Articles and presentations

Articles and chapters

Sandlund, E. (2022). Telling in a Test: Storytelling and task accomplishment in L2 oral proficiency assessment. In Filipi, A., Ta, B. T. & Theobald, M. (Eds).  Storytelling Practices in Home and Educational Contexts: Perspectives from Conversation Analysis (pp.175-200). Springer.

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2021). Rating and reflecting: Displaying rater identities in collegial L2 English oral assessment. In M. R. Salaberry & A. R. Burch (Eds.), Assessing speaking in context – Expanding the construct and its applications (pp. 132-162).  Multilingual Matters.

Nilsberth, M. & Sandlund, E. (2021). On the interactional challenges of revealing summative assessments:  Collaborative scoring talk among teachers and students in Swedish national tests. Linguistics and Education, 61, 1-16.

Sandlund, E. & Greer, T. (2020). How Do Raters Understand Rubrics for Assessing L2 Interactional Engagement? A comparative study of CA- and non-CA-formulated performance descriptors. Papers in Language Testing and Assessment, 9 (1), 128-163.

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2019). Doing versus assessing interactional competence. In R. Salaberry & S. Kunitz (Eds.), Teaching and testing L2 interactional competence: Bridging theory and practice (pp. 357–396). Oxon and New York, NY: Routledge.

Sundqvist, P., Wikström, P., Sandlund, E., & Nyroos, L. (2018). The teacher as examiner of L2 oral tests: A challenge to standardization. Language Testing, 35(2), 217-238. doi:10.1177/0265532217690782

Nyroos, L., Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2017). Code-switched repair initiation: The case of Swedish eller in L2 English test interaction. Journal of Pragmatics, 120, 1-16. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2017.08.008

Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P. & Nyroos, L. (2016). Research-based professional development workshops: Focus on oral test interaction and assessment. Nordic Journal of Modern Language Methodology, 4(1), 24-48. PDF

Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P., & Nyroos, L. (2016). Testing L2 talk: A review of empirical studies on second language oral proficiency testing. Language and Linguistics Compass, 10(1), 14-29. PDF

Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E. & Nyroos, L. (2015). Speaking about speaking: English teachers' practices and views regarding Part A of the English national test. LMS Lingua, 3, 16-23.

Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E., & Nyroos, L. (2014). National speaking tests in English - does group size matter? LMS Lingua (3), 29-31. PDF

Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E., Nyroos, L., & Wikström, P. (2013). Genomförande och bedömning av nationella muntliga prov i engelska: en pilotstudie. Kapet: Karlstads universitets pedagogiska tidskrift, 9(1), 24–45. Open access issue PDF

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2013). Diverging task orientations in L2 oral proficiency tests – a conversation analytic approach to participant understandings of pre-set discussion tasks. Nordic Journal of Modern Language Methodology, 2(1), 1–21. Open access issue PDF

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2013). Provuppgiftshantering som social praktik – En jämförelse mellan interaktionsanalys och bedömardata för muntligt prov i engelska. In C. Rosén, P. Simfors & A.-K. Sundberg (Eds.), Språk i undervisning. Rapport från ASLA:s vårsymposium, Linköping, 11-12 maj, 2012. Papers from the ASLA Symposium in Linköping, 11-12 May, 2012 (pp. 125-138). Linköping/Växjö: ASLA, Svenska föreningen för tillämpad språkvetenskap. PDF

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2013). Att tala under test och testa tal – prov i muntlig språkfärdighet är en komplex historia. LMS Lingua No. 2, 21–25. PDF

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2012). ”It was hard. Let’s skip it!” – Funderingar kring bedömning av muntlig färdighet i språk. LMS Lingua No. 1, 22-26. PDF

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2012). “But what can we learn from history” – om konsten att diskutera “rätt” under det muntliga nationella provet i engelska. Kapet: Karlstads universitets pedagogiska tidskrift, 8(1), 45–66. Open access issue  PDF

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2011). Managing Task-Related Trouble in L2 Oral Proficiency Tests: Contrasting Interaction Data and Rater Assessment. Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 5(1), 91–120. Open access issue  PDF

Conference presentations

Sandlund, E. (2022). Telling in a test: Storytelling and Task Accomplishment in L2 Conversation Tests. Paper presented at the ICOP-L2 conference, Universitat Autonoma, Barcelona, September 8-10, 2022.

Sandlund, E. & Greer, T. (2019). How teachers-as-raters interpret the notion of ‘engagement’ in exemplar-based rubrics. A comparative study of CA- and non-CA-formulated performance descriptors. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA,March 12, 2019.

