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Title: Performance-based Language Assessment: What Is It? Does It Work?
Presenter: Dr. Bordin Chinda
Date: 14th November, 2020 (16:00–18:00)

Abstract
Performance-based assessment has gained more attention from ELT practitioners since the actual performances produced by students are evaluated in this type of assessment. However, the assessment of students’ performances involves more complicated procedures when compared with more traditional testing methods. This talk, therefore, will point out crucial considerations in adopting this type of assessment in a language class. First, the talk will introduce the concepts of performance-based language assessment and its major characteristics. Moreover, results will be presented from a research study aimed at examining the reactions of tertiary EFL teachers towards the use of performance-based language assessment. The last part of the talk will focus on how performance-based/classroom-based language assessment has been downplayed by national policies. Cases of national CEFR-based test development in Thailand will be used as illustrations.
Profile
Bordin Chinda is an Assistant Professor at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He holds a PhD in language testing and assessment from the University of Nottingham (UK). He is currently a visiting professor at Sapporo Gakuin University. Bordin has been involved in language education for over 20 years and has led various test development projects funded by Chiang Mai University and the Thai government. He also has given several workshops and presentations in Thailand and abroad. His research interest includes performance-based language assessment, washback and impact studies, and teacher education.

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イベント参加費：無料
題名：パフォーマンスに基づいた言語アセスメント：内容と効果
発表者：ボルディン・チンダ博士
日時：11月14日（土曜日）午後16:00 - 18:00

学習者が実際に行ったパフォーマンスが評価されるため、パフォーマンスに基づいた評価はELT教師からより注目を集めるようになっています。しかし、生徒のパフォーマンスの評価は、従来の試験の方法に比べて複雑な手順を必要とします。そこで本講演では、このタイプの評価を言語の授業に導入する際に重視すべき点を取り上げます。まず、パフォーマンスに基づく言語評価の概念とその主な特徴を紹介します。さらに、高等教育機関で指導する言語教師によるパフォーマンスに基づいた言語評価の使用に対する反応を調べることを目的とした調査研究の結果を紹介します。最後に、国の政策によってパフォーマンスベース／教室ベースの言語評価がいかに軽視されてきたかに焦点を当てます。また、タイにおけるCEFRに基づいた全国的なテスト開発の事例を紹介します。
タイ、チェンマイ大学准教授。英国ノッティンガム大学で言語テストと評価の博士号を取得。現在は札幌学院大学客員教授。同博士は20年以上にわたり言語教育に携わり、チェンマイ大学やタイ政府の資金提供による様々なテスト開発プロジェクトを主導。また、タイ内外で複数のワークショップやプレゼンテーションを実施。研究テーマは、パフォーマンスに基づいた言語評価、ウォッシュバックおよびその影響、教師教育。

Some photos from the event below.
2020 Hokkaido Moodle Summer Workshops (HMSW) Forum
JALT Hokkaido will again co-sponsor the Hokkaido Moodle Summer Workshop (HMSW) this year.

2020 Hokkaido Moodle Summer Workshops (HMSW)

Tuesday, September 1st (9:30~17:00)

This one-day workshop is for anyone interested in learning Moodle, from those who have never used it to expert users. Find out what this powerful learning management system can really do for you and your students.

If you have never used Moodle before or have been thrown into the Moodle soup this semester and want to skill up for next semester, then you will want to attend this workshop.

There will be sessions on the basic Moodling such as course set up, attendance, assignment submission and grading, quizzes and many more!

Want to consult with an expert? We will have someone waiting for you in our day-long, online Moodle Help Desk Station. You can even tell us what you are interested in learning ahead of time when you register.

For the more experienced users there will be sessions on specific modules and ways to use Moodle in different subjects and classroom settings. There will be sessions for everyone! Workshops will be in English/Japanese/bilingual dependent on participants of each workshop.

Workshops will be both online as well as face to face (at Sapporo, Shiroishi Kumin Center). To support social distancing and public health, we have set face to face participation at a 25-person maximum. Online participation is unlimited!

You can register to participate or also submit an abstract if you would like to make a presentation by going to our website (majhokkaido.org)

●      Please register as soon as possible!

●      Abstract submission deadline – Extended to August 14, 23:59pm (Submissions after this date will be considered on a space available basis)

●      Schedule details available from August 19

●      Fee: free to all participants

Organized by: Moodle Association of Japan - Hokkaido Chapter, JALT Hokkaido and the Moodle Association of Japan.

