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Sobre “yellow and red” e a dificuldade de prestarmos atenção ao que falamos

22 de agosto de 2016

Durante a cerimônia de encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de Janeiro, transmitida ao vivo para o mundo inteiro, o Brasil deu mais uma prova de que o nosso povo é capaz de realizar grandes feitos. O espetáculo estava uma lindeza só e tudo transcorria maravilhosamente bem: apresentações impecáveis dos nossos melhores artistas, espetáculos de...Read More

Language Acquisition, Language testing & assessment, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, error correction, feedback, fluency, inglês, Language acquisition, teacher development

Punishing with grades – Are you ready to rethink your grading system?

8 de março de 2016

by Isabela Villas Boas

I have recently read two posts about grading that touch upon a topic that has long been boggling my mind – the use of grades as punishment and the overall fairness of grading systems. I would like to invite you to check out Monte Syrie’s explanation of why he doesn’t give zeros anymore, or...Read More

Language testing & assessment

assessment, grades

Some thoughts about the English Proficiency Index

8 de novembro de 2015

by Isabela Villas Boas

Last week, Education First released its English Proficiency Index for the year of 2015. This index was launched in 2011 and since then, EF has released reports about the English proficiency of different countries around the world. The 2015 report is based on tests taken by around 910 thousand adults from 70 countries in 2014...Read More

Language testing & assessment

English Proficiency Index

The Power of Portfolio Assessment

8 de setembro de 2015

by Isabela Villas Boas

Despite my 15 years of experience with portfolio assessment, its power never ceases to amaze me. I’ve recently conducted a course for public school English teachers in the Federal District and, once again, used portfolio assessment. I have a feeling that some educators might not adopt portfolio assessment because they think it is too complicated;...Read More

Language testing & assessment, Teacher Development

assessment, classroom assessment, portfolio assessment

Drilling-not as straightforward as it first appears

3 de setembro de 2015

by Dominic Walters

I want to talk about drilling. To be more specific, repetition drills. A repetition drill is a technique, which involves the students listening to a model of a word or phrase, usually provided by the teacher, and then repeating it. The original rationale for repetition drills was based on a behaviourist view of language learning....Read More

Language Acquisition, Language testing & assessment

Musings on amusing test answers (for amazing item writing)

5 de agosto de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

No matter how much we love our profession, there will always be that mind-numbing task we have to carry out. To me, that’s marking a seemingly endless pile of multiple-choice/short answer tests, the kind even a computer could grade. However, there is always that outside-the-box answer that will cheer me up. The web has no...Read More

Language testing & assessment

construct, creativity, funny test answers, item writing, language testing

TeStressing Times – Test the Stress or Stress the Test

26 de junho de 2015

by Adriano Zanetti

On announcing my groups’ final testing dates, I can vividly remember one student coining the chunk, if I may say so, ‘TeStressing Times are coming.’ Well, in terms of pronunciation one might easily say she has aced the test. Living and learning seems to be a fair motto, I say. We all know that the...Read More

Language testing & assessment

academic life, challenges, motivation, tests

Assessment conundrums

8 de junho de 2015

by Isabela Villas Boas

I am teaching a course for public school English teachers in Brasilia and one of the topics addressed is assessment. The aim of this part of the course is to improve teachers’ assessment literacy, allowing them to provide informed feedback on the assessment system used in their institution and develop assessment systems and tools that...Read More

Language testing & assessment

formal assessment, formative assessment, informal assessment, summative assessment. reliability, validity, washback

HOMEWORK: FRIEND OR FOE?

11 de fevereiro de 2015

by Roseli Serra

February has come and we are all back to school again. So let’s talk about homework? For some years I have observed that a certain number of teachers have had difficulties setting and correcting homework for several reasons, from time management to lack of interest on the part of the SS. I have then started...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Language testing & assessment, Reflections about Education

assignments, engagement, homework

What is language proficiency after all? (Part 2)

5 de dezembro de 2014

by Natália Guerreiro

Most language teachers have an operating definition of proficiency, even if it is not a very conscious one. In the first part of this post, three different views of the term came to light. Proficiency can be the last stage in a language acquisition journey, hence “certificate of proficiency”. It can also be a set of...Read More

Language testing & assessment

language assessment, language testing, proficiency

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