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Presented by: Dr. Jane Lockwood Mr. Francis O’Brien Ms. Helen Lavender Ms. Jenny Kwong

Layers of ELT knowledge, skills and awareness required by F4 and F5 teachers on SBA training workshops. Teacher Conference: Enhancing Effective English Language Assessment in Secondary schools ’ Integrating Theory and Practice. Presented by: Dr. Jane Lockwood Mr. Francis O’Brien

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Presented by: Dr. Jane Lockwood Mr. Francis O’Brien Ms. Helen Lavender Ms. Jenny Kwong

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  1. Layers of ELT knowledge, skills and awareness required by F4 and F5 teachers on SBA training workshops Teacher Conference: Enhancing Effective English Language Assessment in Secondary schools’ Integrating Theory and Practice Presented by: Dr. Jane Lockwood Mr. Francis O’Brien Ms. Helen Lavender Ms. Jenny Kwong Centre for Language in Education 22 April 2006

  2. Skills • Reading • Understanding the sub skills of reading • Choosing appropriate texts and recognizing levels of difficulty • Making the text accessible to the level of the learning • Understanding the principles of the extensive reading process

  3. Skills • Speaking • Understanding the domains of communicative competence • Presenting skills • Interactive discussion skills

  4. Skills • Integrating SBA into F4 and F5 curriculum and the lesson • Using SBA descriptors to promote desired language behavior • Teaching speaking skills by • modelling and deconstructing language in the lesson • Analysing spoken texts for generic structure/ lexico-grammatical features • Teaching functional grammar at the right level • Using a range of controlled practice activities to promote and scaffold speaking practice • Correcting and providing feedback to learners • Using questions (including concept checking) to develop meaningful feedback in the classroom

  5. Skills • Task Development • Designing tasks for teaching, learning and assessment • Recognising and designing easy and difficult tasks • Adapting tasks from existing materials

  6. Knowledge • Language Assessment • Key concepts and terminology for language assessment • Using scales and descriptors • Internalizing the descriptors – developing “short-cuts” • Relating the assessment back to the classroom (feedback, tasks, etc) • Calibration/ moderation

  7. Awareness • Managing Educational Change • Stakeholders in SBA • Understanding time needed for educational change • The role of the teacher/ parents • Supporting the teacher to manage change • Developing learning organizations • Being directly accountable

  8. Thank you

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