The full timetable is now available for the BAAL TEA SIG 2017 conference on the theme of ‘Innovations in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) assessment‘.
Friday 31 March 2017, 10:00 – 16:45
C126 (ground floor) Cottesbrook, Park Campus
University of Northampton, UK
Timetable:
9:55 – 10:00 Welcome & Introduction
10:00 – 10:30 Invited talk: Are you looking for what I’m looking for? Evidence-led writing criteria, assessment literacy and the teaching of writing
Daniel Waller (University of Central Lancashire)
10:30 – 11:00 Encouraging better preparation: a new Test of Academic Literacy for entry onto postgraduate EMI course
Jocelyn Wyburd & Karen Ottewell (University of Cambridge)
11:00– 11:20 Coffee Break / Group Photo
11:20 – 11:50 Long-term strategies? Test-taker reading behaviour in a university foundation programme
Richard Spiby (British Council)
11:50 – 12:20 An examination of British students’ knowledge of polysemous academic English vocabulary
Sophia Skoufaki (University of Essex) & Bojana Petric (University of London)
12:20 – 13:45 Lunch / Poster Session
13:45 – 14:15 Invited talk: Measuring the Effectiveness of EAP: What’s in our Toolkit?
Diane Schmidt (Nottingham Trent University)
14:15 – 14:45 Alternative ways of assessing listening and speaking skills on an in-sessional EAP course
Elizabeth Allen (University of Bristol)
14:45 – 15:15 The evolution of EAP assessment tasks towards critical application of learning and sustainable feedback
Maxine Gillway (University of Bristol)
15:15 – 15:35 Coffee Break
15:35 – 16:20 Panel Discussion on EAP Practice
Qian Zhang (University of Northampton)
Susie Cowley-Haselden (University of Northampton)
Chris Smith (University of Sheffield)
Diane Schmidt (Nottingham Trent University)
Daniel Waller (University of Central Lancashire)
16:20 – 16:50 Closing, then TEA SIG AGM
List of Poster Presentations (surnames in alphabetical order)
– Ebtesam Abdulhaleem (University of Warwick): Identifying misalignments in language proficiency using CFER scales in a context outside of Europe
– Lizbeth Morales Berlanga (University of Southampton): Assessing speaking: The importance of proving validity in assessment case study in an EAP course
– Majid Fatahipour (Islamic Azad University): Developing a mobile app to maximize benefit EAP vocabulary teaching
– Helen Grinsell & Clare Albans (University of Newcastle): “Making it Real”: innovation in Year 1 EAP speaking assessment
– Chris Smith (University of Sheffield): Listening-into-speaking seminars: design, implementation, problems and solutions
– Qian Zhang (University of Northampton): Propose a Framework for EAP Programme Evaluation
For abstracts, please visit:
Registration
To register, please go to our Eventbrite page.
Non-BAAL members £30.00
BAAL members £25.00
Full-time students £20.00
Registration fee includes lunch and refreshments on the day.
Please note that registration closes on Thursday the 16th of March 2017.
