An eventful year for #DD-Lang! Since summer we’ve presented in 7 conferences in Europe, USA and Canada. Topics focus on #dynamic-diagnostic #assessment; from complimentary value of GenAI in #mediating #learners to #teachers’ use of assessment information to guide instructional practices.

Antón's commentary, who reviews the chapters in the volume in light of common #goals and differing #theoretical foundations of #DA and #DiagA, concludes the volume doi.org/10.1515/9783...

@lukeharding.bsky.social, @tinekebrunfaut.bsky.social, Huhta, and @benjaminkremmel.bsky.social discuss the potential integration of #mediation into #DIALANG2.0. The authors give an overview of #DIALANG and explore #synergies and #distinctions between #DA and #DiagA doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Levi, Schlam-Salman, and Russak explore the #impact of #DiagA tools on the #professional #development of #EFL #teachers in Israel, focusing on enhancing their #PCK regarding reading, informed by #Vygotskian #Sociocultural #Theory ( #SCT) doi.org/10.1515/9783...

In Chapter 8, Lee argues for #reconceptualising #consequential #validity in light of #DA, proposing an integrated validity framework for DA and #DiagA, focusing on the evaluation of #consequences, #washback, and #learning- and #development-inducing effects of DA and DiagA doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Poehner, Zhang, and Qin explore the #integration of #DA into the #ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview ( #OPI) of #university #L2 learners of #Mandarin #Chinese, building argument for enhancing #diagnostic #insights into second #L2 #oral #proficiency through such integration doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Hunte, Jang, and Ignacio explore the #integration of cognitive #DiagA and #DA to enhance #teaching and #learning, particularly for L2 learners and learners with learning disabilities ( #LD), emphasising the transformative potential of such integration doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Liontou and Huhta focus on #Finnish and #Chinese university students enrolled in #English courses, investigating alignment between self-assessed and tested #proficiency. The authors advocate for #integrating #DA and #DiagA to improve #self-assessment and address student needs doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Yaru Meng and Hua Fu, in their chapter, explore the complementarity of #DA and cognitive #DiagA to develop an Attribute-based Mediation Model ( #AMM) for #English #listening comprehension, providing a framework for future #research combining DA and cognitive DiagA doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Susie Kim and @danielrisbell.bsky.social's chapter explores the implementation of #Korean #Pronunciation #Diagnostic (KPD) in an #intermediate-level Korean language course. The chapter also discusses future use of the KPD, including incorporating DA as a part of it doi.org/10.1515/9783...

Lu Yu and @dima403.bsky.social's chapter explores the #diagnostic value of #DA in the #development of #learners' #academic #writing. The #enrichment group outperformed control group on the #post-intervention DA. The authors also explored the development path of one learner doi.org/10.1515/9783...

The introductory Chapter 1 by @dima403.bsky.social, Matthew Poehner, and Ari Huhta sets the scene by discussing the complementarity and differences of Dynamic (#DA) and Diagnostic Assessment (#DiagA), situating the two frameworks within broader #developments in #educational and #L2 #assessment

The edited volume that #DD-Lang team members and a large number of authors worked on is finally out in #openaccess: doi.org/10.1515/9783... Across its 11 chapters, we build argument for the potential of bringing together #L2 #dynamic and #diagnostic #assessment – one of the goals of DD-Lang

Our DD-LANG Development Day “Shared Spaces, Separate Journeys” @opetushallitus.bsky.social on 10.11.2025 brought #teachers and #researchers together. Our goal was to develop ways to enable individual #learning trajectories while guiding groups of learners in the #classroom.

Our recommendation for #OAWeek addresses anyone interested in #LanguageAssessment: @dima403.bsky.social, Matthew Poehner and Ari Huhta collected the latest research on dynamic and diagnostic approaches to language assessment: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111233918/html#bibliographicData

This was such a productive year for DD-LANG, with numerous meetings with #teachers and #learners, many #conference #presentations, and notable developments incorporating #AI into DD-LANG. We also wrote a paper with teachers for the #Kielikukko journal. Thank you to everyone who made this happen!

Stefan O‘Grady, Nazlınur Göktürk & Olena Rossi presented a systematic review of AI use in language testing between 2019 and 2024 at #EALTA2025

Ari Huhta, Sylvia Opriessnig, Josep Maria Montcada Escbairo, Doris MoserFrötscher, Olivia Rütti Joy, Gyula Tánko, & Karin Vogt Gave a panel discussion at #EALTA2025 focusing on assessment impact - who and how much have agency at the steering wheel? - can we make it into a discussion?

Matt Poehner, Ari Huhta, and I presented a part of the DD-Lang project's work focusing on AI as a part of mediational sequences.

