Session Title: 

Language Assessment Literacy for Practitioners

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Abstract:  

Language Assessment has been a relatively untapped area of language education, which keeps posing challenges for the practitioners in their teaching and assessment practices. This session aims at improving language assessment literacy of the participants through exposure to and discussion of key concepts in language assessment as well as production of assessment tasks as the final outcome.  We aim at exploring the key concepts of and common challenges in language assessment (e.g. reliability, validity, types/purposes of assessment tasks, principles for assessment of receptive and productive language skills, integration of educational technology in classroom-based language assessment ) within a collaborative network of practitioners from diverse educational contexts. As an overall aim, this session is hoped to create a professional learning community who feels better-equipped in language assessment literacy to cope with assessment related puzzles and challenges.

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Session objectives: Please provide a list of specific objectives. Start with, "By the end of this session, participants will have...

Syllabus:The session syllabus. Include the major focus for each week and at least one activity or task. You will fill in the details during the training session.

Week 1: (January 10 - 16) Remember to plan time for get-acquainted introductions and practice with session tools as appropriate during the first week. Be as specific as you can at this stage of your planning.

Week 2: (January 17 - 23)

Week 3: (January 24 - 30)

Week 4: (January 31 - February 6)

Week 5: (February 7 - 13)
Be sure to plan time in your syllabus for wrap-up and session evaluations. Don't start a new project or topic in the last week.

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• Content space (where your syllabus, readings, and videos will be)
• Live meeting space (for synchronous events/webinars)
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Moderators: Fill in the table on the page you have created for all session moderators and co-moderators. You can change or add to the list later. Co-moderators are expected to take part in the training session along with moderators.

Primary Contact: (just one, please): 

The primary contact is responsible for getting all moderators into the training session, and for communicating deadlines, special events like our live webcasts, and other information to moderators.

Ece Sevgi Sole 

Acknowledgement

By allowing your name to be put forward as co-moderator of this session, 

you acknowledge the following:

• I understand that session first-time moderators are required and returning moderators are encouraged to participate in the 5-week Moderators' Development Session from October 18 until November 15, 2021.

• I am available to actively engage in the EVO session I have agreed to co-moderate between January 9 and February 14, 2021. 

• I further understand that 

• EVO sessions are free of advertising and commercial sponsorship.

• EVO sessions are free and open to all

• No academic credit may be given for participation.