2025
10/2025: Claudia Harsch. Invited Keynote: The role of Standards in Language Policy in relation to Cuba and LATAM. UCIENCIA 2025, Varadero, Cuba.
09/2025: Claudia Harsch. Invited Keynote: Alignment of educational materials to the CEFR. 10th Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education conference, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
09/2025: Claudia Harsch. Invited workshop: Action-oriented Assessment in Higher Education. 10th Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education conference, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
06/2025: Claudia Harsch. Ist mein B1 dein B1? Oder was es bedeutet, auf B1 zu sein. Vortrag im Rahmen der „Wissen um 11“ Reihe im Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen. (Dieser Vortrag fällt leider aus und wir zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt nachgeholt!)
05/2025: Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado Osorio, Claudia Harsch, Johannes Hartig: Rating Performance and Quality of Novice and Expert Raters of Integrated Writing: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study in a German Higher Education Context. EALTA Salzburg, Austria.
03/2025: Stephanie Bergmann. Die Verwendung des „Referenzrahmens für plurale Ansätze zu Sprachen und Kulturen“ (REPA) im Sprachunterricht an Sprachenzentren an Hochschulen – Eine praktische und explorative Studie. 33. AKS-Tagung 2025, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
03/2025: Claudia Harsch. Invited Keynote: Integrated reading-into-writing – how to assess the complexities? New Directions Conference, British Council, Berlin, Germany.
2024
12/2024: Claudia Harsch. Invited talk: The impact of the CEFR beyond Europe – keynote at EALTA. Online presentation for the Research Forum in the MA multilingual program, University of Tel Aviv, Israel.
11/2024: Claudia Harsch. Invited Keynote: The role of standards in language policy. New Directions Conference, British Council, Bangkok Thailand.
11/2024: Claudia Harsch. Eingeladene Abschluss-Keynote: Szenarien und Referenzrahmen – ein handlungsorientierter Ansatz. Fachtag der Fachstelle Berufsbezogenes Deutsch zur 10 Jahres-Feier des Szenario-Ansatzes in der Deutschausbildung, online, https://www.deutsch-am-arbeitsplatz.de/aktuelles/10-jahre-szenario-methode-linkliste.
11/2024: Claudia Harsch. Invited Webinar: Overview of steps involved in developing CEFR-aligned tests for singed languages. EALTA SIG International Sign Language, online.
07/2024: Claudia Harsch. Invited Discussant in the symposium on Reforming the Diagnosis of L2 Abilities: The Complementary Contributions of Dynamic and Diagnostic Language Assessment Frameworks. LTRC Conference Innsbruck, Austria.
07/2024 Tugba Elif Toprak Yildiz and Claudia Harsch. Diagnosing L2 English Academic Reading Ability in the CEFR Context: A CDA Approach. LTRC Conference, Innsbruck.
07/2024 Ximena Delgado-Osorio, Valeriia Koval, Johannes Hartig and Claudia Harsch. Sequence analysis of log data: An application example from a study of integrated writing. LTRC Conference, Innsbruck.
06/2024: Claudia Harsch. Keynote: The impact of the CEFR beyond Europe. EALTA conference Belfast, Northern Ireland. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LtXD7qa1-s.
05/2024: Stephanie Bergmann. A practical and cross-lingual guideline for the development of plurilingual tasks. Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices 3, Yerevan State University, Armenia.
08/2024: Stephanie Bergmann. Validating descriptors for the development of plurilingual tasks. 13th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
2023
11/2023: Claudia Harsch. Invited Keynote, in cooperation with the CLAN team Cuba: Using the CEFR for aligning teaching, learning and assessment – practices in Cuba and Germany. ALTE 59th Meeting, Rome, Italy.
09/2023: Stephanie Bergmann. A collaborative research project in a Polish-Croatian course: Suitability analysis of the Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence (PPC) scale. 30. DGFF-Kongress, University of Education Freiburg.
06/2023: Claudia Harsch, mit Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado, Johannes Hartig: Contribution of the CEFR-CV to developing a diagnostic rating scale for integrated writing. 19th EALTA conference Helsinki, Finland.
06/2023: Claudia Harsch, mit Johannes Hartig, Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado-Osorio, Voula Kanistra: Validation of a rating scale for computer-based integrated assessment in a lingua franca context. LTRC conference New York City, USA.
06/2023: Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado-Osorio, Claudia Harsch, and Johannes Hartig. Online implementation of a project for an integrated writing assessment. LTRC conference, New York City, USA.
06/2023: Claudia Harsch & Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña. Adapting the CEFR for the Cuban Higher Education context (invited paper). SIG CEFR, EALTA conference, Helsinki, Finland.
