ECIS ESLMT Conference 2017: Full Schedule

ECIS ESLMT Conference Copenhagen (2-5 March, 2017)
"The Power of Multilingual Classrooms in International Education: Implications for Curriculum Design, Teaching and Learning"

09:00 CET

The Power of Assessment in Facilitating Language Development in the Multilingual Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

This keynote presentation will consider the role of assessment in facilitating or hindering language development in the multilingual classroom. Using writing assessment as an example, I will discuss how well-intended attempts to use assessment to encourage learning could actually be discouraging learning. I will then suggest strategies for incorporating language assessment in ways that encourage positive learning behaviour.

Speakers

Paul Kei Matsuda

Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing, Arizona State University

Paul Kei Matsuda is Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing at Arizona State University, where he works closely with doctoral students specializing in second language writing from various disciplinary perspectives. Paul is Founding Chair of the Symposium on Second... Read More →

Saturday March 4, 2017 09:00 - 10:15 CET
Congress Hall

Keynote, Administration, All Types of Educators

Tags Assessment & Accountability

ECIS ESLMT Conference 2017

09:00 CET

Paul Kei Matsuda

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