Curtis Gautschi

Position at the ZHAW

Scientific collaborator

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

Expertise and research interests

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.

Membership of networks

• 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)

• Seamless Writing: Expanding Technologies to Support Thesis Writing / Team member / Project completed
• CEFR for Sign Languages / Team member / Project completed

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2018.

  EMI lecture quality parameters : the student perspective .

  Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée.

  2018(107),

  pp. 97-112.

  Available from : https://www.vals-asla.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Journal/bulletin_vals_asla_2018_107.pdf

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick ,

  2017.

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

  Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée.

  ,

  pp. 51-62.

  Available from : http://doc.rero.ch/record/11876/files/bulletin_vals_asla_2017_special_1.pdf

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2015.

  The CEFR : language norms and testing .

  Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée.

  2015(3),

  pp. 233-240.

  Available from : http://doc.rero.ch/record/11876/files/bulletin_vals_asla_2015_special_3.pdf

• Keller Paul, Jörg ; Bürgin, Petrea Sophie; Meili, Aline; Ni, Dawei; North, Brian; Gautschi, Curtis; Brugeille, Jean-Louis; Snoddon, Kristin; Shores, Patty; Haug, Tobias; Leeson, Lorraine; Rathmann, Christian; van den Bogaerde, Beppie,

  2020.

  The CEFR illustrative descriptor scales : signing competences

  .

  In:

  Common European Framework of Reference for Languages : Learning, teaching, assessment : Companion volume.

  Strasbourg:

  Council of Europe Publishing.

  pp. 143-169.

  Available from : https://rm.coe.int/common-european-framework-of-reference-for-languages-learning-teaching/16809ea0d4

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2020.

  EFL placement testing for engineering students with automated essay scoring : natural language processing in R [ paper ].

  In:

  Petersen, Maren; Kammasch, Gudrun, eds. ,

  Technische Bildung im Kontext von “Digitalisierung” / “Automatisierung” : Tendenzen, Möglichkeiten, Perspektiven : Wege zu technischer Bildung.

  4. Ingenieurpädagogische Regionaltagung 2019, Universität Bremen, 23.-25. Mai 2019.

  Berlin:

  IPW.

  pp. 65-70.

• Studer, Patrick ; Gautschi, Curtis,

  2017.

  Programme directors’ attitudes towards EMI quality assurance : an exploratory study [ paper ].

  In:

  Valcke, J.; Wilkinson, R., 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.

  IV International Conference Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education 2015, Brussels, Belgium, 2-4 September 2015.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 227-248.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-07263-1

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2019.

  Predicting CEFR levels of student essays in placement tests using an automated essay scoring tool in R : a corpus-based approach .

  In:

  8th International Conference on Writing Analytics, Zürich, 5-6 September 2019.

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2019.

  EFL placement testing for engineering students with automated essay scoring : new applications for natural language processing .

  In:

  14. Ingenieurpädagogische Regionaltagung 2019, Bremen, 23.-25. Mai 2019.

• Kruse, Otto; Gautschi, Curtis,

  2019.

  The bilingual academic phrasebook : can it support writers? And how? .

  In:

  6th International Academic Writing Symposium, Hannover, Germany, 28-30 March 2019.

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2017.

  EMI lecture quality parameters: a context-based approach to validation .

  In:

  International Conference: «Multilingualism in Society, Politics and Education», Freiburg, 16-18 March 2017.

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2017.

  The development of rating criteria for EMI lecturer competence measurement : a validation study .

  In:

  The 5th Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 October 2017.

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2016.

  General proficiency speaking test assessment criteria : a validation study .

  In:

  GSCP Gruppo di studio sulla comunicazione parlata international conference, Napoli, Italy, 13-15 June 2016.

• Studer, Patrick ; Gautschi, Curtis,

  2016.

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

  In:

  6th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP), Copenhagen, Denmark, 3-5 November 2016.

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick ,

  2016.

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

  In:

  VALS-ASLA Conference, Geneva, 20-22 January 2016.

  Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics (VALS-ASLA).

• Gautschi, Curtis,

  2015.

  Towards a robust empirically-based model of EMI lecturer competence .

  In:

  Integrating language and content in higher education (ICLHE), Brussels, Belgium, 2-4 September 2015.

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