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Thursday, March 13 • 16:30 - 17:15
Celebrating Learner Success through Affective Alternative Assessment
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“Rather than punishing failure, celebrate progress!”: a fitting mantra for teachers searching for affective Methods and Means in ELT assessment, especially for teachers whose learners cannot demonstrate their progress due to negative-narrowing emotion. Presenters demonstrate how to implement authentic alternatives that leave learners wondering where practice ended and testing began.
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Tammy Gregersen

TESOL Professor, University of Northern Iowa
Tammy Gregersen is a professor of TESOL and teacher educator at the University of Northern Iowa (USA). Before this, Tammy taught English and educated language teachers in Chile for 17 years. She has published extensively and presented internationally on individual differences, positive... Read More →
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Kyle Talbot

MA Candidate, University of Northern Iowa
Kyle Talbot, Masters candidate at the Univerity of Northern Iowa, is interested in teacher training and development. His current research agenda includes second language acquisition, emotional intelligence, and language anxiety. 

Thursday March 13, 2014 16:30 - 17:15 GMT+04
Crystal Ballroom B
  Testing and Assessment