Dmitri Leontjev

@dima403.bsky.social

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Senior researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies of the University of Jyväskylä.

Simplified PRISMA chart (adapted from Page et al., 2021)
Recommendations for Assessment Literacy courses • Course content • Glossary with a related language-focussed task • (Simple) quantitative and qualitative test analysis • Facilitating assessment design and marking • Course delivery • Practical test development activities & peer feedback • Topics seen from different viewpoints to raise awareness of function of assessment • Carefully staged content • Contextualisation • Frame within a particular context • Emphasise learner-controd aspects
Breakthroughs: Al & LLM Application to language testing: Scoring essays for a high-stakes test Scoring accuracy: A fine-tuned BERT model was most accurate Detecting anomalous responses: Prompt engineering with an LLM was best Providing qualitative feedback: Prompt engineering with an LLM was most informative Solution: One Al agent retrieves the scores from the fine-tuned BERT model Another Al agent checks for anomalous essays and flags them Another Al agent provides qualitative feedback by prompting with an LLM
Title slide of the presentation "I think the most interesting thing iscthat this would help them"
Theoretical framework of the study Bronfenbrenner and Farrel
Tu / usted SCOBA
Title slide of the presentation: CHILEAN EFL TEACHERS' ASSESSMENT LITERACY: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NATIONAL STANDARDS AND TEACHING PRACTICES
Recommendations for applied linguistics authors 1)Know GenAl capacities and limitations in research practices 2) Evaluate and fact-check GenAl output - Disclose GenAl use 3) Search and review GenAl guidelines provided for authors - Contact journal editor for clarification whenever uncertainty exists - Adhere to journal's instructions and ensure responsible GenAl use
Title slide of the presentation: Dynamic Assessment of Integrated Argumentative Writing: A Comparative Case Study of Two Multilingual Writers' Development
Title slide of the plenary
Slide from the presentation focusing on pedagogical approach
Screenshot from the presentation, focusing on how conversations with chatbot are not the same as talking with a human conversation partner
General workflow for ChatGPT-enhsnced DA
refusal as another R Refusal understands the wisdom in a story, as well as the wisdom in not passing that story on. Refusal in research makes way for other r-words- for resistance, reclaiming, recovery, reciprocity. repatriation, regeneration -Tuck and Yang 2014, p. 244
Why Integrate Al with Mediation in Language Instruction • Al tools provide immediate, targeted feedback enhancing learner engagement. • Teacher mediation helps learners critically assess Al-generated feedback. • Integrating Al with mediation promotes deeper metalinguistic awareness • Encourages autonomous learning by guiding informed use of language tools Significance: • Combines strengths of human teachers and Al technology • Addresses Al limitations through human judgment. • Supports learner development within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
Slide: Best practices are situated practices
Teachers and researchers in dialogue
A view of the river in Turku in sunset
Go raibh míle maith agaibh
A graffiti of a person holding child wearing a crown. The text reads, "Even the strongest of us need to be picked up at times."
A picture taken from a train window. Sun rising, clear sky, trees in front