June 2021, Automated Speaking Assessment Article
In a paper published in IATEFL Tea Today, Trevor Breakspear outlines key issues in the design of autorated speaking tests.
What we've been doing
April 2021, SpeakUp Training Session, Hong Kong
IELTS SpeakUP explained to our customer service team
April 2021, Aptis for Teens Webinar
Aptis for Teens Webinar with Archimedes School with Chris Redmond
April 2021, Aptis Webinar, Taiwan
Jonathan Dixon delivers an Aptis Webinar for stakeholders in Taiwan
April 2021, CEFR Workshop, Thailand
Jonathan Dixon delivers a workshop on the CEFR
April 2021, Aptis General Webinar
Aptis General Webinar with College of Technology II with Chris Redmond
March 2021, 19th IELTS Teacher Essentials Workshop
EAAST hosted a 3-day online workshop along with our partners at FLTRP
February 2021, 28th KOTESOL International Conference
The team ran an invited panel discussion at the 28th KOTESOL International Conference
December 2020, British Council Assessment Cafe
William Bayliss and Trevor Breakspear presented with Barry O'Sullivan, discussing the implications of using AI in language assessment
December 2020, Aptis Webinar
Christopher Redmond conducts Aptis webinar
December 2020, Hangzhou event
Jonathan Dixon observed lessons by English teachers in China and provided feedback
November 2020, Online Workshop Series on Designing and Preparing Your Online Class During the Pandemic
William Bayliss and Radosveta Valkova delivered a workshop: Online assessment: practical solutions for teachers
November 2020, 18th ITE online workshop
Neil Ryder and Johnathan Dixon conducted the 3-day online session of our IELTS Teacher Essentials course
Korea TESOL Conference Proceedings
Christopher Redmond recently published an article about IELTS teaching in the Korea TESOL Conference Proceedings. Click to read it.
November 2020, IATEFL TEASIG Webinar
Trevor Breakspear delivered a webinar on autorating technologies and assessment
October 2020, ISL roadshow
Radosveta Valkova presented at the seminar on AI Accelerating English Teaching Reform
October 2020, VietTESOL Conference
Trevor Breakspear shared research about AI and assessment solutions at the VietTESOL online conference
27 April- 22 May 2020, FutureLearn MOOC Course Moderation
Sheryl Cook, Jonathan Dixon, and Radosveta Valkova will be joining lead educators, Richard Spiby and Carolyn Westbrook, in moderating Language Assessment in the Classroom MOOC.
30 April 2020 - IELTS Smart Learning (ISL) launched in China
ISL is a unique collaboration between the IELTS partners: the British Council, Cambridge Assessment, IDP, and iFLYTEK- global leader in speech recognition and natural language processing.
March-April 2020, IELTS Teacher Training Webinars
The East Asia Assessment Solutions Team hosted a series of IELTS Speaking and Writing webinars for teachers based in Mainland China and East Asia.
March 2020, IELTS Study Guide
EAAST helped IELTS candidates by designing a comprehensive study guide to help them with their exam preparation.
7-9 December 2019, New Directions, Japan
The British Council’s 7th New Directions conference in East Asia brought this expert-led event back to Japan for the second time.
12-13 October 2019, Korea TESOL International Conference, Seoul
Christopher Redmond delivered a workshop on positive IELTS workshop at the 27th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference in Seoul.
16-17 November 2019, Vietnam Language Assessment Symposium, Hanoi
Jonathan Dixon represented us at The Vietnam Language Assessment Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam.
23 August 2019, IELTS Top Tips, Hong Kong
Our Chongqing-based consultant, Christopher Redmond, visited Hong Kong to conduct 2 IELTS Top Tips workshops for students.
8-10 August 2019, TEFLIN International Conference
Our team member, Taufique Hasan, delivered a workshop at the recent TEFLIN International Conference in Medan, Indonesia.
19-21 July 2019, IELTS Teacher Essentials, Beijing
From 19-21 July, together with our partners FLTRP and Unipus, we conducted the 3-day face-to-face session of our IELTS Teacher Essentials course to almost 100 teachers from all over China.
6-7 July 2019, China Association for Language Testing and Assessment, Guangzhou
EAAST was heavily represented at the annual CALTA conference in Guangzhou! Click to find out more about our role there.
23 May 2019, IELTS Top Tips, Nanjing.
IELTS Top Tips is a popular presentation for students preparing to take their IELTS test.
14 May 2019, IELTS Speaking and Writing, Changsha
Our Shanghai-based consultant, Evan Simpson, recently delivered the IELTS Speaking and Writing workshop in Changsha. Click on the title to find out more!
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