06/2023: Valeriia Koval. Assisted rating of source-based writing and cognitive load. EALTA conference, Helsinki.
05/2023: Claudia Harsch. What it means to be at an CEFR-Level (¿Qué significa estar en un nivel del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas?) (Keynote). SABER conference, Universidad de Havana, Cuba.
04/2023: Valeriia Koval. Exploring anti-plagiarism tool effects in the assessment of academic reading-into-writing. ALTE conference, Madrid.
04/2023: Claudia Harsch. Moderation ILTA Webinar: Formative Language Assessment in the Time of COVID 19: Lessons Learned. Online.
03/2023: Claudia Harsch. Der GER, sein Begleitband, die Niveaus und der Einsatz in der Praxis (Guest lecture). University Innsbruck, Österreich.
03/2023: Claudia Harsch mit Johannes Hartig, Valeriia Koval, Voula Kanistra, Ximena Delgado: Wie interpretieren novice raters eine neue rating scale zum integrierten Schreiben? Einsichten aus quantitativen und qualitativen Perspektiven. Kolloquium empirische Bildungsforschung in Hirschegg, Österreich.
03/2023: Martina Behrens and Claudia Harsch: Integrating reading and writing and the role of a plagiarism-detection tool to enhance student learning in advanced academic English courses. 8. Bremer Symposion, SZHB in the University of Bremen.
03/2023: Stephanie Bergmann. Eine quasi-experimentelle Studie zu plurilingualen Lehr- und Lernansätze. DGFF Nachwuchstagung, Münster.
03/2023: Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado-Osorio, Claudia Harsch, and Johannes Hartig. Online implementation of an integrated writing assessment. 8th Bremen Symposium, SZHB in the University of Bremen.
03/2023: Henning Vahlenkamp. Interactional Practices in Peer Tutoring of Autonomous Language Learners. 8th Bremen Symposium, University of Bremen.
03/2023: Stephanie Bergmann. Plurilingual teaching and learning approaches in university language courses in Germany. 8th Bremen Symposium, University of Bremen.
2022
12/2022: Claudia Harsch & Ivonne de la Carida Collada Peña. Aligning a new proficiency exam for English to the Common European Framework of References CEFR (Invited paper). Conference of the Cuban Pedagogical Association for Teaching English, Havana, Cuba.
12/2022: Claudia Harsch. Workshopwoche Task analysis and benchmarking productive skills, Cuban Language Assessment Network, Universidad de las Ciencias Informaticas, Habana, Cuba, hybrid.
12/2022: Claudia Harsch. CEFR Online Workshop Series 2022: Developing CEFR-based assessment rubrics and rating scales for interaction and production. Council of Europe.
11/2022: Claudia Harsch. Workshoptage Item analysis for assessing receptive skills, Cuban Language Assessment Network, Universidad de las Ciencias Informaticas, Habana, Cuba, hybrid.
11/2022: Henning Vahlenkamp. Peer Tutoring von autonomen Sprachenlernenden: Eine gesprächsanalytische Untersuchung von Lernberatungs- und -begleitungsgesprächen (Data session). 9th Research Workshop Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis, Bielefeld.
11/2022: Henning Vahlenkamp. Peer Tutoring of Autonomous Language Learners (Poster presentation). Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis (online).
10/2022: Henning Vahlenkamp. Peer Tutoring von autonomen Sprachenlernenden: Eine gesprächsanalytische Untersuchung von Lernberatungs- und -begleitungsgesprächen. 6th Network Meeting for Doctoral Students in Gesprächsforschung (DokGF), Potsdam.
09/2022: Stephanie Bergmann. The current situation of plurilingual approaches in language classrooms in higher education. “Making plurilingual/pluricultural education accessible: International perspectives” Conference, Bremen.
09/2022: Johannes Hartig, Ximena Delgado, Claudia Harsch, Valeriia Koval: Erfassung von akademisch-schriftsprachlichen Kompetenzen im Englischen mit integrierten Schreibaufgaben. Paper auf dem 52. DGP Kongress in Hildesheim.
09/2022: Ximena Delgado, Valeriia Koval, Johannes Hartig, Claudia Harsch: Text strategic processing in reading-into-writing tasks: a comparison between summary and argumentative tasks. Poster 52. DGP Kongress in Hildesheim.
08/2022: Claudia Harsch. Neue Impulse durch den Begleitband zum GERS (CEFR Companion Volume). XVII. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer, Wien.
06/2022: Paraskevi Kanistra. A framework of analysis of a comparability study between F2F and online oral examinations. EALTA conference, Budapest.