2020年北海道ムードル・サマー・ワークショップ（HMSW）

9月1日（火）9:30～17:00

このワークショップは、Moodleを使用したことのない方からエキスパートユーザーまで、Moodleの学習に興味のある方のためのものです。ムードルがあなたとあなたの学生のために何を可能にしてくれるのかを発見しましょう。

Moodleを使ったことがない方、または今学期にMoodleを使われなければならなくなったけれども来学期に向けてスキルアップしたいと思っている方、このワークショップに参加することをお勧めします。コースの設定、出席、課題の提出と採点、クイズなど、基本的なMoodle運用に関するセッションが行われます。

専門家に相談したいですか？ 1日中オンラインのMoodleヘルプデスクがあります。またワークショップ前、事前登録する際に、あなたの知りたいと思うことを伝えておくこともできます。

より経験豊富なユーザのためには、特定のモジュールや異なる科目や教室でのMoodleの使用方法についてのセッションも行われます。すなわち誰にとっても有益なセッションがあります！それらは各ワークショップの参加者に応じて、英語、日本語、またはバイリンガルで行われます。
ワークショップはオンラインと対面式（札幌市白石区民センター）の両方で行われます。公衆衛生とソーシャル・ディスタンシングのため、対面で参加する場合の人数制限は最大25名までになります。オンライン参加は無制限です

参加登録と発表を希望される方は、ホームページ（majhokkaido.org）にアクセスしてください。

お早めにお申し込みください。

アブストラクト提出期限：8 月14 日 23:59まで延長（この日付以降の提出は、空き容量に基づいて検討されます。）

スケジュールの詳細は8月19日より公開します。

参加費：参加者全員　無料

主催：日本ムードル協会北海道支部、JALT北海道、日本ムードル協会

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Event 1 JALT Hokkaido

JALT Hokkaido supports online teaching strategies with this informative webinar filled with resources and helpful ideas to get you on track for your online teaching experience.

Pretzel Logic : Targeting the Second Month of Online Teaching in the Year of COVID

Date: 16th May, 2020 (19:00 - 20:30)

Location: Facebook Live (open to all)

https://www.facebook.com/goldfish365com/

YouTube Live (open to all)

https://www.youtube.com/user/josesensei/videos

Zoom (JALT Hokkaido members only)

- link and password to be sent via member mailing list the day before

Presenter: José Domingo Cruz

Abstract

As we all head into our second month of teaching without our physical classrooms, what can we learn? What do we do to change or improve what we have tried? Like all of you I’m looking for answers to those questions. I’m hoping I can help you by sharing the guidelines I’m using, and suggest resources for that purpose. I also have picked up some new techniques and ideas that I can share for making the most of what you have. 

Even before my classes started on May 7, I was in an ongoing deep dive to find the best way to handle Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT.) At the same time I know that one of the best ways of learning is by preparing to teach, so I started setting up open ZOOM sessions with other teachers where we would teach each other what we discovered. Today I bring together what I’ve learned throughout. My ideas fall into these categories and I believe what I’ll try to convey in this presentation can be used as general principles for most any ERT situation that uses teleconferencing, not just ZOOM.

・In-class tips and techniques

Your appearance on the digital stage, maximizing student connection virtual backgrounds for maximum effect
screen sharing in your virtual classroom, screen magnification

・utilizing facebook as a makeshift LMS (Learning Management System)

private groups
polls, video commenting, writing assignments, announcements, file sharing livestreams

Profile

José Domingo Cruz works on several English study projects, including his newest venture, “GOLDFish365”. Cruz is from Canada, a veteran university instructor and Japan resident specializing in fluency instruction. During the pandemic, he too scrambled to prepare for Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) and in the process found his natural tendency to be a computer geek helpful in learning ZOOM and then teaching others about it.

Specialties

Fluency, Authentic Listening, Shadow Talking, ERT 

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"Getting Creative: Avenues to Successful Practices in EFL".

Location(Link to Google Maps here): Hokusei Gakuen University C-kan, 6-7F 2 Chome-3-1 Oyachinishi, Atsubetsu Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 004-0042
Click here for an overview
Click here to preregister
Click here to see the programme

This winter JALT Hokkaido is hosting a language teaching conference in collaboration with JALT Brain, Critical Thinking and PIE (Performance in Education) SIGs. We will have a full program of teachers and researchers keen to share how creativity is re-shaping their teaching practice in any learning environment.

Conference Fees

JALT Members and students free!

Non-members : Both days ¥3000 at the door (¥2000 if pre-registered)

One day ¥2000 at the door (¥1000 if pre-registered)

This year will be a two-day event. The event will begin with registration starting Saturday, February 1^st at 9:30am. There will be a full line-up of presentations, student showcase, a symposium with leaders in education, and publisher displays on both Saturday, February 1st and Sunday, the 2nd. Doors open and registration begins from 8:45am, conference greeting is at 9:15 and the first presentations start at 9:30am. The venue is Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo. There will also be a networking event on the Saturday evening which you can sign up for at the pre-registration link above.

Abstract submissions have now closed