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e-workshop: Assessment and Testing: Friend or Foe?
(Workshop) - Offered by Antigone Bratsoli (@TEFL Practicum)
Περιγραφή Μαθήματος
The course discusses issues related to assessment and testing with a focus on assessing young learners in a (State) Primary context and through the KPG A1/A2 level exam. Through the use of video and text, participants will be introduced to fundamental principles associated with assessment, become acquainted with the peculiarities and challenges involved in assessing at basic levels of performance and try their hands at designing their own assessment tasks and tests. The course is designed in a distance learning format and caters for the needs of students attending the Pre-service Teacher Training programme at the Faculty of English. It is an interactive course both in synchronous and asynchronous mode and takes place though the e-class platform and the forum spaces it provides, through emails and discussion groups.
Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας
Παρασκευή 25 Νοεμβρίου 2016
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Instructor
Antigone Bratsoli has been a State Primary EFL teacher for the last 24 years. She graduated from the English Department of the University of Athens and holds an MEd in TESOL from the Hellenic Open University. She has authored a number of EFL textbooks, including the 4th grade coursebook for State Primary Education, a book aimed at helping dyslexic learners master reading, two practice test books for a major EFL examination battery and books with supplementary material. She has been involved as materials designer in the digital school platform project and has also designed sample advanced electronic teaching scenarios for the operating platform “Aesop”. She has been an oral examiner and script rater for the KPG exam since 2003 and has contributed in the publication of a practice test book for the KPG A1/A2 exam issued by the RCeL. She has made presentations at seminars organized by EFL school advisors and scientific associations. She has served on the PEKADE board while articles of hers have been published in Aspects Today, the PEKADE newsletter. Her main interests lie in young learner teaching, coursebook writing and computer-assisted language learning.Course Aims and Learning Outcomes
The aim of this e-course is to familiarize future-to-be EFL teachers with the notions of assessment and testing within a young learner context and get them to question their views or stereotypes about them. It also aspires to help participants with designing their own assessment tasks and tests at A1/A2 level within a Primary school context and that of the KPG exam.
On completing their study of this e-course, students should be able to:
- define basic terms related to assessment
- identify principles guiding young learner assessment and testing
- become acquainted with the challenges facing assessment task designers in a young learner context
- become familiar with the KPG A1-A2 exam
- design assessment tasks intended for young learners
- design a four-skill test intended for young learners
Course Organisation and Structure
The course is divided into four weeks, so that your study can become more manageable. At the end of the first three weeks there is a 10-question multiple choice quiz. The first week has a more theoretical orientation and participants are invited to engage in a group discussion and submit their views around issues related to assessment, with a special interest in young learner assessment. Weeks 2 and 4 are of a more practical character, as this is when students are invited to design their own assessment material. Week 3 acquaints participants with the specifications and format of the KPG A1-A2 exam.