On October 2, 2019 Institute of philology hosted a one-day workshop organized by UALTA. Workshop Fundamentals of reading test development: Good practices and useful tips was conducted by Olena Rossi, Lancaster University, UK. The workshop aimed to provide foreign language teachers with solid theoretical background as well as hands-on experience […]
Workshop on Assessment of Writing in Universities
On Wednesday, November 27, UALTA team (speakers Tamara Kavytska, Viktoriia Osidak, Olha Drahinda,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) successfully delivered a training workshop on ASSESSMENT OF WRITING IN UNIVERSITIES hosted by Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University (Vinnytsia). Teachers of General English and English for Specific Purposes from 6 Ukrainian universities […]
Workshop Promoting Accurate Assessment of Writing
On Friday, November 15, the first of the planned dissemination events of the Erasmus+Staff mobility project (of Shevchenko University of Kyiv with CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire) was held in Karazin National University of Kharkiv. During the workshop Promoting Accurate Assessment of Writing the faculty members of FL department learnt how […]
IATEFL Associates Day
On April 1 2019, UALTA president Olga Kvasova participated in IATEFL Associates Day within 53d IATEFL Conference in Liverpool. Read more: https://conference.iatefl.org/2019/index_postconf.html https://blog.iatefl.org/2019/06/iatefl-associates-day-2019-a-true-example-of-synergy/
CRELLA Spring Research Seminar
On March 27 2019, UALTA members Olga Kvasova, Tamara Kavytska, Viktoriia Osidak and Andrej Kawicki participated in CRELLA Spring Research Seminar conducted at Putteridge Bury Campus of University of Bedfordshire. The slides of Olga Kvasova’s presentation are here. The programme of the seminar and slides of presentations can be found […]
Two UALTA workshops
On November 25, two UALTA workshops were done within the conference hosted by M. Kotsiubynskyi Teacher Training University of Vinnytsia. The workshops were conducted by Dr. Olga Kvasova, Dr. Tamara Kavytska and Viktoriia Drobotun. The slides of the presentations are here. Assessing Oral Production Reading into writing
Workshop “Building Assessment Skills of Ukrainian ESP Teachers”
October 10-12, Sumy State University hosted a 3-day Workshop “Building Assessment Skills of Ukrainian ESP Teachers” partly funded by EALTA. Day 1. The Symposium presented an exchange of ideas and practical experiences of participants from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia. See the slides here. Kharkiv Zaporizhzhya Kryvyi Rih […]
Testing grammar workshop
On September 26, 2018, following an invitation from the Department for FL Teaching Methodology of M. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University of Kyiv, a workshop TESTING GRAMMAR: WHY, WHAT and HOW was conducted in DNPU by UALTA President Dr. Olga Kvasova. The work was motivating, and it was decided that further […]
15th Annual EALTA conference
On May 24-26 2018, UALTA President Olga Kvasova participated in 15th Annual EALTA conference hosted by University of Ruhr, Bochum, Germany. Within the work of CLBA (Classroom based assessment) SIG she made a presentation 3-D tool to Assess Intercultural Competence in University Classroom prepared by herself and Yuliia Trykashna. Please […]
Teachers’ Assessment Literacy Enhancement
On May 12, 2018 the University of Cyprus hosted the Final conference of Erasmus+ TALE project (Teachers’ Assessment Literacy Enhancement). The project team presented the eight on-line courses for teachers. The courses are free, and anyone can take them following the link. You can also download the TALE Handbook in […]