Curtis Gautschi

Tätigkeit an der ZHAW als

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/forschung/sprachkompetenz-und-wissensvermittlung/

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte, Spezialkenntnisse

My research experience and interests include: foreign language production assessment (speaking and writing), the criteria used in such assessment and the validation support for their use, assessment criteria in general, validation theory and approaches in general, testing theory (Classical and Item Response), English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education, EMI lecturer competence models, student feedback in internationalised higher education, the continuum of language learning and competence development across educational contexts and through to workplace integration, workplace identification and satisfaction, and academic writing. My research experience covers the collection and analysis of both qualitative (e.g., Verbal Protocol Analysis, Computer-assisted Qualitative Data Analysis) and quantitative (e.g., questionnaire design and analysis, regression modelling, Item Response Theory, Rasch scaling) data.

Mitglied in Netzwerken

• European Association for Language Testing and Assessment - EALTA
• English Teachers Association Switzerland - ETAS
• Gruppo di Studio sulla Comunicazione Parlata - GSCP (SIG of the Società Linguistica Italiana)

• Gemeinsamer Europäischer Referenzrahmen für Gebärdensprachen. / Teammitglied / 01.07.2015

Beiträge, peer-reviewed

• Studer, Patrick; Gautschi, Curtis (2017).

  Programme directors’ attitudes towards EMI quality assurance: An exploratory Study

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  In: J. Valcke & R. Wilkinson (Eds.), Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Perspectives on Professional Practice. Selected Papers from the IV International Conference Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education 2015. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. Peer reviewed.

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick (2017).

  The impact of internationalisation on tertiary-level educational social spheres.

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  Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée, No spécial Peer reviewed.

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick (2016).

  The impact of English-medium instruction on tertiary-level educational social spheres

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  Annual Meeting of the Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics (Vals-Asla) 20-22 January, 2016 Peer reviewed.

• Gautschi, Curtis (2015).

  The CEFR, Language Norms and Testing

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  Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée, No Spécial, 2015 Peer reviewed.

Beiträge, nicht peer-reviewed

• Gautschi, Curtis (2016).

  General Proficiency Speaking Test Assessment Criteria: A Validation Study

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  GSCP Gruppo di Studio sulla Comunicazione Parlata International conference, June 13-15. Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

• Gautschi, Curtis (2016).

  Programme directors’ perspectives on quality standards for English-medium instruction: An exploratory study

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  ALAPP Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, November 3-5. University of Copenhagen

• Gautschi, Curtis (2015).

  Towards a robust empirically-based model of EMI lecturer competence

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  Integrating Language and Content in Higher Education (ICLHE) 2015 Conference, 2-4 September 2015.