Workshop on English Language Assessment and Leadership Development in English Language teaching
Organizer:
The English Education Department, Graduate School
Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya
In collaboration with
The U. S. Regional English Language Office
Date and Venue :
On Monday, 10 December 2007
From 08.00 – 16. 00
Graha Widya Mandala
Topic and Speakers:
Dr. Adrian Palmer
v Four Roles of Topical Knowledge in Language Assessme
v Assessment Use Arguments in Assesstment Development and Use
Dr. Mary Ann Christison
v Leadership Development in English Language Teaching
Dr. Adrian Palmer is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Utah. His areas of specialization include language assessment, teacher training and professional development, and language teaching methodology. He regularly offers a wide variety of workshops and presentations on language assessment, language teaching, and teacher professional development.
Dr. MaryAnn Christison is Professor of Linguistics/Director of Graduate Studies, and Adjunct Professor, Departement of Teaching and Learning University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Her area of expertise covers language and the brain, brain based teaching, leadership development, second language acquisition, language revitalization, learning styles and strategies, multiple intelligences, content-based instruction, cooperative learning, learning theory, curriculum design, materials development, L2 teacher eduacation, and language teaching methodology.
She teaches English Grammar, Introduction to Linguistics, Expository Writing, L2 theory, L2 Methodology, L2 Practicum, L2 Curriculum Design, Content-based instruction, Pedagogical Structure.
Result:
The committee began the workshop at a quarter to nine. It was 45 minutes late from the schedule since they had a little bit trouble with computer and LCD. The first agenda was an opening ceremony given by Wuri Soedjatmiko, the director of Graduate School.
Session I was given by Prof. Dr. Adrian Palmer. He talked about Designing Useful Language Teaching Tasks. He warmed up the audience with a question: What makes a language test useful?
To answer the question, he gave us four qualities of usefulness i.e Reliability, Construct validity, Authenticity, and Beneficial Impact.
Session II was given by Prof. Palmer, too. The topic was Creating Meaningful Language Teaching Tasks. Meaningfulness, according to him depends on the degree of involvement of various attributes of an individual in performing a language use task, including
Topical knowledge
Language knowledge
Personal attributes
Affective schemata
Problem Solving strategies
Session III was given by Prof. Dr. MaryAnn Christison. Her topic was Leadership Development in ELT. First, she led us to traditional views on leadership such as leaders are born not made, it deals with position so that only leaders lead. Then, she brought us into emerging views on leadership such as leadership is defined by the behaviours not the position, leaders’ behaviours can be quantified and studied, and we can learn to be an effective leader.
She offered two models of leadership development:
Leadership IQ.
v Leadership can be defined and measured as a form of intelligence.
v Effective leaders know how to say the right thing to the right people at the right time in order to get the right work done.
v Leadership IQ can be activated through specific activities that lead to behaviours associated with effective leadership.
There are 8 roles for Leaders:
1. The selector
2. The connector
3. The problem solver
4. The evaluator
5. The negotiator
6. The healer
7. The protector
8. The synergizer
Meta-analyses of Effective Leaders.
Characteristics of Effective Leaders are:
v Affirmation
v Change Agent
v Communication
v Protector
v Flexibility
v Focus
v Ideas/beliefs
(detailed information can be found in the hand out)
The English Education Department, Graduate School
Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya
In collaboration with
The U. S. Regional English Language Office
Date and Venue :
On Monday, 10 December 2007
From 08.00 – 16. 00
Graha Widya Mandala
Topic and Speakers:
Dr. Adrian Palmer
v Four Roles of Topical Knowledge in Language Assessme
v Assessment Use Arguments in Assesstment Development and Use
Dr. Mary Ann Christison
v Leadership Development in English Language Teaching
Dr. Adrian Palmer is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Utah. His areas of specialization include language assessment, teacher training and professional development, and language teaching methodology. He regularly offers a wide variety of workshops and presentations on language assessment, language teaching, and teacher professional development.
Dr. MaryAnn Christison is Professor of Linguistics/Director of Graduate Studies, and Adjunct Professor, Departement of Teaching and Learning University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Her area of expertise covers language and the brain, brain based teaching, leadership development, second language acquisition, language revitalization, learning styles and strategies, multiple intelligences, content-based instruction, cooperative learning, learning theory, curriculum design, materials development, L2 teacher eduacation, and language teaching methodology.
She teaches English Grammar, Introduction to Linguistics, Expository Writing, L2 theory, L2 Methodology, L2 Practicum, L2 Curriculum Design, Content-based instruction, Pedagogical Structure.
Result:
The committee began the workshop at a quarter to nine. It was 45 minutes late from the schedule since they had a little bit trouble with computer and LCD. The first agenda was an opening ceremony given by Wuri Soedjatmiko, the director of Graduate School.
Session I was given by Prof. Dr. Adrian Palmer. He talked about Designing Useful Language Teaching Tasks. He warmed up the audience with a question: What makes a language test useful?
To answer the question, he gave us four qualities of usefulness i.e Reliability, Construct validity, Authenticity, and Beneficial Impact.
Session II was given by Prof. Palmer, too. The topic was Creating Meaningful Language Teaching Tasks. Meaningfulness, according to him depends on the degree of involvement of various attributes of an individual in performing a language use task, including
Topical knowledge
Language knowledge
Personal attributes
Affective schemata
Problem Solving strategies
Session III was given by Prof. Dr. MaryAnn Christison. Her topic was Leadership Development in ELT. First, she led us to traditional views on leadership such as leaders are born not made, it deals with position so that only leaders lead. Then, she brought us into emerging views on leadership such as leadership is defined by the behaviours not the position, leaders’ behaviours can be quantified and studied, and we can learn to be an effective leader.
She offered two models of leadership development:
Leadership IQ.
v Leadership can be defined and measured as a form of intelligence.
v Effective leaders know how to say the right thing to the right people at the right time in order to get the right work done.
v Leadership IQ can be activated through specific activities that lead to behaviours associated with effective leadership.
There are 8 roles for Leaders:
1. The selector
2. The connector
3. The problem solver
4. The evaluator
5. The negotiator
6. The healer
7. The protector
8. The synergizer
Meta-analyses of Effective Leaders.
Characteristics of Effective Leaders are:
v Affirmation
v Change Agent
v Communication
v Protector
v Flexibility
v Focus
v Ideas/beliefs
(detailed information can be found in the hand out)
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