Sandlund, E. (2019). Talk about Talk. What reported speech can teach us about professional assessment practices. Invited plenary talk, Conversation as a tool for professional practice conference, University of South- Eastern Norway (USN), April 5, 2019.

Tanner, M. & Sandlund, E. (2018). Assessing, Announcing, and Accounting: Trajectories of revealing grades on performance in educational contexts. Paper presented at the International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA), Loughborough University, July 2018.

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2018). Displaying versus assessing interactional competence. The 8th LANSI conference, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA, 12–13 October, 2018.

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2018). Rating & Reflecting: Developing Rater Identities in ESL Oral Assessment. Paper presented at Exploring Language Education (ELE), June 2018, Stockholm University, in colloquium Insights from reflection data: The value of reflective practices for research on language learning and pedagogical practices (organizers S. Kunitz & N. Lilja; Discussant: Numa Markee).

Sandlund, E. (2018). Assessing interactional competence in ESL/EFL contexts. Invited talk, Kobe University, Japan, February 2018.

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2017). Interaktionell kompetens i muntliga språkprov - elev- och lärarperspektiv. The annual conference of the Center for Language and Literature in Education, June 2, 2017, Karlstad University (invited talk).

Sundqvist, P. & Sandlund, E. (2017). What does an F sound like? Calibrating L2 English teachers towards benchmarks in assessment of oral proficiency. Paper presented as part of panel Equity in Assessment of Language Performance Skills (convenor: Michael Tengberg) at NOFA 6, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 29 – 31 May.

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2017). Equity in the assessment of interactional competence: Rater inconsistencies and interactional organization. Paper presented at the Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) conference, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 19-20 January, 2017.

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2017). Perspectives on interactional competence in L2 oral proficiency tests. Paper presented at OFTI 35, Karlstad University, September 21-22, 2017.

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2016). Doing versus assessing interactional competence: Contrasting L2 test interaction and teachers’ collaborative grading of a paired speaking test. Paper presented as part of panel on “Interaction in educational settings” (convenor Karianne Skovholt), Nordisco, Oslo, 23-25 November, 2016.

Nyroos, L., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2016). Gating the Turn-in-Progress: Systematic Uses of a Particular Code-Switched Repair Preface in EFL Oral Testing Interaction. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference, Orlando, FL, April 2016.

Sundqvist, P., Nyroos, L. & Sandlund, E. (2016). "English only” – Hur lärare och elever förhåller sig till den enspråkiga normen i provsamtal. Paper presented at ASLA [the Swedish Association of Applied Linguistics] symposium, Uppsala University, April 21-22.

Sandlund, E., Nyroos, L. & Sundqvist, P. (2015). Social talk, testing talk: Managing competing constraints in L2 oral proficiency tests. Paper presented at LANSI 5, Teachers’ College, Columbia University, New York, October 2015.

Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2015). Testing Talk. Report from an ongoing project on the speaking part of the National Test in English.  Paper presented at the National Forum on English Studies, Luleå University of Technology, May 2015.

Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P. & Nyroos, L. (2015). Standardized oral exams: Challenges for test-takers, teachers/examiners, and test constructors. Paper presented at the NoFa5 conference, University of Helsinki, May 2015.

Sandlund, E., Nyroos, L. & Sundqvist, P. (2014). Elev, kamrat, provtagare, lärare: Om deltagaridentiteter i muntliga språkprov. Paper presented at ASLA (Association Suédoise de Linguistique Appliqué) annual conference, Södertörn, May 2014.

Nyroos, L., Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2014). The systematics of code-switched particles: The Swedish conjunction ‘eller’ in EFL testing interaction. Paper presented at the ICCA 2014, Los Angeles, CA.

Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E., Nyroos, L. & Wikström, P. (2013). Genomförande och bedömning av muntliga nationella prov i engelska – praktiska förutsättningar och vetenskapliga frågeställningar. Paper presented at the CSL workshop on assessment, Karlstad University, October 10, 2013.

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2013). Codeswitching as a task management resource in EFL speaking tests: Testwiseness, resistance, and task Instructions. Paper presented at the AAAL conference, Dallas, TX.

Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P., & Nyroos, L. (2013). Bedömning av muntlig färdighet i språk är komplext: Utmaningar för lärare, elever och forskare. Paper presented at the CSL-dagen, 4 June, 2013, Karlstad University.

Sandlund, E., & Sundqvist, P. (2012). Interaktion under muntliga prov i engelska i årskurs 9. Paper presented at the ASLA:s vårsymposium, Linköping, 11-12 May, 2012, Linköping.