tale project presentation - greece - march 2016
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Introduc)on:Presenta)onoftheTALEProgram—presenta)onofthe
Greece-basedresearch
DrNicosSifakis StefaniaKordiaAssoc.Professor PhDCandidate
HellenicOpenUniversity22.3.2016,ACG/Deree
Introduc)on:Presenta)onoftheTALEProgram—presenta)onofthe
Greece-basedresearch
DrNicosSifakis StefaniaKordiaAssoc.Professor PhDCandidate
HellenicOpenUniversity22.3.2016,ACG/Deree
AfewwordsabouttheTALEproject
• TALE:Teachers’AssessmentLiteracyEnhancement• Fundedby:Erasmus+/StrategicPartnershipsforSchoolEduca<on
• LanguageTes5ngandAssessment:growingchallengeseduca5onalpolicymaking/CEF
• Teachersareexpectedto:– design/scorewidevarietyoflanguagetestspar5culartotheircontext
– carryoutinnova5veassessmentprocedures– provideusefulfeedback– alignLTAwithexis5ngcurricula
AfewwordsabouttheTALEproject
• LTA=strongimpactonqualityoflearningoutcomes
• But:currently,teachersunabletocreategoodqualityassessmentmaterials/procedures
• NeedforteachertraininginLTAà“assessmentliteracy”
• TALEwillprovideanefficient,relevant,scalableandsustainableLTAtraininginfrastructureforELTs
AfewwordsabouttheTALEproject
• Aims:1. Iden5fyLTAtrainingneeds2. CreateOpenEduca5onalResources:
a. DevelopELTs’assessmentliteracyb. Promoteafeedback-provisionculturethat
benefitslanguagelearningc. Integratestakeholders’experience(trainers,
teachers,learners)3. Disseminateprojectoutcomes
TALEProjectpar)cipants
• Cyprus—UniversityofCyprus(coordinator)• Greece—HellenicOpenUniversity• Germany—HeidelbergUniversityofEduca5on• Hungary—UniversityofDebrecen• UK—UniversityofBedfordshire
TheneedsanalysisinGreece
• Teachers(N=68)– 79%female;mid-30s;10+yrs.teach.exp.;mostlyBA/someMAholders;allstate-schoolcontexts;53%noLTAtraining
34%
54%
12%
YearsoflearningEnglish
upto3years
4-6
7ormore
• Learners(N=294)– 76%primary,22%secondary
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Learners:Whichoftheseskills/areasdoesyour
teacherassess?
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Teachers:Whichoftheseskills/areasdoyou
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Teachers:Whatfeedbackdoyougiveonyourlearners'assessment
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Learners:Whatfeedbackdoyougetonyourassessmentresults?
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Testswithclosed
Ac)veclass
Oralpresenta)ons
Extendedwri)ng
Testswithopen-
Transla)on
Self-assessment
Peer-assessment
Porfolios
Other
Teachers:Howo]endoyouusethefollowingassessment
methods?
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Testswithclosed
Ac)vepar)cipa)on
Testswithopen-
Self-assessment
Transla)on
Extendedwri)ng
Oralpresenta)ons
Por^olio
Peer-assessment
Other
Howo]endoesyourteacherusethefollowingassessment
methods?
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Ac)vepar)cipa)on
Testswithclosedanswers
Transla)on
Extendedwri)ng
Testswithopen-endedanswers
Self-assessment
Oralpresenta)ons
Por^olio
Peer-assessment
Learners:Howo]endoesithelpyouwhenyourteacherusesthefollowingassessmentmethods?
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AssessingSswithspeciallearningneedsUsingstudentpor^olios
RecognizinginappropriatemethodsIden)fyingtherelevanceofCEFR
Usingself-assessmentAssessinglisteningskills
Iden)fyinghowtestsinfluenceteachingAssessingspeakingskillsUsingpeer-assessment
AssessingskillsinanintegratedwayPreparinglearnersforexternaltests
Iden)fyingdifferentassessmentpurposesChoosingsuitableassessmentmethods
Usingassessmenttomakedecisionsaboutind.Assessingwri)ngskillsAssessingreadingskills
ExplainingresultstopupilsUsingassessmenttoplanteaching
ExplainingresultstoothersDesigningclassroom-basedtests
Teachers'confidence
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ExplainingresultstopupilsDesigningclassroom-basedtests
Usingassessmenttomakedecisionsaboutind.PreparinglearnersforexternaltestsUsingassessmenttoplanteaching
ExplainresultstoparentsandothersAssessingreadingskillsAssessingwri)ngskills.
ChoosingsuitableassessmentmethodsIden)fyingdifferentassessmentpurposesIden)fyinghowtestsinfluenceteaching
AssessingspeakingskillsAssessingskillsinanintegratedway
AssessinglisteningskillsUsingself-assessmentUsingpeerassessment
Iden)fyingtherelevanceofCEFRRecognizinginappropriatemethods
Usingstudentpor^oliosAssessingSswithspeciallearningneeds
Teachers'trainingneeds
40%
60%
Experienceinonlinetraining
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Onlineresourcesforself-study
Printedself-studymaterials
Interac)veonlinecourse
Combina)onofonlineself-
studyandface-to-facecourse
Onlineassessmenttrainingformat
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Introtoprac)calmaterials
Watchingshortvideos
Tryingout/evalua)ngmaterials
Readingmaterials
Discussingwith
colleagues
Usefulac)vi)esinanonlinecourse
TALEonsocialmedia:hhps://www.facebook.com/TALEonlinetrainingcourse?fref=tshhps://twiher.com/TALEprojectTALEErasmusProject
