Title: Targeting tasks for teenagers: age-appropriate exam content
Date: Monday 22 September 2014
Time: 14.00 – 15.00 UK time
Overview:
The Cambridge English for Schools exams are designed specifically for school aged-learners. Teenagers are motivated by, and perform best on, tasks which directly reflect their own experiences of learning. This webinar looks at the features of an effective language test for this age group, and the benefits of age-appropriate and task-appropriate content for both learners and teachers.
Presenters:
Coreen Docherty, Senior Research & Validation Manager, Cambridge English
Coreen is a Senior Research and Validation Manager at Cambridge Assessment English. As part of her role, she leads on research investigating the impact of Cambridge English exams on stakeholders and provides validation and research support for the ‘for Schools’ exams. She has extensive EFL/ESL experience, having taught English, trained teachers and developed course material in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Canada.
Szilvia Papp, Senior Research & Validation Manager, Cambridge English
Szilvia holds a PhD in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Edinburgh. As senior lecturer in higher education, she taught on applied linguistics, TEFL/TESOL and teacher training courses in Hungary and the UK. In her current role within Cambridge Assessment English, she has research and validation responsibility for Cambridge English: Young Learners tests, Cambridge English Teaching Qualifications and some government and state school projects. Her research interests include the assessment of young learners (children and adolescents aged 6–16) and very young learners aged 4–6, computer-based, formative and diagnostic assessment, the impact of language testing and teacher education in compulsory education, and language testing for migration and citizenship.