METASIG - TESOL Turkey invites you to a face-to-face event in Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University on December 2 December (whole day) - December 3 (half-day) 2022. The event theme is “An Overview of Assessing Language Use” and we welcome all ELT professionals who are interested in language assessment and testing.
The first day of the event will include a plenary talk by Dr. Simon Phipps, a talk by ETS representatives, and an input session related to the theme of the event followed by focus group discussions. We are proud to host Dr. Simon Phipps as the plenary speaker for the event with his talk entitled “Curriculum-Based Assessment: the Importance of Aligning Assessment with Curriculum Objectives”.
On the second day, the highlights of the focus group discussions will be presented and the event will end with a whole-group discussion
Event Booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HuouueSbPV8YLgI5UpvxhQtzli7jdLoP/view?usp=share_link
We look forward to seeing you in Nevşehir, on December 2, 2022!
METASIG - TESOL Turkey
PLENARY
“Curriculum-Based Assessment: the Importance of Aligning Assessment with Curriculum Objectives”
Dr. Simon Phipps is Director of ATI (Anatolia Training Institute) in Ankara, which provides teacher training and educational consultancy. He has been Principal Examiner for Delta Module 3 since 2008 and an External Examiner for Delta Module since 1997.
He previously worked as Deputy Director of Bilkent University School of English Language in Ankara for 20 years, where he was responsible for in-service teacher training and development. He also designed and directed an in-house MA programme (Management in Education in ELT) from 2003-2013, and taught MA courses on linguistics, lexis and educational management, and also led a Curriculum Development Project in 2012. He has since worked on Curriculum projects at Kadir Has, Atilim, Yildirim Beyazit and Ankara Social Sciences Universities, and has given courses through Gordion Academy on Curriculum-Based Assessment and Course & Syllabus Design in 2019, 2020 and 2022.
He has worked in ELT in the UK, Germany and Turkey since 1984, and has been involved in teacher education since 1989. He has a PhD in Education, from the University of Leeds, UK, with a focus on teacher beliefs. His current professional interests include teacher cognition, teacher learning, teacher education research, and educational management.