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This one-day event included plenary presentations, discussion and showcases practical tools for teachers, teacher educators and assessment professionals more generally.

Click on the links in the programme below to read full abstracts of each presentation, biographies of the presenters and to access and download PowerPoint presentations.

Session

Title

Presenters

08:30–08:45

Opening & introduction

Davide Guarini Gilmartin, British Council Viet Nam

08:45–09:45

Language Assessment at Schools in Vietnam: Teachers’ Perspectives and Implications 

Dr Nguyen Thanh Binh - Head of English Dept., HCMC Pedagogy University (on behalf of NFLP)  

Break

 

 

10:00–11:30

Looking back and taking stock: Presenters from 2019 consider the impact of the pandemic and share their ideas on what has – and should – change in how we assess learners

Assessing foreign language learners in an extended time of uncertainty:  An untold story

Post-Pandemic Directions For Language Assessment In Vietnam Schools: Introducing Grade-Based English Targets To Connect Summative And Formative Assessment 

Discussant: Davide Guarini Gilmartin

 

 

Presenters:

- Dr Pham Thi Hong Nhung (HUFLIS)

- Duong Thu Mai (VNU – ULIS)

 

Lunch

 

 

13:00–14:45

Empowering teachers to innovate assessment: A collaborative research project

Dr Quynh Nguyen (ULIS), Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (ULIS) and Nguyen Thi Chi (ULIS)

Other research team members: Dr Susan Sheehan (HudCRES) and Dr Thuy Thai (ULIS)

Break

 

 

15:00–15:35

Understanding Van Lang University placement test reports: a snapshot of high school students' English proficiency 

 

Tran Nguyen Bao Huong and Nguyen Phuong Thao (Van Lang University)

15:35–16:35

Assessing speaking for young learners

Martin Goosey, British Council Viet Nam Teaching Centre

16:35–16:45

Wrap up & Close

Davide Guarini Gilmartin, British Council Viet Nam