In this two-day interactive workshop, participants will learn to develop classroom assessments for language classrooms. This workshop will prepare participants to do the following:
Distinguish between formative and summative assessment
Establish and communicate clear learning goals for your class
Select and implement assessment methods that match learning goals
Provide useful feedback to students
Use assessment results to improve instruction
Tentative schedule:
Day 1, session 1: Introductions, workshop overview, fundamentals of assessment; reliability & validity
Day 1, session 2: Translating content standards into learning goals for the classroom; assessment of reading and listening
Day 2, session 1: Classroom assessment of speaking and writing; rubrics; providing constructive feedback
Day 2, session 2: Involving students in assessment: peer and self-assessment techniques; using assessment results to improve instruction
Sara Cushing
Professor of Applied Linguistics - Georgia State University
Senior Faculty Associate - Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Sara Cushing Weigle is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University and Senior Faculty Associate for the Assessment of Student Learning in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She has published research in the areas of assessment, second language writing, and teacher education, and is the author of Assessing Writing (2002, Cambridge University Press). She has been invited to speak and conduct workshops on second language writing assessment throughout the world, most recently in Vietnam, Colombia, Thailand, and Norway. Her current research focuses on assessing integrated skills and the use of automated scoring for second language writing.
Event Date | 10-22-2019 8:30 am |
Event End Date | 10-23-2019 4:00 pm |
Registration Start Date | 10-07-2019 |
Capacity | 60 |
Registered | 37 |
Available place | 23 |
Individual Price | Four hundred thousand Vietnam Dong |
Location | Hanoi University of Industry |
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019, 8:30 - 11:30 |
Day 1, session 1Introductions, workshop overview, fundamentals of assessment; reliability & validity |
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019, 13h30 – 16h30 |
Day 1, session 2Translating content standards into learning goals for the classroom; assessment of reading and listening |
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, 8h30 – 11h30 |
Day 2, session 1Classroom assessment of speaking and writing; rubrics; providing constructive feedback |
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, 13h30 – 16h30 |
Day 2, session 2Involving students in assessment: peer and self-assessment techniques; using assessment results to improve instruction |