Developing spoken dialog systems for paired discussion tasks using design-based research as a methodological framework [Invited presentation]. ENGL 623: Computer-Assisted Language Testing Course in the Applied Linguistics & Technology Program at Iowa State University, Iowa, USA.

Gokturk, N., & Chukharev-Hudilainen, E. (2020, October). How useful can spoken dialog systems be for measuring interactional competence? [Paper presentation]. 19th Annual East Coast Organization of Language Testers Conference, Virtual.

Gokturk, N., Novotny, M., & Chukharev-Hudilainen, E. (2019, September). Spoken dialog systems for L2 oral communication assessment purposes: Insights from task design [Poster presentation]. 17th Annual Technology for Second Language Learning Conference, Iowa, USA.

Gokturk, N. (2018, September). Online video-conferencing for delivering interactive speaking tasks: Opportunities and challenges [Poster presentation]. 20th Annual Midwest Association of Language Testers Conference, Wisconsin, USA.

Gokturk, N. (2018, March). Assessing phrasal complexity at formal and functional levels in L2 academic writing: What can it offer for learning-oriented assessment? [Paper presentation]. Language Assessment Research Conference, Iowa, USA.

Gokturk, N. (2017, October). Formal and functional aspects of phrasal complexity in L2 academic writing [Paper presentation]. 19th Annual Midwest Association of Language Testers Conference, Ohio, USA.

Gokturk, N. (2016, December). Digital video technology in an EFL speaking class: A case study. Paper presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference (in Teaching & Technology Track), Boston, USA.

Gokturk, N. (2014, November). The impact of contextual clues in speaking tasks on oral performance of EFL learners [Paper presentation]. 5th International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Assessment in ELT, Lisbon, Portugal.