06/2022: Sonja Zimmermann. Test takers’ perception of a new digital high-stakes test for admission purposes. EALTA conference, Budapest.
06/2022: Claudia Harsch, Johannes Hartig, Valeriia Koval, and Ximena Delgado-Osorio. Evolving contexts: post-entry diagnosis in German Higher Education (HE). EALTA conference, Budapest.
06/2022: Valeriia Koval, Ximena Delgado-Osorio, Claudia Harsch, and Johannes Hartig. Adjustment of rating practices to improve assessment quality of academic integrated writing. EALTA conference, Budapest.
05/2022: Claudia Harsch. Eingeladener Vortrag zu „Interaktion im Online Unterricht: was wir aus dem ersten Covid-Semester gelernt haben“ und halbtägiger Workshop, zusammen mit Dita Vogel (FB12) beim Fachtag der GEW Bremen „Eine Schule viele Sprachen“.
03/2022: Henning Vahlenkamp. Impressions from academic seminar on Linguistic Landscape Studies in the exhibition “bremen spricht”, FOCKE Museum, Bremen.
03/2022: Claudia Harsch. Die duale Funktion von Sprachtests in der Fremdsprachenforschung – Forschungsinstrument und Untersuchungsgegenstand (DGFF WebWorkshop). DGFF Kolleg.
03/2022: Claudia Harsch & Johannes Hartig. Linguistic preparedness in EMI contexts. “Language assessment in EMI: Linking assessment to learning in new domains” Symposium at LTRC conference (online).
03/2022: Ximena Delgado, Johannes Hartig, Claudia Harsch, Valeriia Koval: Dimensionen der Textqualität von integrierten Schreibprodukten in Englisch als Fremdsprache. Symposionsbeitrag auf der 9. GEPF Tagung, Online.
03/2022: Valeriia Koval. Using a source-text use detection tool in the rating of integrated writing performances: Raters’ perceptions and challenges. LTRC conference (online).
2021
10/2021: Claudia Harsch. What the CEFR can do for English Language Education (Guest Lecture). Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, India.
10/2021: Claudia Harsch & Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña. Developing language assessment literacy in Germany and Cuba – a responsive approach (Key Note). PEARLANGUAGE Symposium, Cienfuegos, Cuba (online).
10/2021: Claudia Harsch & Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña. Variations on B1 – how the CEFR was adapted for Cuban Higher Education (Key Note). UCIENCIA Conference, Havana, Cuba (online).
10/2021: Claudia Harsch. Localisation of the CEFR to language learning systems around the world: practices, experiences, and perceptions on Revising achievement exams – marrying them with CEFR proficiency levels (Paper in the Symposium). UCIENCIA Conference, Havana, Cuba (online).
09/2021: Henning Vahlenkamp. Interaktionsanalyse von Tutorengesprächen – Auswirkungen auf autonomes Sprachenlernen – im Programm Sprachen Selbstlernen mit Beratung im Sprachenzentrum der Hochschulen im Land Bremen (Poster). DGFF Congress (online).
09/2021: Claudia Harsch, Johannes Hartig, Valeriia Koval, and Ximena Delgado-Osorio. Interdisziplinäre Zugriffe auf die Modellierung akademisch-sprachlicher Kompetenzen. DGFF Konferenz (online).
06/2021: Claudia Harsch. Developing rating scales in multilingual contexts (Pre-conference workshop). LTRC conference (online).
06/2021: Claudia Harsch. Common frameworks and standards in the age of technology-driven language assessment ( Symposium). EALTA conference (online).
06/2021: Claudia Harsch & Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña. Comparing practices and challenges when developing language assessment literacy in Germany and Cuba. LTRC conference (online).
06/2021: Claudia Harsch, Johannes Hartig, Valeriia Koval, and Ximena Delgado. Variations of common expectations – linguistic preparedness for EMI contexts. EALTA conference (online).
06/2021: Henning Vahlenkamp. Assessing interaction in language tutoring: A new view on interactional competence. EALTA Conference (online).
04/2021: Claudia Harsch. Eine kritische Betrachtung des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen (Guest lecture). AG Sprache Die Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Europa, Freie Hansestadt Bremen.
03/2021: Claudia Harsch. Referenzrahmen und Begleitband: kritischer Rückblick und Ausblick nach vorn (Guest lecture). “Fokus DaF/DaZ – Gegenwärtige Tendenzen in Forschung und Lehre“ Conference, German Jordanian University, Amman (online).
03/2021: Claudia Harsch, Anika Müller-Karabil, and Ekaterina Buchminskaia. Interaktion online.Was wir aus dem ersten Covid-Semester gelernt haben. AKS-Tagung (online).
