Selected test development projects and consultancy work
February – April 2026: Consultant, Cambridge Assessment, UK
Conducted strategic review of item development processes and AI integration initiatives; provided evidence-based recommendations and delivered detailed report to inform organizational strategy.
November 2025 – Present: Consultant, King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language, KSA
Consulting on development of the Hamza Arabic language test: creating training materials and conducting item-writing workshops; reviewing test and item specifications and providing recommendations; designing rating scales for speaking and writing components.
May 2025 – present: International consultant, Council of Europe – Ministry of National Education (Türkiye)
Consulting on development of four large-scale English language tests. Defining test constructs, producing test specifications and prototype tasks, delivering item-writer training, preparing parallel test versions for try-out and pilot studies, analysing empirical data, producing technical reports, and drafting test development manuals.
January – July 2025: AI-mediated Task Developer, British Council, UK
Participated in developing AI-mediated immersive communicative tasks for the GEEP (General English for Employment Purposes) project, including prompt engineering for generative AI chatbots, quality review of chatbot output, and iterative task refinement.
January 2024 – March 2025: Language Assessment Consultant and Trainer, University of Padova, Italy
Conducted staff training on language assessment practices for the language centre; advised on specification development for institutional Italian language test.
March – April 2024: Benchmarking Panel Member, Trinity College London, UK
Participated in standard setting project establishing correspondence between ISE Digital (computer-adaptive English test) reading and listening score levels and CEFR proficiency levels.
January 2024 – May 2026: Principal Researcher, “AI for Item Writing” Project, Ministry of Education, Catalonia, Spain
Led research initiative examining capabilities and limitations of generative AI for producing CEFR-aligned reading assessment items across proficiency levels. Conducted two empirical studies: designed mixed-methods research protocols, managed data collection, and performed quantitative and qualitative analysis. Provided evidence-based recommendations for AI integration in high-stakes test development.
December 2022 – June 2023: Consultant, British Council, UK
Advised on a joint British-Council – TCS project for digitization of the Oxford University admissions tests; provided recommendations for test digitization, collaborated with technical specialists and trialled digital test delivery platform.
October 2021 – April 2022: Consultant and Principal Trainer, Lembaga Bahasa Internasional Universitas Indonesia
Provided test specification recommendations for two localized English language tests; delivered seven training workshops for test developers.
June – September 2021: Principal Investigator, “Language Assessment for Ab-initio Aviation Training” Research Project, UK
Investigated the Checkpoint Speaking Test (Latitude Aviation English Services) to assess readiness for ab-initio flight training. Employed mixed-methods approach: conducted qualitative interviews with flight instructors, analysed aviation documentation and training materials, and performed linguistic analysis of speaking test performances using corpus methods. Provided targeted recommendations for the Checkpoint Speaking Test revisions.
October 2019 – October 2022: Consultant, British Council, UK
Provided recommendations on item writer and item reviewer selection and training; advised on APTIS test development processes and documentation.
July – August 2018: Panel Member, British Council, UK
Participated in standard setting initiative establishing correspondence between China’s Standard of English (CSE) evaluation scale and IELTS and Aptis assessments.
August – October 2017: Benchmarking Panel Member, Monash University Standard Setting Project, Australia
Contributed to standard setting project establishing alignment between MUELC (Monash University English Language Centre) reading, listening, writing, and speaking assessments and CEFR proficiency levels for two course levels: MEB University and MEUI.
October 2016 – June 2018: Course Developer and Lead Educator, British Council, China
Designed and delivered three-month online item writer training course commissioned by British Council China.