Conference presentations

Timpe-Laughlin, V. & Sova, L. (2023, March). An early start to raising language and cultural awareness: Perspectives from pre-primary teachers. Roundtable discussion at the 2023 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference (AAAL), Portland, OR.

Sydorenko, T., Dombi, J., & Timpe-Laughlin, V. (2023, March). Conversation openings and closings in interaction with a human interlocutor versus a fully automated agent. Paper presented at the 2023 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference (AAAL), Portland, OR.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., Sydorenko, T., & Dombi, J. (2022, September). Man versus machine:
Comparing L2 learners’ oral output across two modalities. Paper presented at the 2022 Language Assessment Research Conference, Chicago, IL.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., Sydorenko, T., Sasayama, S., & Dombi, J. (2022, August). L2 learners’ pragmatic output in a face-to-face versus a computer-guided role-play task: Implications for TBLT. Paper presented at the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Innsbruck, Austria.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., & Dombi, J. (2021, June). Exploring fully-automated, multi- turn spoken dialogue tasks to provide feedback on pragmatic performance. Paper presented at the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA), Budapest, Hungary [Zoom].

Timpe-Laughlin, V., Sydorenko, T., & Daurio, P. (2021, May). Using interactive spoken dialogue systems for language instruction: What do teachers think? Paper presented at CALICO, Virtual conference [Zoom].

Timpe-Laughlin, V. (2019, August). Pragmatics in task-based language assessment: Opportunities and challenges. Paper presented at the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Ottawa, Canada.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., & Park, I. (2019, May). Exploring yes/no questions to promote authenticity in L2 oral performance assessments. Paper presented at the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA), Dublin, Ireland.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., & Schmidgall, J., (2019, March). Toward a construct definition of the pragmatics of workplace English. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Atlanta, GA.

Evanini, K., Timpe-Laughlin, V., Tsuprun, E., Blood, I., Lee, J., Bruno, J., Ramanarayanan, V., Lange, P., Suendermann-Oeft, D. (2018, September). Game-based spoken dialog language learning applications for young students. Paper presented at the Interspeech, Hyderabad, India.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., Evanini, K., Blood, I., & Lee, J. (2018, May). Empirically designing interactive, automated dialogues for L2 pragmatics assessment. Paper presented at the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA), Bochum, Germany.

Timpe-Laughlin, V. (2018, March). Exploring L2 learners’ pragmatic moves in a computer-mediated interactive assessment task. Paper presented at the 2018 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference (AAAL), Chicago, Illinois.

Timpe-Laughlin, V. (2018, March). Bridging the gap: Teaching L2 pragmatics to foster intercultural language learning. Paper presented at the AKS Tagung, Weimar, Germany.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., Evanini, K., Green, A., Blood, I., Dombi, J., & Ramanarayanan, V. (2017, August). Designing interactive, automated dialogues for L2 pragmatics learning. Paper presented at the 21st Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (SemDial 2017 – SaarDial) Saarbrücken, Germany.

Evanini, K., Tsuprun, E., Timpe-Laughlin, V., Ramanarayanan, V., Lange, P., & Suendermann-Oeft, D. (2017, July). Evaluating the Impact of Local Context on CALL Applications Using Spoken Dialog Systems. Paper presented at the CALL Research Conference, Berkley, California.

Tsuprun, E., Timpe-Laughlin, V., Evanini, K., & Blood, I. (2017, July). Task-based feedback in a formative assessment of workforce English speaking skills using spoken dialog systems. Paper presented at the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), Bogotá, Colombia.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., García-Gomez, P., Jackson, G. T., Davis, L., Norris, J. M., Tao, J., Wang, Y., & Zechner, K. (2017, April). Technology-supported elicitation and scoring of constrained and unconstrained speaking task performances in diverse environments. Paper presented at the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Barcelona, Spain.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., Han-Ting Liu, H., Wain, J., & Evanini, K. (2016, June). Using web-technology and spoken dialogue systems to assess L2 pragmatic ability. Paper presented at the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), Palermo, Italy.

Timpe-Laughlin, V., & Park, I. (2016, April). Cultural concepts in role-play assessments – Exploring L2 learners’ use of communicative strategies in oral interaction. Paper presented at the 2016 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference (AAAL), Orlando, Florida.

Davis, L., Timpe-Laughlin, V., Gu, L., & Ockey, G. (2016, March). Face to face speaking assessment in the digital age: Interactive speaking tasks online. Paper presented at the Georgetown University Round Table (GURT), Washington, D.C.

Timpe, V. (2014, March). The role of input in developing pragmatic competence. Paper presented at the 2014 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference (AAAL), Portland, OR.

Timpe, V. (2013, November). Developing L2 pragmatic skills – Input, context, and learning opportunities. Paper presented at the 2. Saarbrücker Fremdsprachentagung, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.

Timpe, V., & Janssen, G. (2012, August). Negotiation of meaning in intercultural contexts: A new form of assessment. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Timpe, V. (2012, March). Strategic decoding of sociopragmatic utterances in intercultural contexts – A think-aloud validation study. Paper presented at the Department of Second Language Studies Brownbag Lecture Series, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.

Timpe, V. (2012, January). Investigating the strategies EFL/ESL learners use in making sense of intercultural pragmatic assessment tasks. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence, CERCLL, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Timpe, V. (2011, June). Fremdverstehen revisited – Assessing intercultural language competences. Paper presented at the 14th Warwick International Postgraduate Conference in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

Timpe, V. (2010, September). Two sides of a coin? – Assessing intercultural competence and language proficiency. Paper presented at the Intercultural competence: Concepts – challenges – evaluations, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland.

Timpe, V. (2010, January). Let’s get competent! – Assessing intercultural and interlanguage pragmatic competence in teacher education. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence, CERCLL, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Timpe, V. (2008, October). Beyond face value: Images of slaves on 19th century American currency. Paper presented at The Almighty Dollar, Austrian Association of American Studies, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Timpe, V. (2007, February). Makarie – Eine literarische Figur mit prophetischem Charakter. Paper presented at the Conference for Prophetic Discourse from Amos to Zarathustra: On the Uses and Misuses of Prophecy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.