2020
11/2020: Claudia Harsch. Is my B2 your B2? Or what it means to be at a CEFR level. YUFE Lecture Series Online.
10/2020: Claudia Harsch. Member of the Panel on Power of Tests: Creating opportunity and fostering inclusion. East Asia New Directions in English Language Assessment Conference (online). Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSAj0m5MQfE&list=PLYUw4m0gKO3yftrwZMIHALu9CAYzl1EiY&index=7
07/2020: Anika Müller-Karabil, Claudia Harsch. Sprachlernwege geflüchteter Menschen im Vorbereitungsstudium. „Studium gleich Integration? Integrationsdynamiken und Kompetenzen in der deutschen Hochschullandschaft“ Symposium, Hannover.
02/2020: Claudia Harsch & Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña. Developing an English proficiency certification system in Cuban higher education. Congreso Internacional de Educación Superior, Havana, Cuba.
2019
12/2019, Claudia Harsch: Referenzrahmen und Companion Volume – eine kritische Bilanz (Gastvortrag). „Zur Sache, FaDaF!“ Universität Göttingen.
11/2019, Claudia Harsch: Was bedeutet es, auf einem GER-Niveau zu sein? UNIcert Workshop, Fremdsprachenzentrum der Hochschulen im Land Bremen.
09/2019, Christine Ringwald: “Does everyone understand?” How formative assessment can support student learning (teacher training). Teachers’ Day, Saarbrücken .
06/2019, Christine Ringwald: German High School Students‘ Preparedness for English-Medium Bachelor Programs. Presentation at 16th EALTA Conference, Dublin.
06/2019: Claudia Harsch, mit Anika Müller-Karabil: Geflüchtete an Bremer Hochschulen: Sprachliche Vorbereitung und akademische Integration (Gastvortrag). Bremer Rat für Integration.
05/2019, Anika Müller-Karabil, with Claudia Harsch: From language class to higher education: assessing refugees in transition. Presentation at 16th EALTA Conference, Dublin.
05/2019, Claudia Harsch, with Meg Malone: Symposium on Transitions in the use of C-tests. EALTA conference, Dublin, Ireland.
03/2019, Anika Müller-Karabil: Sprachliche Vorbereitung und akademische *Integration* von Geflüchteten an Hochschulen. Presentation at 14th DGFF-Nachwuchstagung, Gießen.
03/2019, Anika Müller-Karabil: „Allmählich kann ich mich daran gewöhnen…“: Sprachliche, soziale und akademische *Integration* von Geflüchteten an Hochschulen (presentation). Bremer Symposion, Bremen.
03/2019, Claudia Harsch: Bald 20 Jahre Referenzrahmen: Bilanz, Kritik und aktuelle Weiterentwicklungen – ein Diskussionsanstoß (Key Note). FaDaF Jahrestagung, TU Chemnitz.
03/2019, Ulrike Berthold, Anika Müller-Karabil, Aysun Ucan, Gesine von Ribbeck: Deutsch für das Studium – Sprachprogramm für Geflüchtete (Fremdsprachenzentrum der Hochschulen im Land Bremen / Goethe-Institut Bremen) (Presentation). Bremer Symposion, Bremen.
03/2019, Anika Müller-Karabil, Ringwald, Christine, Sibylle Seyferth: Workshop on Evaluation von (Test-)Aufgaben zum Leseverstehen. Bremer Symposion, Bremen.
03/2019, Christine Ringwald: Zur schulischen Vorbereitung auf ein englischsprachiges Studium. Presentation at 16th DGFF-Nachwuchstagung, Gießen.
03/2019, Christine Ringwald, Mahaes Kayser, Violetta Kozik-Rafii, Antonella Lavagno: Workshop on Interaktive Sprechaufgaben bewerten: Sprachübergreifende Testspezifikationen und Checklisten in der Praxis. Bremer Symposion, Bremen.
02/2019, Claudia Harsch, mit Sibylle Seyferth: Revamping the Finals – Transparenz und Vergleichbarkeit schriftlicher Abschlussprüfungen. 7. Bremer Symposion zu Sprachenlernen im Hochschulkontext.
2018
11/2018, Claudia Harsch : The importance of building local networks for professional development (Key Note). LAALTA and TESOL Chile conference, Valparaiso, Chile.
11/2018, Claudia Harsch: Is my B2 your B2? What contribution can the CEFR realistically make to test equivalence? Guest lecture at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Education Faculty, Santiago, Chile.
11/2018, Claudia Harsch, with Ivonne Collada Pena: Assessment Literacy and Certification in Cuba. WorldCALL conference, Concepcion, Chile.
