Presenter
Christine Coombe When?
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
10:30 am–12:00 pm ET
Who Should Attend?
Anyone in ELT interested in assessment issues.
Registration
Cost: Free for members; US$45 for nonmembers
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Today’s language classrooms are vastly different from those of the middle to late 20th century, and the field of language education is changing at an ever-increasing rate. Traditional notions of language education are giving way to new, more innovative ways about how we think, learn, teach, acquire, and assess language.
In this webinar, we discuss how the field has evolved throughout the years, paying special attention to how technology can help facilitate student assessment.
Some of the emerging student assessment trends we will discuss include - new directions in online assessment
- portfolio/e-portfolio assessment
- alternatives in language assessment
- performance and/or task-based assessment
What Will I Learn?
Participants
- receive a brief historical perspective on trends in student language assessment
- learn about the latest trends in the field
- share challenges that they face in their own language assessment contexts
- discuss best practices
- explore next steps
Discussion Questions
- What are your most pressing challenges with regard to student language assessment?
- What is one thing you feel you and/or your institution is doing right with regard to student language assessment?
- How would you like to change the way you and/or your institution does student assessment?
- What do you feel are the latest trends in student language assessment?
About the Presenter
Christine Coombe has a doctorate in foreign/second language education from the Ohio State University, USA. She is currently on the English faculty of Dubai Men's College. She is the former testing and measurements supervisor at UAE University and assessment coordinator of Zayed University. Christine has authored/edited many books on assessment, including
Assessment Practices (2003, TESOL),
A Practical Guide to Assessing English Language Learners (2007, UMP),
Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in EF/SL Contexts (2007, UMP), and
The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment (2012, CUP).
Dr. Coombe has worked in the Gulf for the past 20 years and has served as President of TESOL Arabia and as founder and co-chair of the TESOL Arabia Testing SIG Group, which organizes the Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) Conference.
She has also received the 2002 Spaan Fellowship for Research in F/SL Language Assessment, 2002–2003 TOEFL Outstanding Young Scholar Award, and TOEFL Board Grant for work in delivering assessment training in developing countries. She served on the TESOL Board of Directors as convention chair for TESOL 2006 in Tampa, Florida, and was the recipient of the 2003–2004 Chancellor’s Teacher of the Year. Most recently, she served as TESOL International Association President (2011–2012).