University English Centres Australia (UECA) in conjunction with The Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ) and The University of Queensland's English Language Centre (UQ-ICTE) present the inaugural UECA Assessment Symposium 2018.
This full day of professional development focusses on sharing and learning about the development of valid and reliable English language assessment within the context of University Language Centres.
The day will feature an ALTAANZ sponsored workshop delivered by Clare McDowell, whose involvement in language testing spans a 35 year career. Clare brings a wealth of experience in language testing, test design, examiner training and hands-on test management. She has been an item writer for a number of standardised English language tests and has a particular interest in the area of listening skills and how best to assess them. We are sure this workshop will be particularly relevant and useful for all teachers involved in the development of listening assessment and assessment in general. To see a full abstract of the workshop content please visit this link:
Clare McDowell - Designing Tasks to assess Listening skills
There will be morning and afternoon refreshments, lunch and networking opportunities.
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The host institution is the University of Queensland's English language centre The Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (UQ-ICTE). |
| Date: | Saturday, 14 July, 2018 |
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| Time: | 9.00am – 4.30pm (8:45am Registration) |
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| Place: | The University of Queensland's English Language Centre (UQ-ICTE) |
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| Cost: | $70 for teachers |
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Registrations are limited to 90 teachers and presenters. |
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| Accommodation: | Special rates for Assessment Symposium attendees have been negotiated and are available here: Oaks Charlotte Towers Milton Brisbane Booking discount code: UQICTE-UECA |
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Program |
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| 8:30 - 9:15 (45 mins) |
Registration Room: Level 2 Foyer – Sir Llew Edwards Building #14 |
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| 9:15 - 9:30 (15 mins) |
Acknowledgement of Country Welcome: UECA, ALTAANZ and UQ-ICTE Room: 132 |
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Session 1 9:40 - 10:20 (40 mins) |
Session 1A Stephen Walker (UQ-ICTE) Lies, Damned Lies and Statistical Analysis for Language testing Download Presentation - PPT Download Data - XLS |
Session 1B Lu Qing Wang (UOW College) Consistency and Reliability in Rating Student’s Work Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 1C Megan Yucel (UQ-ICTE) The reading test development cycle Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 1D Beth Hutton & Paula Dimmell (University of Adelaide) Assessment as learning – encouraging students to take control of their own learning Download Presentation - PDF |
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| 10:25 - 10:55 (30 mins) |
Morning Tea Room: 613 |
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Session 2 11:00 - 12:30 (90 mins) |
Plenary Featured Speaker - Clare McDowell Sponsored by ALTAANZ Designing Tasks to assess Listening skills Room: 132  Video - Full Presentation |
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| 12:35 - 13:20 (45 mins) |
Lunch Room: 613 |
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| Session 3 13.25 - 14:05 (40 mins) |
Session 3A Hora Hedayati (UNSW GLobal) A validation Study of an EAP Reading and Listening Exam |
Session 3B Pamela Humphreys (MUELC) Graduate outcomes of undergraduate students with English as an Additional Language (EAL): Patterns and Implications Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 3C Vicki Bos (UQ-ICTE) Five common problems with listening test items, and how to fix them Download Presentation - PDF |
Session 3D Mary Anne Oxendale (RMIT Vietnam) Developing and Using a Reliable and Valid Language Assessment in an EAP Program in Vietnam: Working Within the Constraints of Reality Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 3E Mohammed Sameer & Janette Greenwood (CET University of Sydney) Maintaining rater reliability: Rater training and standardisation |
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| Session 4 14:10 - 14:50 (40 mins) |
Session 4A Phuong Tran (Monash College) Equating listening test scores for test fairness and detailed student feedback |
Session 4B Denise Flipo & Liz Clark (RMIT Training) Steps towards successful Task-Based Language Assessment (TBLA) Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 4C Do Thi Ha (HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam; UTS) Investigating testlet effects in an english reading comprehension test |
Session 4D Philip Godber (UTS) Towards best practice in assessment |
Session 4E Kerensa Townsend (QUT ) Strategies for managing teams aiming to co-create listening and reading assessments for EAP programs |
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| Session 5 14:55 - 15:35 (40 mins) |
Session 5A Ryan Peters (RMIT Training) Assessing Reading and Listening in Canvas Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 5B Amal Khabbaz (Monash College) Collecting and responding to assessment feedback: Why it’s important, how to do it, and what impact it has |
Session 5C Cara Dinneen (Navitas) Text Inspector for assessment and materials development Download Presentation - PPT |
Session 5D Kyle Smith (QUT ) Doing assessment differently Download Presentation - PDF |
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| 15:45 - 16:00 (15 mins) |
Closing Remarks Ana Bratkovic General Manager, NEAS Room: 613 |
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| 16:00 - 17:00 (60 mins) |
Social Event Room: 613 |
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UECA gratefully acknowledges the support of English Australia for this event.  |
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