Visitor -- Dr Andrew E. Finch
Dr Andrew E. Finch
Teachers' College
Department of English Language Education
Kyungpook National University, Korea
Date of visitorship: 19-25 November 2006
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Dr Andrew Finch is associate professor of English Education at Kyungpook National University, in the Republic of Korea. His research interests include alternative assessment, task-based materials design, and language-learning as education of the whole person. In addition to being an advisor for the national CSAT exam, Dr Finch is currently engaged in a project in which task-based teaching is being used by
high school teachers in Korean high schools, despite the test-driven learning environment of those schools. Dr Finch has co-authored a teacher-training book about Classroom-Based Assessment, along with a number of interactive, student-centred, language-learning textbooks, in which alternative assessment plays an important part. These can be accessed at www.finchpark.com/books. His main pastime is playing Go – an oriental board game which combines logical and lateral thinking, and is a constant source of metaphors for the language-learning process. He can be contacted at aef@knu.ac.kr |
Activities at HKU related to language education research and SBA
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Lunchtime Workshop
Date: 21 Nov 2006 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:45-2pm
Venue: Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Promoting Attitude Change through Student-Based Assessment (SBA): A Practical Approach'
(Chaired by Dr David Carless, Faculty of Education, HKU) |
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School-based Assessment Seminar
Date: 22 Nov 2006 (Wednesday)
Time: 5-6:30pm
Venue: T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
'Formative School-based Assessment Activities for Secondary English: An Overview'
(Chaired by Dr Steve Andrew, Faculty of Education, HKU)
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Constituent Theme- Languages, Media and Communication: Language in Education and Assessment Seminar Series
Date: 23 Nov 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 5-6:30pm
Venue: T2, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
'Self/peer Assessment: Stress-free Consciousness-Raising and Reflection'
(Chaired by Dr Vivien Berry, English Centre, HKU)
Homepage of the Constituent Theme: http://www.hku.hk/clear |
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