Dr Ute Knoch
Contact details
Phone +61 3 8344 5206
Email: uknoch@unimelb.edu.au
Office: Arts Centre 521
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
Bitchener, J. and Knoch, U. (in press). The value of written corrective feedback for migrant and international students. Language Teaching Research
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.