A placement test score should be a fair representation of a candidate’s ability, not their cultural knowledge. Here are four steps test designers can take to ensure that.
Cultural fairness in a placement test
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Social media education: ‘Incredibly social’
Social media teaching is growing in popularity. Why does it work and where do you start?
British Council Greece: Teaching teachers
This series uncovers ideas and activities from British Council IELTS teaching centres around the world. Read on for three ideas from British Council Greece.
Recruitment testing: Three things to consider
Whether you are recruiting 60 or 600 candidates, answer these three questions to choose the right placement test for your company’s needs.
‘Why do students plagiarise?’
Andrew Stokes takes a look behind the act and suggests four reasons why your students might be plagiarising.
Cheating and the Dynamic Placement Test
Can a test run on a student’s device ever be secure? What’s to stop a test taker looking up the answers on the Internet? What, in fact, does ‘secure’ mean in the context of a placement test?
‘I’m sorry to say at the moment people don’t take tests for fun.’
Sean McDonald of telc catches up with Adrian Raper at the IATEFL Conference in Glasgow. He discusses his philosophy of testing, and the steady move from paper-based exams towards digital language assessment.
Development of an online test: Three challenges
'We like your online placement test,' said the teacher at Taiwan’s Asia University, 'but with 1,000 freshers and only 20 computers, we’d be halfway through the first semester before we could even sort out our classes.' Placement tests are a chore. In most schools they...
A CEFR for China?
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) was originally developed for Europe, but the ‘can do’ statements have global application. After all, the ability to ‘understand simple technical information, such as operating instructions for everyday...
‘Is it OK to speak English with a foreign accent?’
Andrew Stokes looks at how the new version of Clear Pronunciation can enable students to speak clearly, and with confidence.
Why librarians are embracing digital for language learning
At a recent gathering of librarians in Melbourne, an interesting discussion sprung up about the advantages and disadvantages of providing digital resources for library patrons. Andrew Stokes gives a summary.
Reading on your phone: Active Reading updated
Elinor Stokes of Atlas English reviews the new version of Active Reading. The whole of Active Reading is available, free of charge, till 30 November 2019.
Status of Flash and Clarity programs’ compatibility
All the main browser suppliers have stated that web page content using Adobe’s Flash Player (Flash) will be supported until the end of 2020. But the ease with which Flash can be enabled is changing, and a few ClarityEnglish programs still rely on Flash — so this is a current status report.
Interview with Elinor Stokes from Atlas English: Growing up with Clarity
In this article, published in the EL Gazette May/June 2019 issue, Elinor Stokes talks to Melaine Butler about her life in a digital ELT family.
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