Vahid Aryadoust

Vahid Aryadoust is Associate Professor of language assessment at the National Institute of Education of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His areas of interest include language assessment, quantitative methods, eye tracking, and brain imaging in language assessment.

Vahid has published his research in Computer Assisted Language Learning, Language Testing, System, Current Psychology, Language Assessment Quarterly, Assessing Writing, Educational Assessment, Educational Psychology, etc. He has also (co)authored a number of book chapters and books that are published by Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Springer, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, Wiley Blackwell, etc. Vahid has also led a number of assessment research projects supported by educational fund-providers in Singapore, USA, UK, and Canada. He is a member of the Advisory Board of multiple international journals and has been awarded the Intercontinental Academia Fellowship (2018–2019).

His most recent book on quantitative methods in language assessment was published by Routledge.

His YouTube channel, Statistics and Theory, has been awarded the John Cheung Social Media Award, 2020, which recognizes exemplary and innovative use of social media.

Research Interests

My main research interest is language assessment with specific focus on the application of quantitative methods and machine learning, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and eye-tracking. I am also interested in conducting meta-analysis and systematic reviews of the extant literature as well as Scientometrics.

Current Grants

• Listening with the Left Brain: Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Listening Assessment
• Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER)

Awards

• 2020 John Cheung Social Media Award Nanyang Technological University

Books

Aryadoust, V., & Raquel, M. (Eds.). (2019). Quantitative data Analysis for language assessment Volume I: Fundamental techniques (PP. 300). New York, NY: Routledge.

Aryadoust, V., & Raquel, M. (Eds.). (2020). Quantitative data analysis for language assessment Volume II: Advanced methods (PP. 248). New York, NY: Routledge.

Aryadoust, V., & Fox, J. (Eds.). (2016). Trends in language assessment research and practice: The view from the Middle East and the Pacific Rim Foreword by Curtis and Cheng; Reviewed in Language Testing by John Phill. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Aryadoust, V. (2013). Building a validity argument for a listening test of academic proficiency (PP. 318). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Aryadoust, V. (2008). A dictionary of so ciolinguistics, plus pragmatics and languages (PP. 230). Shiraz: Faramatn Publication.