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PRE-CONGRESS SEMINAR

The Victoria-Rosario Bridge

 

Date

Thursday 7th July 2005

Time

9:00 - 12:00  &  15:00 - 18:00 hours

Venue

ARICANA

Buenos Aires 934 - Tel./Fax 4217664 / 4219179 - (2000) Rosario
 

 

Asociación Rosarina de Intercambio Cultural Argentino-Norteamericano

 

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN TESTING
AND TEST DESIGN

Seminar Facilitators:

Dr. Sarah Briggs Ph.D.
Dr. Fernando Fleurquin

The English Language Institute
University of Michigan, USA

Target Audience: 

Teachers of English in public or private sectors, student teachers in teacher education programs, school supervisors.

Topics and Dynamics of the Seminar:

What do teachers need to know when designing their own tests? 
What needs to be assessed?
What kind of tasks can be used to evaluate spoken and written English? 
What are the conditions good tests must meet? 

Since the Seminar will have a strong Workshop component, vacancies will be limited and enrolment will be on a  "first come, first served" basis.

You do not need to enrol for the Congress in order to take part in this Seminar..

Participants are encouraged to bring a test that they or a colleague have created to analyze it in terms of its appropriateness and validity for their intended uses. 

Certificates of Completion will be issued 
by the University of Michigan, USA.

 

Bio Data of Facilitators

Dr. Sarah Briggs Ph.D.

Sarah Briggs is a Research Associate in the Testing and Certification Division of the English Language Institute of the University of Michigan.  She holds a B.A. in English from Hanover College and an M.S. in International Education and Ph.D. in English Education from Indiana University.

Sarah’s career in English language teaching and testing began in the 1960’s as a Peace Corps volunteer in Yirgalem, Ethiopia and she later served as a K-12 ESL Specialist for the Madison, Wisconsin Public Schools.  She also has been an Instructor of English as a Foreign Language at Kuwait University in Kuwait and a Lecturer of General Linguistics and English Grammar at University Mohammed ben Abdullah in Fez, Morocco.

At the University of Michigan, where she has been for more than twenty years, she is extensively involved in test development, administration, research and review of various English language examinations including the Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE), the Examination for the Certification of Competency in English (ECCE), Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB), the Academic English Evaluation (AEE) , and the Graduate Student Instructor Oral English Test (GSI-OET).  She is particularly interested in the assessment of oral language ability and was a developer of the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE).

Dr. Fernando Fleurquin

Fernando Fleurquin joined the English Language Institute, University of Michigan , in May 2004. There he supervises the administration of the ELI Certificate Exams in Latin America , Europe and Asia , providing test centers with curricular guidelines, administrative support and marketing strategies. He also participates in the development of new exams and services for test centers. Before joining the ELI, Fernando worked at the Bi-national center in Uruguay as an EFL teacher, teacher educator, materials developer, testing specialist, and Academic Director. He has been evaluator for the National Quality Award, and has served as a consultant to several educational institutions and companies. He has been awarded the Spaan Fellowship and the TESOL Leadership Mentoring Award. He is graduated as an EFL teacher in 1983, as a medical doctor in 1992, and holds a Master's Degree in Marketing and Business Administration (2004).

Office hours : Contact Miss Florencia Benmuyal - Congress Office Secretary.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 17:00 to 20:00 hours.
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 to 12:00 hours.

To register click HERE