{"id":1680,"date":"2013-02-05T22:50:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanities.utm.my\/languageacademy\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2013-02-15T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T08:37:09","slug":"a-talk-by-mr-bruce-howell-the-assistant-director-of-assessment-and-the-director-for-university-of-reading-international-summer-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanities.utm.my\/languageacademy\/a-talk-by-mr-bruce-howell-the-assistant-director-of-assessment-and-the-director-for-university-of-reading-international-summer-school\/","title":{"rendered":"A Talk by Mr Bruce Howell, the Assistant Director of Assessment and the Director for University of Reading International Summer School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0UTM<\/em>SPACE<\/em>\u00a0invites University lecturers, teachers, education administrators, language testers, researchers, postgraduate students and anyone interested in language testing in practice to a public talk entitled<\/p>\n

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Choosing the Right Assessment: How to Test EAP?<\/p>\n

By\u00a0Mr. Bruce Howell<\/a><\/p>\n

Language Test Developer & EAP Lecturer<\/p>\n

University of Reading, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

\u00a0Details of the talk are as follows:<\/p>\n

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Faculty of \u00a0Bioscience and Medical Engineering<\/p>\n

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/p>\n

Skudai, Johor<\/p>\n

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This talk will present issues in language testing in the specific context of testing EAP (English for Academic Purposes). The commonly used tests IELTS and TOEFL will be described, and compared with the University of Reading\u2019s own TEEP (Test of English for Educational Purposes). TEEP has been developed and administered by the speaker\u2019s department for many years.<\/p>\n

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EAP involves specific English language teaching covering the main four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. However, it also overlaps with the more general skills required of all university students whatever language they study in, i.e. study skills. Assessment of EAP is therefore complex, but it is important for stakeholders that assessment measures are valid.<\/p>\n

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This talk will firstly give a brief overview of EAP and the main issues of testing in this context. The three tests mentioned above will then be described, followed by an introduction of the wider issues such as assessing in alternative ways, and how test grades are \u2013 or should be \u2013 used.<\/p>\n

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The talk should be an interesting case study for students of Language Testing, Applied Linguistics, or Language Teaching, and should be of interest to staff members who need to understand non-native English \u2018levels\u2019 of their students. There will be time for questions after the talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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