Interview With Dr. Michael Burri University of Wollongong, Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb67lCkVFps Perspectives on Service Testings What is it like to teach an assessment course for both pre-service and in-service teachers? Dr. Michael Burri discusses the teacher training challenges and choices faced and made in a graduate assessment course from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Would you …
Testing By Any Other Name … Retired Academic Director of the ELS Language CenterNew York City Nuance In Language When I started teaching ESL, although I thought I had accumulated enough knowledge to go into the classroom, I was not sure my college professors would have approved of my performance – not because I …
August 26th, 2020 (5:00-6:00 AM & 1:00-2:00 PM MST) – monthly webinar session on the topic of “Testing Writing” with participation from ELTSociety members and guests. Guided review of the reading “Assessing Writing” (Sara Cushing Weigle, 2012).
July 29th, 2020 (5:00-6:00 AM & 1:00-2:00 PM MST) – monthly webinar session on the topic of “Testing Speaking” with participation from ELTSociety members and guests. Guided review of the reading “Assessing Speaking” (O’Sullivan, 2012).
June 24th, 2020 (5:00 AM Pacific Time, US and Canada) – Morning webinar session on fundamental assessment principles based on a reading from Brown & Abeywickrama’s Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices.
Eddy White, ELTSociety President and Associate Professor, University of Arizona sat down with Sara Al-Bahlani (PhD), Head of the English Department at the College of Applied Sciences-Nizwa to discuss the current English Language Testing climate, challenges and opportunities in Oman.
Interview With Jim Brosam iTEP International Perspectives on Large-Scale Testing What kind of challenges and choices do decision-makers at large-scale testing companies face these days? Jim Brosam II, President of iTEP (International Test of English Proficiency) provides some answers and insights from his testing perspective. Would you like to be featured in the next interview? …
