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Professional Development Courses for SBA in the HKDSE

In response to the requests of teachers who were not able to join the last round of SBA PD training in 2011, an additional round of SBA PD course will take place between May and June 2012.

Teachers who have already taken the 12-hour SBA PD courses for HKCEE between 05/06 - 08/09 are encouraged to take the 6-hour SBA PD course for HKDSE. English teachers who are not familiar with the SBA component or who have never taken any SBA PD courses previously should join the 15-hour course. Teachers who have already taken either the 6-hour or 15-hour courses for HKDSE in the first seventh rounds (between October 2009 and Dec 2011), need not reapply.

Please click here to download the application form and apply early to ensure your place. Application Deadline for Round 8: April 20, 2012.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Ms Wendy Leung
Tel: 2859 7086
Email: wendyl@hku.hk

Official Launch of the Teacher Training Package for the 2012 HKDSE English Language Examination School-based Assessment Component

Date: 26 Feb 2010 (Friday)
Time: 6:45 – 8:00 pm (Registration: 6:45 pm, A talk given by Prof Chris Davison: 7:00 pm, Launch Ceremony: 7:45 pm)

Venue: Room LG06, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

All Are Welcome!
RSVP by Feb 12, 2010

For further enquiries, please contact:
Miss Claudia Chan
Tel: 2219 4853
Email: claud328@hkucc.hku.hk

Please click here for more details.
TESOL Quarterly

The latest issue of the leading TESOL journal TESOL Quarterly, just published in Sept 2009, is a special issue on teacher-based assessment, including two articles written by Prof Chris Davison, Prof Constant Leung and
Prof Liz Hamp-Lyons:

Davison, C & Leung, C (2009). Current Issues in English Language Teacher-Based Assessment. TESOL Quarterly, 43 (3), 393-415.

Hamp-Lyons, H (2009) Principles for Large-Scale Classroom-Based Teacher Assessment of English Learners' Language: An Initial Framework From School-Based Assessment in Hong Kong. TESOL Quarterly, 43 (3), 524-529.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tesol/tq/2009/00000043/
00000003;jsessionid=78e4piiqfj255.victoria
ALANZ-ALAA Conference

The Applied Linguistics Association of NZ and of Australia (ALANZ and ALAA) are pleased to announce that their first combined conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand. Please click here for more details.