09/2018, Christine Ringwald: “Das ist dann nicht sehr akademisch” – Schulische Vorbereitung auf ein englischsprachiges Studium (Presentation). AEPF Tagung, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.
07/2018, Claudia Harsch: Revising achievement exams – marrying them with CEFR proficiency levels (guest lecture). School of Education, University of Sidney, Australia.
07/2018, Claudia Harsch: Is my B2 your B2? What contribution can the CEFR realistically make to test equivalence? (guest lecture). Language testing Research Center, University of Melbourne, Australia.
06/2018, Claudia Harsch: Reform the Austrian Matura. Legacy and Challenges (keynote). Symposium in honour of Dr. Carol Spoettl Language Testing Research Group, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich.
05/2018, Sibylle Seyferth: Research collaboration as one gateway to language assessment literacy? (Presentation). Classroom-based language assessment SIG, 2018, Bochum, Germany.
05/2018, Anika Müller-Karabil, with Claudia Harsch: The role of language and other factors fot the academic integration of refugees. Presentation at 15th EALTA Conference Bochum, Germany.
05/2018, Claudia Harsch, with Benjamin Kremmmel and Steffen Brandt: Introducing LaPlace – Language Placement for Displaced People. Presentation at 15th EALTA conference Bochum, Germany.
05/2018, Christine Ringwald: Are You Ready for the Transition to Higher Education? The Preporatory Power of the German Abitur for English Medium Bachelor Degree Programms. Presentation at 15th EALTA Conference, Bochum, Germany.
05/2018, Paraskevi Voula Kanistra: Exploring the feasibility of using the Item Descriptor Matching (ID) method to set cut scores on a B2 CEFR level examination. CEFR SIG, Bochum, Germany.
05/2018, Paraskevi Voula Kanistra: Can mechanically engineered cut scores offset the challenges of maintaining the standards of computer and paper-based tests? Presentation at 15th EALTA, Bochum, Germany.
05/2018, Prof. Dr. Claudia Harsch, with Paraskevi Voula Kanistra: Technology-enhanced delivery of an innovative standard setting method. Presentation at 15th EALTA, Bochum, Germany.
2018, Paraskevi Voula Kanistra: Revalidating a CEFR benchmarking study in a virtual environment. Presentation at LTF Conference (Crella), England.
2017
12/2017, Claudia Harsch: Interkulturalität fördern mit Critical Incidents (Gastvortrag und Workshop). Deutschlehrertag des Goethe-Instituts und der Deutsch-Jordanischen Universität, Amman, Jordanien.
07/2017, Claudia Harsch: Assessment Literacy for Higher Education – setting up a Cuban Network of Language Testers (Workshop). In collaboration with Ivonne de la Caridad Collada Peña, University of Informatics Sciences, Havana, Cuba, supported by a workshop grant from the International Association of Language Testing and Assessment.
07/2017, Claudia Harsch, with Sibylle Seyferth and Anikó Brandt: Developing assessment literacy in a dynamic collaborative project: what teachers, assessment coordinators, and assessment researchers can learn from and with each other. LTRC, Bogota, Columbia.
06/2017, Claudia Harsch: Refugees and their language learning journeys into higher education in Germany. EALTA conference, Paris, France.
06/2017, Claudia Harsch: Assessment Literacy entwickeln – ein kollaboratives Projekt mit Lehrenden, Koordinatorinnen und Forschenden (Gastvortrag). Ringvorlesung im Graduiertenkolleg Unterrichtsprozesse an der Universität Koblenz-Landau.
06/2017, Claudia Harsch: Language learning and teaching resources: using synergies between teachers and researchers (Guest lecture). Launch of the Language Learning Resource Centre at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
05/2017, Claudia Harsch: Use (and misuse?) of the CEFR in educational and other assessment contexts (Guest lecture). Research Group Language & Education at the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.
2016
12/2016, Claudia Harsch: Standard Setting in the context of evaluating the German Educational Standards in EFL (Guest lecture). ECML Colloquium Ensuring quality in language testing and assessment: the contribution of the CEFR, Graz, Austria. Available online: http://www.ecml.at/Events/ECMLcolloquium7December2016/Webstream/tabid/2986/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
11/2016, Claudia Harsch: Sprachenpolitik der Universität Bremen (Gastvortrag). DAAD LeiterInnentagung Bonn.
08/2016, Claudia Harsch: EALTA Summer School: Assessing Speaking and Writing. Universität Innsbruck, Österreich.
03/2016, Claudia Harsch: Verankerung von Forschung am FZHB – Konzept und Herausforderungen. Arbeitstagung des Arbeitskreises der Sprachenzentren, Berlin.