Purposeful assessment
Date: Thursday 22 May 2025
Time: To be confirmed
Venue: Online
Fee: £10 (free of charge to University of Nottingham staff)
Keynote speaker: To be confirmed
About the workshop
Back to basics 3: purposeful assessment - what and how we assess
The department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham organises a series of workshops entitled Back to Basics in Language Teaching and Learning. Our third event focuses on assessment and will take place on 22 May 2025.
The session will start with an invited keynote speaker who will present on assessment, followed by discussion in groups about key points raised by the speaker. Afterwards there will be time dedicated to reflect on and discuss what and how we currently assess in our respective institutions and how we might design future assessment to enhance its purpose.
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How we teach workshop
Date: Wednesday 17 April 2024
Time: 9.30am to 1pm
Venue: Online using Teams
Fee: £10
Keynote speaker: Dr Marion Grein, University of Mainz
Download keynote speech abstract and Marion's biography
About the workshop
The workshop will invite delegates to reflect on:
- Methodologies and approaches
- Language learning strategies
- The role of teachers and learners
Programme
The day will start with an invited keynote speaker who will present on challenges, and approaches to modern foreign language teaching. This will be followed by a question and answer session and reflections in groups on specific key points developed during the talk and on delegates’ own practice. The session will conclude with a workshop to put into practice ideas discussed during the morning.
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What to teach workshop
Date: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: University Park, University of Nottingham
Fee: £20
Keynote speaker: Dr Leticia Yulita, Professor, University of East Anglia, UK
Download keynote speech abstract and Leticia's biography
About the workshop
The workshop will invite delegates to reflect on:
- Content and topics currently taught
- Curriculum design
- The role of grammar
- (Co)creation of learning materials
- Accessibility, inclusivity and gender-fair language
- Decolonization of the curriculum
- Language variation
- Employability skills through language learning
- CLIL and interdisciplinarity
Programme
The day will start with an invited keynote speaker who will present on curriculum design, followed by a discussion in groups about specific key points developed during the previous session. Afterwards, there will be time dedicated to the delegates’ presentations on 'WHAT’ they teach, based on a proforma that we will send in due course with the aim of sharing best practice and new ideas. The afternoon session will continue with a workshop, led by the keynote speaker. Coffee breaks and lunch will be provided.
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