Dr. Curtis Gautschi

Projects

• Validating (Pearson) PTE Core speaking criteria and rating against non‑teacher perceptions of general English proficiency for workplace and everyday communication / Project leader / ongoing
• Integrating Generative AI-based assessment with Thesis Writer / Project leader / completed
• Digital German assessment for engineering students / Team member / completed
• Digital Literacy Skills in University Contexts / Team member / completed
• Development of the New Language Component of the FEAST Test / Co-project leader / completed
• Seamless Writing: Expanding Technologies to Support Thesis Writing / Team member / completed
• CEFR for Sign Languages / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Konstantinidou, L., Madlener-Charpentier, K., Opacic, A., Gautschi, C., & Hoefele, J. (2022). Literacy in vocational education and training : scenario-based reading and writing education. Reading and Writing, 36(4), 1025–1052. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10373-4
• Gautschi, C. (2018). EMI lecture quality parameters : the student perspective. Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée, 2018(107), 97–112. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-978642
• Gautschi, C., & Studer, P. (2017). The impact of internationalisation on tertiary-level educational social spheres. Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée, 51–62.
• Gautschi, C. (2015). The CEFR : language norms and testing. Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée, 2015(3), 233–240.

Books, peer-reviewed

Gautschi, C. (2023). A socio-cognitive approach to evaluating general language proficiency speaking test assessment criteria : evidence from non-language specialists’ reception and assessment of non-native speech [Doctoral dissertation, University of Bern]. https://doi.org/10.48549/5646

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Gautschi, C. (2025, July 3). A low-code, prompt engineering approach to generating formative feedback to assist thesis writing : a work-in-progress. 15th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Braga, Portugal, 2-4 July 2025.
• Gautschi, C., Matic, I., Konstantinidou, L., Anders, C., & Liste Lamas, E. (2024). Ways2assessWriting : possibilities and limitations of automated writing evaluation. SIG Writing, Paris Nanterre University, France, 26-28 June 2024.
• Gautschi, C. (2020). EFL placement testing for engineering students with automated essay scoring : natural language processing in R [Conference paper]. In M. Petersen & G. Kammasch (Eds.), Technische Bildung im Kontext von ‘Digitalisierung’ / ‘Automatisierung’ : Tendenzen, Möglichkeiten, Perspektiven - Wege zu technischer Bildung (pp. 65–70). IPW.
• Studer, P., & Gautschi, C. (2017). Programme directors’ attitudes towards EMI quality assurance : an exploratory study [Conference paper]. 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 (pp. 227–248). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-07263-1

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Gautschi, C. (2024, July 4). Evaluating general language proficiency speaking test assessment criteria : evidence from non-language specialists. 45th Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), Innsbruck, Austria, 1-5 July 2024.
• Gautschi, C. (2024, June 4). Reflections on the place of generative AI in higher education : a case study. IEFE Annual Workshop, 4 June 2024.
• Gautschi, C. (2023, November 2). Assessing general proficiency speaking test criteria : the role of non-language specialists. Language Testing Research Group (LTRG) 2023/24, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2 November 2023.
• Gautschi, C., Madlener-Charpentier, K., Hoefele, J., Liste Lamas, E., & Konstantinidou, L. (2023, August 26). Scenario-based literacy education : effects of integrated reading and writing tasks on text quality. EARLI Conference 2023 “Education as a Hope in Uncertain Times”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and University of Macedonia, Greece, 20-26 August 2023.
• Gautschi, C. (2023, August 23). A new tool for exploring scientific work and writing in the face of digitization. EARLI Conference 2023 “Education as a Hope in Uncertain Times”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and University of Macedonia, Greece, 20-26 August 2023.
• Ulasik, M. A., Runte, M., Mahlow, C., Stahlhut, L., & Gautschi, C. (2023, June). Towards implementing a module for automated writing feedback. 12th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Winterthur, Switzerland, 5-7 June 2023.
• Gautschi, C., & Ulasik, M. A. (2023, June 5). Content analysis of automated writing evaluation tools : feedback. 12th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Winterthur, Switzerland, 5-7 June 2023.
• Gautschi, C. (2022, November 15). ELICIT validation report presentation. FEAST FUG Split, Croatia, 15-17 November 2022.
• Gautschi, C., Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2021). Exploring logging data for indicators of writing strategies and profiles. The 2021 Writing Analytics Spring Virtual Symposium, 18-27 May 2021.
• Gautschi, C., Kruse, O., & Rapp, C. (2021). Writing and thinking : what changes with digitalization? 11th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), Online, 7-8 July 2021.
• Gautschi, C. (2021). Automated assessment of writing and pragmatic competence : a critical review [Conference presentation]. 17th International Pragmatics Conference : Abstracts, 261.
• Gautschi, C. (2019). EFL placement testing for engineering students with automated essay scoring : new applications for natural language processing. 14. Ingenieurpädagogische Regionaltagung 2019, Bremen, 23.-25. Mai 2019.
• Kruse, O., & Gautschi, C. (2019). The bilingual academic phrasebook : can it support writers? And how? 6th International Academic Writing Symposium, Hannover, Germany, 28-30 March 2019.
• Gautschi, C. (2019, September). Predicting CEFR levels of student essays in placement tests using an automated essay scoring tool in R : a corpus-based approach. 8th International Conference on Writing Analytics, Zürich, 5-6 September 2019.
• Gautschi, C. (2017). The development of rating criteria for EMI lecturer competence measurement : a validation study. The 5th Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 October 2017.
• Gautschi, C. (2017). EMI lecture quality parameters: a context-based approach to validation. International Conference: «Multilingualism in Society, Politics and Education», Freiburg, 16-18 March 2017.
• Studer, P., & Gautschi, C. (2016). Programme directors’ perspectives on quality standards for English-medium instruction : an exploratory study. 6th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP), Copenhagen, Denmark, 3-5 November 2016.
• Gautschi, C. (2016). General proficiency speaking test assessment criteria : a validation study. GSCP Gruppo Di Studio Sulla Comunicazione Parlata International Conference, Napoli, Italy, 13-15 June 2016.
• Gautschi, C., & Studer, P. (2016). The impact of English-medium instruction on tertiary-level educational social spheres. VALS-ASLA Conference, Geneva, 20-22 January 2016.
• Gautschi, C. (2015). Towards a robust empirically-based model of EMI lecturer competence. Integrating Language and Content in Higher Education (ICLHE), Brussels, Belgium, 2-4 September 2015.

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