31.3222, Confs: Applied Ling/Italy

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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:52:58
From: Jennifer Hill [tesol.valdadige.etschtal at gmail.com]
Subject: Teaching, Learning and a Growth Mind Set – where assessment can help

Teaching, Learning and a Growth Mind Set – where assessment can help 

Date: 27-Nov-2020 - 27-Nov-2020 
Location: Bozen/Bolzano, Trento, Verona, Italy 
Contact: Jennifer Hill 
Contact Email: tesol.valdadige.etschtal at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: https://www.facebook.com/TESOLValdellAdige/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The TESOL Italy Val d’Adige-Etschtal Local Group cordially invites you to the
online event on Teaching English to Young Learners

“Teaching, Learning and a Growth Mind Set – where assessment can help” hosted
online with the support of the Language Centre, Free University of Bolzano on
Friday, 27 November, 2020 from 14:00 - 16:00

Speaker: Dr. Shelagh Rixon
Associate Professor (retired), Dept of Applied Linguistics, University of
Warwick
Currently Associate Tutor, Dept of English, University of Leicester

Abstract: Much assessment takes place at the end of a stage of learning. This
session is about formative assessment - assessment that supports learning
while that learning is still going on.  Formative assessment was originally
focused on finding out about learners’ learning so that the teacher could
decide what to do next - reteach lessons or try a different approach, for
example. That is still valid but these days there is a vital extra factor,
working more in partnership with learners, and enabling them to think about
their own learning and how to improve. In its new guise, formative assessment
is often known as Assessment for Learning (AfL). AfL does not replace other
assessment. It has a different purpose and takes place in a different time
zone as it is deeply integrated with teaching. It is powerfully associated
with building a Growth Mindset, which emphasises reflection, resilience and
perseverance – qualities much needed in today’s world.

AfL is a practical framework. It is currently well established in areas such
as maths and mother tongue teaching but less so in Foreign Language Learning.
There is much to be done and I am delighted that we have the chance to share
perspectives on it as well as look at practical activities.

Speaker biography: Shelagh Rixon graduated from the University of Cambridge in
Classics but then, having taught English in Rome for 3 years, qualified as a
teacher of TESOL to primary and secondary school children. She spent 16 years
as a career officer in the British Council, returning to Italy as English
Language Officer in Rome and then Milan during the 1980s when so many
developments in Young Learners Foreign Language Teaching were taking place.
She joined the University of Warwick in 1991 to set up and co-ordinate the MA
in Teaching English to Young Learners. She has worked extensively in
assessment of Young Learners and has recently edited and co-authored two books
on the subject. For 20 years she has acted as a school governor and volunteer
in two UK primary schools which is where she has gained much of her experience
and enthusiasm for Assessment for Learning and Growth Mindset development in
mainstream education.

Program Information: 

To register for the event please sign up using the following link no later
than Friday, 20 November 2020:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d49a9af2ca1fcc07-young. Once you have
signed up, you will receive information as to how to follow the event online
shortly before the scheduled event time.

The event is open to TESOL Italy members. For those who are not TESOL Italy
members for the current year, a free, one-time provisional membership card
will be issued. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance
providing they request one and complete the online feedback survey.*

*TESOL Italy (con i suoi gruppi locali) è riconosciuta come ente qualificato
alla formazione e all’aggiornamento per insegnanti di lingua inglese nelle
scuole di ogni ordine e grado-Autorizzazione MIUR, Direttiva 90/2003.

References: 
Papp, S., and Rixon, S (2018). Examining Young Language Learners: The
Cambridge English approach. Cambridge University Press.

Prošić-Santovac, D., and Rixon, S. (editors). (2019) Integrating assessment
into early language learning and teaching. Early language learning in school
contexts series, edited by Janet Enever. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

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