Event Category: Assessment Symposium

This year’s symposium will be a great opportunity for professionals in the field of English language assessment to come together to share, learn and network around the theme English Language Assessment in a Post-Covid World.

The symposium will feature three conference streams, each delving into different aspects of English language assessment:

• Generative AI and Assessment
• Learning-Oriented Assessment (LOA)
• Assessment Development, Validation, and Benchmarking

Save the date for the UECA Assessment Symposium 2023 and join us on Saturday, 23 September 2023 for a day of thought-provoking discussions and valuable insights that will add to the conversation around the future of English language assessment.

Morning and afternoon refreshments and lunch are included.

This year the Assessment Symposium will be offered online, bringing together international English Language Assessment researchers with ELT practitioners, academic managers and centre directors to focus on Integrated Assessment in a series of synchronous and asynchronous presentations.

Through the theme Assessment Practice in a Changing World, the Symposium will provide valuable, collegiate opportunities for learning and professional development. It will focus on the successes, innovations and challenges of assessment over the past years, including the push and pull of assessing English proficiency, academic literacies, discrete and integrated skills in uncertain times.

Assessment Symposium Chair: Prof Thomas Roche
Southern Cross University

Assessment Symposium Coordinator: Sharon Leslie
Southern Cross University

This year the Assessment Symposium will be held online for the first time and will be offered at no cost, bringing together ELT Assessment Experts from across the sector to share best practice in English Language Assessment through a range of synchronous and asynchronous presentations.

The ELT Assessment Experts’ presentations will comprise the asynchronous content for the Symposium. Presentations will be available two weeks prior to the Symposium and available for at least one month afterwards on the UECA website. This will allow everyone who registers for the event and views the presentations to receive CPD points for their attendance. Even if you cannot attend on the day, you can still register for the event and access all the presentations.

Through the theme New Directions in English Language Assessment, the Symposium will provide valuable, collegiate opportunities for learning. It will focus on the successes, innovations and challenges of assessment over the past year, including the push and pull of assessing English proficiencies and academic literacies.

The theme New Directions in English Language Assessment will be realised through five streams:

• Online assessment design
• Online assessment delivery: pitfalls, workarounds and revelations
• Alternative assessments: ideas and realities
• Direct Entry Assessment Standards
• Online learning for assessment

Assessment Symposium Chair: Prof Thomas Roche
Southern Cross University

Assessment Symposium Coordinator: Sharon Leslie
Southern Cross University