Janna Fox
Professor
Linguistics and Language Studies
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Janna Fox, PhD, is Director of the Language Assessment and Testing Research Unit and Professor within the School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Canada, where she teaches courses on research methods, language testing, and curriculum. Her research addresses questions arising from the interplay of language teaching, assessment, curriculum, and policy. Her recent books include a co-edited volume with Vahid Aryadoust, Trends in Language Assessment Research and Practice: the view from the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, published by Cambridge Scholars Press, and a co-authored book (with Liying Cheng) on assessment for language teachers with Liying Cheng, which is part of the Palgrave Macmillan series Applied Linguistics for the Language Classroom. She was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Language Assessment/Association canadienne pour l’évaluation des langues (CALA/ACEL). She is the principal developer of a number of high-stakes language tests including the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Assessment, and was awarded the 3M Teaching Fellowship for leadership and scholarship in higher education. She serves on the Board of Paragon Testing Inc., Vancouver, Canada.
Research Interest
Language testing: assessment models in first and second languages, issues of validity in test use, alternative assessment. Writing: the development of academic literacies, the relationship between theoretical models of writing and assessment; pedagogical genres. Curriculum development and program development: implications of particular teaching models in culturally diverse contexts, strategies for teacher development, the role of evaluation and teacher development in curricular change and innovation.
Publications
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Fox, J. & Hirotani, M. (2016). Detecting incremental changes in oral proficiency in neuroscience and language testing: Advantages of Interdisciplinary collaboration. In V. Arayadoust & J. Fox, (Eds.), Trends in language assessment research and practice: The view from the Middle East and the Pacific Rim (pp. 89-120). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
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Fox, J., Haggerty, J. & Artemeva, N. (forthcoming). Mitigating risk: The impact of a diagnostic assessment procedure on the first-year experience in engineering. In J. Read (Ed.), Post-admission language assessment of university students. Cham, CH: Springer International.
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Arayadoust, V. & Fox, J. (2016). Current trends in language testing in the Pacific Rim and the Middle East: Policies, analyses, and diagnoses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
