Dr Ute Knoch
Contact details
Phone +61 3 8344 5206
Email: uknoch@unimelb.edu.au
Office: Babel Building 410
Qualifications
PhD (Language Teaching and Learning) - University of Auckland
MA (Language Teaching and Learning) – University of Auckland
Research Fields and Areas of Supervision
Language assessment, especially writing assessment, diagnostic assessment, ESP assessment
Language pedagogy
Corpus linguistics, especially learner corpus linguistics
Language and identity; language and immigration
Publications
Knoch, U. (in press). Developing and validating a rating scale for diagnostic writing assessment. Frankfurt: Peter Lang
Bitchener, J. and Knoch, U. (in press). The contribution of written corrective feedback to language development: A ten month investigation. Applied Linguistics
Bitchener, J. and Knoch, U. (2009). The value of a focused approach to written corrective feedback. ELT Journal 63, 3, 204-211
Elder, C., Knoch, U., Zhang (2009). Diagnosing the support needs of second language writers: Does the time allowance matter? Tesol Quarterly 43, 2, 1-15
Knoch, U. (2009). The development and validation of a rating scale for diagnostic writing assessment. Language Testing 26, 2, 275-304
Bitchener, J. and Knoch, U. (2009). The relative effectiveness of different types of direct written corrective feedback. System 37, 3, 322-329
Knoch, U. (2009). Collaborating with ESP stakeholders in rating scale validation: The case of the ICAO rating scale. Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment, 7, 21-46
Knoch, U. (2008). Diagnostic writing ability: A rating scale for the assessment of accuracy, fluency and complexity. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 14, 2, 1-25
Knoch, U. (2008). The assessment of academic style in EAP writing: The case of the rating scale. Melbourne Papers in Language Testing 13, 1, 34-67
Bitchener, J. and Knoch, U. (2008). The value of written corrective feedback for migrant and international students. Language Teaching Research 12, 3, 409-431
Knoch, U. (2007). ‘Little coherence, considerable strain for reader’: A comparison between two rating scales for the assessment of coherence. Assessing Writing 12, 108-128
Knoch, U., Read, J and von Randow, J. (2007). Re-training writing raters online: How does it compare with face-to-face training? Assessing Writing 12, 26-43
Starks, D., Knoch, U. and Barkhuizen, G. (2007). Changing attitudes in dangerous directions: Language attitudes of intermediate and secondary students. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 13, 1, 84-90
Knoch, U. (2007). Do empirically developed rating scales function differently to conventional rating scales for academic writing? Spaan Fellow Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language Assessment, 5
Elder, C., Barkhuizen, G., Knoch, U. and von Randow, J. (2007). Evaluating rater responses to an online training program for writing assessment. Language Testing 24, 1, 1-28.
Barkhuizen, G.; Knoch, U. & Starks, D. (2006). Language practices, preferences and policies. Contrasting views of Pakeha, Moari, Pasifica and Asian students. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 27, 5, 375-391.
Barkhuizen, G. & Knoch, U. (2006). Macro-Level Policy and Micro-Level Planning: Afrikaans-speaking Immigrants in New Zealand. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 29,1, 1-18.
Elder, C., Knoch, U., Barkhuizen, G. and von Randow, J. (2005). Feedback to enhance rater training. Does it work? Language Assessment Quarterly 2, 3, 175-196
Barkhuizen, G. & Knoch, U. (2005). Missing Afrikaans: ‘Linguistic longing’ among Afrikaans-speaking immigrants in New Zealand. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 26, 3, 216-232.
Knoch, U. (2004). Making comparisons in English. A corpus-based study. Journal of Language and Learning 2, 2, 171-185
Book reviews
Knoch, U. (in press). Review of Lumley (2005) Assessing Second Language Writing. The rater’s perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics
Knoch, U. (in press). Review of Fulcher, G. and Davidson, F. (2007). Language testing and assessment. An advanced resource book. London: Routledge. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics
Knoch, U. (2006). Review of Norris, J.M. and Ortega, L. (Eds). Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, 12, 2, 86-87.
Knoch, U. (2006). Review of Norris, J.M. and Ortega, L. (Eds). Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Linguistlist, 17, 3578, 1-4.
Knoch, U. (2006). Review of Bonanno, H. and Jones, J. (1997). The MASUS Procedure. Measuring the Academic Skills of University Students. A diagnostic Assessment. TESOLANZ Newsletter 15, 2, p.23.
Knoch, U. (2005). Review of Bachman, L. F. (2004). Statistical analyses for language assessment. Cambridge: CUP. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 11, 1, 126-129.
Knoch, U. (2005). Review of Sampson, G. & McCarthy, D. (2004). Corpus Linguistics. Readings in a widening discipline. Linguistlist, 14 January 2005, http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-98.html
Knoch, U. (2005). Review of Barnard, R. and Glynn, R. (Eds.) (2003). Bilingual Children’s language and Literacy Development. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 11, 2, 123-125.