BAAL TEASIG Conference
Reading 2016
"Assessment for learning and assessment of learning: incommensurate paradigms or complementary perspectives?"
A one-day conference held at Reading University (Whiteknights Campus) on Friday, 11 March 2016.
Invited speakers
Nick Saville (Cambridge English Language Assessment)
Learning Oriented Assessment – A systemic approach
Prithvi Shrestha (Open University)
Formative feedback and writing assessment: any evidence of learning? (slides available)
Presentations
Presentations
Qian Zhang, Cain Barriskill & Bob Fisher (University of Northampton)
Does assessment facilitate learning? Students’ perceptions of assessment on a pre-sessional course
Daniel Lam (University of Edinburgh)
Andrea Révész (University College London)
Liz Hamp-Lyons & Tony Green (University of Bedfordshire)
Kevin Haines (University of Groningen)
Takeshi Kamijo (Ritsumeikan University)
Strategy portfolios as a means to promote L2 learner reflection and self-assessment and to improve teacher assessment of strategy use'
Elaine Boyd (Trinity College London)
Poster presentations
Veronica Benigno (Pearson English, UK) & John de Jong (Pearson Global Assessment Standards/Vrije Universiteit)
A vocabulary framework to align learning, teaching, and assessment
Neil Cowie (Okayama University)
Web-authored products, rubrics and assessment (poster available)
Xi Lian (University of Oxford)
The English language learning outcomes at primary school level of young EFL learners in mainland China
David O'Reilly (University of York)
L2 metaphoric competence: Moving from classroom task to assessment tool (poster available)
Lucy Passmore (King's College London)
The co-construction of discourse between candidates and examiners (poster available)
Full programme
Full programme available here.