Carolyn Westbrook, Richard Spiby & Jordan Weide on corpus linguistics-based approach to investigate teachers’ challenges in language assessment at #EALTA2025

Jamie Dunlea Lecture #EALTA2025: Alistair Van Moere's giving a keynote on AI innovation transforming language assessment

Very interesting CBLA and MLA SIG today at #EALTA2025 with a large variety of foci, contexts, and methodologies. Vera Vesala and I presented our paper on a part of @ddlangproject.bsky.social project, focusing on our collaboration with teachers, namely, on how we together design classroom activities

Thu, May 28, Matt Poehner, @dima403.bsky.social, and Ari Huhta present a paper discussing #GenAI, namely #chatbot interactions as part of #mediation #sequences for #assessing and promoting #learners' L2 #English #reading abilities

Wed, May 28, Vera Vesala and @dima403.bsky.social give a paper “I think the most interesting thing is that this would help them” focusing on #praxis with DD-Lang #teacher collaboratorsat Classroom-Based Assessment & Multilingual Language Assessment SIG meeting

DD-Lang team is travelling to #EALTA2025, Saltzurg. We will be presenting two papers focusing on different aspects of the project: ⏭️

DD-Lang team has been out and about again, collecting data. This time in #Tampere. We owe this all to our wonderful #teacher #collaborators and enthusiastic #students 🙌 Kiitos kaikille for making this happen!

Maria Matilde Olivero presented a paper on #self-exploration of an #LTE's emotions at #AAAL2025 #Self-inquiry into own #emotions as key to understanding own #identity as a #peacebuilder in teacher education

Adam van Compernolle gave an excellent paper on developing #L2 #indexing #capacity at #AAAL2025 #Dialectics of #language and #culture and whst it means for learner development

Evelyn Dlaz-lturriaga on Chilean Teachers' #assessment #literacy Teacher autonomy Accountability and Support

Shuhui Yin and Carol Chapelle present their study of academic journals' author #guidelines regarding the #ethical use of #GenAI at #AAAL2025

Matt Poehner and Lu Yu are presenting a paper on #dynamic #assessment of #argumentative #writing, focusing on developmental trajectories of two multilingual learners at #AAAL2025

DD-Lang project's @dima403.bsky.social and Matt Poehner presented the paper: #Teacher and #researcher #positionality in #praxis: Adapting dynamic #assessment to increase #learner #agency in classrooms at #AAAL2025

Stephen May giving a plenary on #linguistic #racism, #(post)colonialism, and #indigenous #languages at #AAAL2025

Lia Plakans, Kwangmin Lee, and Marina Durinova on developing Students' #critical language #assessment #literacy: focusing on #fairness and #justice at #AAAL2025

Erik Voss and Hansun Waring on exploring #naturalness of #AI conversational partners using #CA at #AAAL2025

Xiaozgeng Dai, Lu Yu, Zhingyuan Zhuang, Xiaofei Lu, and Matt Poehner On potential of #ChatGPT to enhance #DA of #L2 #argumentative #writing at #AAAL2025

Brilliant plenary by Wesley Y. Leonard on relational accountability A framework for language work and beyond At #AAAL2025

Yuwei Xia and Qi Xu on #AI #integration with #Vygotskian #mediation fostering the #development of #lexical #sophistication awareness at #AAAL2025

Catherine DeFelice-Box and Anne Pomerantz on listening to your #participants in #EMI #research at #AAAL2025 Best #practices are #situated practices. EMI is different for different stakeholders in different situations.

An interesting special session on language #teachers, teacher #educators, and #researchers #collaboration and #networking at #AAAL2025

DD-Lang project's @dima403.bsky.social is participating in #AAAL2025 conference in #Denver. Matt Poehner and Dmitri will be presenting a part of the project, focusing on our praxis with teachers on March 24 at 10.45. If you are at AAAL, consider joining us

DD-LANG team had great two days in #Turku last week, meeting our #teacher #collaborators and presenting the project to several groups of #students. It was an excellent opportunity to develop our ideas together, including using #AI as #pedagogical tool in the #classroom!

@ddlangproject.bsky.social Dynamic Diagnostic Language Assessment - Conceptual and Practical Innovation in Foreign Language Education and Assessment is a project I have an honour to be a part of, giving me an opportunity to work with inspiring teachers and wonderful colleagues. r.jyu.fi/DDLANG_en

As an editor of the Apples Journal: This special issue on #arts and #embodiment in #language #education is just out of the oven: apples.journal.fi/issue/view/1... Special Issue editors: Sofia Jusslin, Niina Lilja, and Eeva Anttila

#AFINLA2024 was an excellent opportunity to see colleagues and engage in a number of discussions on assessment, the role of theory and metatheory and present two papers, one with Karim, my doctoral supervisee, one on the development of #DD-LANG project

Allekirjoitathan sinäkin. Kiitos 🤎

Our paper with Mark de Boer, Content knowledge for language teaching: Dialectical materialist stance on developing teacher language awareness, has just been published in Language Awareness. doi.org/10.1080/0965...

Absolutely brilliant kick-off of 20th #EALTA Conference: Barry O’Sullivan's keynote Days of Future Passed: Language Testing in Europe

In Houston for #AAAL2024. Really excited to participate in our SCT and Second Language Learning Working Group Meeting on Sunday at 12:30 and present our paper, Vygotskian #Praxis and #assessment #fairness, with Matt Poehner and Ari Huhta March 19 at 2:25 pm. Those attending and interested, join us!

Both our #LTRC2024 symposium and WIP got accepted🎉 Going to Innsbruck!