Masterclass 12/10/2021, «Writing Good Test Questions: Principles and Common Mistakes»

It will then outline a number of errors commonly found in teacher-created test questions, particularly multiple-choice items. It will conclude with an application activity in which participants will review several problematic items and identify why they are problematic.

Speaker:
Nathan Carr - one of the key speakers of HSE LED Conference.
Dr. Nathan Carr is a professor of TESOL at California state university, Fullerton. he received his Ph.d. in applied linguistics at UCLA with a focus on language assessment. professor Carr’s research interests are eclectic but focus on language assessment, particularly validation, assessment literacy training, computer-based testing, automated scoring, rating scale use and development, and test task characteristics. He is the author of designing and analyzing language tests, published in 2011 by Oxford University press. He served a Fulbright fellow in Kazakhstan in 2017, and has served as a U.S. State Department English Language specialist in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Date: 12/10/2021
Time: 19:00
Platforn: online

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