Future English: Join our 2023–24 Assessment Literacy Webinars

The British Council and The National Centre for Teacher Professional Development of Georgia are happy to invite teachers of English to register for the Assessment Literacy Webinar series.

The online Assessment Literacy for English Language Teachers (ELTs) is a digital course, which includes a combination of webinars where teachers will be able to share and discuss their understanding, and reflect on their classroom practice through chat discussions. The webinar series requires active engagement during each of the webinars.

Assessment Literacy Webinars

Writing

1. Assessing writing skills: The groundwork
2. Creating writing activities (1)
3. Creating writing activities (2)
4. Assessing performance (1): What are the features to look out for?
5. Assessing performance (2): Creating rating scales
6. Assessing performance (3): Further discussion on rating scales
7. Generating and using feedback (1)
8. Generating and using feedback (2)
9. Peer- and self-assessment
10. Assessing writing in the digital age

Listening

1. The nature of (independent and interactive) listening and listening processes
2. Creating listening activities (1): What makes listening difficult?
3. Creating listening activities (2): Basic to intermediate levels
4. Creating listening activities (3): Intermediate to advanced levels
5. Creating listening activities (4): Making, finding and adapting listening input
6. Scoring responses
7. Generating and using feedback (1)
8. Generating and using feedback (2)
9. Peer- and self-assessment
10. Assessing listening in the digital age

Speaking

1. Assessing speaking skills: The groundwork
2. Creating speaking activities
3. Assessing performance (1): What are the features to look out for?
4. Assessing performance (2): Creating rating scales
5. Generating and using feedback (1)
6. Generating and using feedback (2)
7. Peer- and self-assessment

Certificates will be awarded to participants who attend and actively engage in 90% of the webinars.

Each webinar will last 60 minutes and will always be held in the afternoon at the same time.

Webinars are planned to be delivered during the period from 30 November to 23 February 2024, with the dates to be confirmed based on the number of applicants from w/c 1 November to w/c 19 November 2023.

Registered teachers are required to attend all of the 60-minute webinars in the series.

The sessions will be delivered via Zoom. The webinar link will be provided to registered teachers in due course.

Please note that applicants must:

• have a minimum B1 level of English proficiency
• have basic IT skills
• complete the registration form fully and correctly.

Registration

To register, please complete the online registration form by Sunday 19 November 2023 (23.59 GE time – GMT +4). Participation is free.

Register now

For enquiries, contact Maya Darchia, Project Manager: Maya.Darchia@ge.britishcouncil.org.