BAAL TEASIG Conference
Cambridge 2015
"Assessment supporting learning"
A one-day conference held at Cambridge University
(Pitt Building) on Friday, 8 May 2015.
Invited speakers
Christine Harrison (King's College London)
What do teachers notice in classroom assessment scenarios? (slides available)
Neil Jones (Cambridge Language Sciences) and Sarah Unsworth (Cambridge Assessment)
Learning Oriented Assessment: a theory in search of a pedagogy (slides available)
Constant Leung (King's College London)
Presentations
Presentations
Doris Froetscher (Lancaster University)
How classroom tests are shaped by a high-stakes examination: teachers' voices (slides available)
Gemma Bellhouse (University of Oxford)
Washback of a high stakes exam: The impact on teachers (slides available)
Benjamin Kremmel (University of Innsbruck, Austria & University of Nottingham) and Laura Vilkaitė (University of Nottingham)
How useful are diagnostic vocabulary tests?
Sal Consoli (University of the West of England: Bristol International College)
Assessment in EAP Language Pathways 'Do students really get it (slides available)
Qian Zhang, Bob Fisher and Cain Barriskill (University of Northampton)
Assessment - a tool for learning in a Pre-sessional setting (slides available)
Poster presentations
Dawn Cremonese and Georgina Lloyd (University of St Andrews)
Assessment of communication skills in pathway to medicine: methods and tools
Glyn Jones (Lancaster University)
Grammar and the CEFR: towards the validation of the British Council – EAQUALS Core Inventory
Paula Buttery, Andrew Caines, Calbert Graham, Michael McCarthy (ALTA Institute, University of Cambridge)
Working in shades of grey: error analysis in spoken learner language
Full programme
Full programme available here.