Gulf Association for Language Testing & Assessment

Gulf Association for Language Testing and Assessment. Advancing language testing and assessment across MENA and beyond through research, events, and CPD.

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✍️ Calling all GALTA members!
Round 3 of the GALTA Member Writing Competition is now open.Write 500 words on assessing school-age children
Deadline: 25 September
🏆 The winning entry will be published in October and receive a free one-session workshop seat.
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📢 Join us for a FREE GALTA webinar!

Dr Glyn Jones puts the CEFR levels to the test, drawing on responses from 471 teachers across 45 countries.

📅 22 September
⏰ 7:00 PM KSA
💻 Free & open to all

Register here:

https://t.co/vXpwW4dKQZ

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Two weeks left on GALTA's Washback Competition. 300–500 words on how tests shape teaching. Winner gets published + a free workshop session.

First, read why Dr Asma Al Shehri won July's round: https://t.co/iVpAX9lXeU

Deadline 25 Aug · [email protected]

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The #CEFR is from the 1990s. So is dial-up, and we replaced that. Dr Glyn Jones finally re-tested the levels with 471 teachers in 45 countries.

Free webinar · Tue 22 Sep · 7 pm KSA · Certificate

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Four Saturdays: 7, 14, 21 & 28 Nov · 12:30–16:30 KSA · Zoom
Members from SAR 760: https://t.co/6f1OdKEw87
Membership is free at https://t.co/ePTif9x733.

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ChatGPT will write your test items.
It will also happily write bad ones.
Olena Rossi (Lancaster) teaches the difference. 16 hours live, hands-on, this November. 40 seats.

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𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱?
Turn it into a GALTA Special Interest Group. Yasmeen explains how, in 90 seconds.
Everything you need to start one: https://t.co/pBDRYHu0q3

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗙𝗥'𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀.
Dr Kristof Savski on why C1 and C2 are so hard to pin down. A preview of our full webinar.
▶ https://t.co/gxx3ktXABi (free for members)

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𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 in next GALTA newsletter:
500 words on assessing language in the age of AI (winner gets a workshop credit), or send us your latest paper, talk, or award.
📅 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟮𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆
✉️ 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀@𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮.𝗼𝗿𝗴

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Foundations of Effective Educational Assessment - Buy tickets at https://t.co/ttUNB7cF3H via @tickettailor

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𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁?
3 days, hands-on, Dr Raynor Roberts. Certificate incl.
💷 £𝟰𝟭 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 · £𝟱𝟰 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆
📅 𝟭𝟴 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆
👉 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀

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Details and registration: https://t.co/vXpwW4dKQZ

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The CEFR is 25 years old, cited by everyone, and used the same way by no one.
Dr Kristof Savski on what it is, what it isn't, and whether it can be reclaimed.
Live GALTA webinar, Thu 16 July. Free for members.
#CEFR #ELT #LanguageTesting #Linguistics

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