Leaning into PISA’s language test
In 2025 the OECD is launching its Foreign Language Assessment (FLA) as part of its famous suite of PISA tests. Designed by Cambridge University...
Linguistics and grammar – time for a divorce?
Ninety years ago, a Danish academic wrote: “It is important to keep the two concepts time and tense strictly apart”. Unfortunately the writer was...
On-line invigilation can beat the bots
Not many people will have missed the recent hype regarding the impact of ChatGPT on the education sector since its launch in November. It...
CULTIVATING TEACHER WELLBEING
Kate Brierton and Christina Gkonou Cambridge University Press and Assessment, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-108-93286
In his preface, Cambridge Educational Management series editor Andy Hockley correctly points...
Testing by numbers
The numbers from the assessment bodies, as exam boards are now usually known, shows the trendline going upwards, no matter which metric you use.
When...
Why Perfectly Spoken is best in class
Perfectly Spoken is an award winning, fully customisable English language learning platform. Over five years have been invested in time and resources to create...
