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Charles Alderson was born on 12 February, 1946 in Lancaster, United Kingdom, is a British linguist (born 1946). Discover Charles Alderson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 12 February, 1946
Birthday 12 February
Birthplace Lancaster, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1946

Charles Alderson (born 1946) is a British linguist.

He is currently an honorary professor at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

His research focuses on language assessment.

1957

Alderson attended Burnley Grammar School between 1957 and 1964.

1967

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in German and French at the St Edmund Hall, Oxford of the University of Oxford in 1967.

1969

Between 1969 and 1971 he was a lecturer in English at the University of Düsseldorf, West Germany.

1972

In 1972 he got a diploma in applied linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained a PhD degree in 1977.

His PhD thesis was entitled "A Study of the Cloze Procedure with Native and Non-Native Speakers of English", supervised by Dr Alan Davies.

Between 1972 and 1974 he was British Council Lecturer in English at the University of Algiers, Algeria.

1974

In 1974 he became the Coordinator of the English language testing

service at the University of Edinburgh.

1977

He was also a Tutor MSc in Applied Linguistics until 1977.

During his time at the University of Edinburgh he co-authored the English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) Version D. In 1977 he was appointed as the Head of Research and Development Unit, Modern Language Centre (CELE), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City.

1979

In 1979 he became the Director of Testing, English Language Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

1980

He was a Teaching Fellow (1980-1986) and the director (1985-1987) of the Institute for English Language Education, University of Lancaster.

1986

Between 1986 and 1989 he became Senior Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer (1989-1993).

1993

Since 1993 ha has been a Professor of Linguistics and English Language Education, at Lancaster University.

1994

Between 1994 and 1997 he also served as the Head of department at Lancaster University.

1998

Between 1998 and 2000 he was also a British Council Adviser, Budapest, Hungary.

2003

Alderson was Co-ordinator of the ENLTA Project (European Network for Language Testing and Assessment), funded by the European Commission from 2003 to 2005 to create EALTA, an organisation of individuals involved in language testing or assessment at any educational level.

Alderson was the developer of the DIALANG.

Alderson has published in several major journals such as Applied Linguistics, The Modern Language Journal, Language Testing, Language Awareness, Language Assessment Quarterly, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Language and Literature, and Language Teaching.

2015

The award-winning paper, Towards a Theory of Diagnosis in Second and Foreign Language Assessment: Insights from Professional Practice Across Diverse Fields, was published in 2015 in the journal Applied Linguistics.

The study investigated how diagnosis is theorized and carried out across a diverse range of professions with a view to finding commonalities that can be applied to the context of second and foreign language assessment.

On the basis of interviews with professionals from fields such as car mechanics, IT systems support, medicine, psychology and education, a set of principles was drawn up to facilitate inform a comprehensive theory of diagnostic assessment in a second or foreign language.

2017

On 19 April 2017, Alderson along with Tineke Brunfaut, and Luke Harding were selected as the winner of the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) Best Article Award.