Programme of the Study Day on Assessment .pdf

University of Sfax
Faculty of Letters and Humanities in Sfax
Department of English & Laboratory on Approaches to Discourse
Study Day : Assessment : Opening Pandora’s
5 April 2014 at Ibn Khaldhoun Conference Room

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Programme
8.30-9.00

Panel One:
09.00-09.30
09.30-09.50
09.50-10.10
10.10-10.20
10.20.10.30
Panel Two:
10.30-10.50
10.50-11.10
11.10-11.30
11.30- 11.40
Panel Three :
11.40-12.00
12.00-12.20
12.20-12.40

12.40-12.50

Opening
Speech of the Faculty Dean: Prof. Mabrouk Elbehi
Speech of the Director of the Laboratory on Approaches to Discourse: Prof. Mounir Triki
Speech of the English Department Head: Dr. Chokri Smaoui
Language Assessment in Tunisia: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Prof. Mohamed Daoud: Language Testing in Tunisia
between Principles and Practice
Chair:
Dr. Chokri Smaoui: Problems in Some Language Test Items
Prof.
Mounir
Triki
Dr. Sofiène Mallouli: Learners’ Attitudes towards
Assessment at University Level
Discussion
Coffee Break
Assessing Oral Language Production
Ahlem Fendri: Assessing Oral Presentations: Bridging the
Gap between Testing and Learning
Amel Hloumi: Oral Testing Methods: Objectives and Criteria
Rania Zribi : Native vs Non-Native Speakers’ Assessment of
Oral Language
Discussion

Chair:
Prof. Mounir Guirat

Assessing Written Language Production
Hedi Charfi: Towards Systematizing Academic Essay
Marking Procedures: A Descriptor-Based Approach
Fatma Chaari: Towards Enhancing Scorer Reliability in
Assessing Writing
Rihab Elhachfi Essoussi: The Effects of Dynamic
Assessment on English as Foreign Language Learners’
Writing Performance at Tunisian Universities
Discussion

Chair:
Prof. Mohamed Daoud

Panel Four : The Broader Scope of Assessment
12.50-13.10
13.10-13.30

13.30-13.45
13.45-14.00
14.00-15.00

Asma Ben Abdallah: Assessment as a Research Tool in
Interlanguage
Jamila Zghal: Assessing the Performance of ESP Students:
The Use of the CEFR for Language Learning, Teaching and
Assessment as a Scale
Zeineb Amri: Self-assessment in the Self-regulated Learning
Model: Suggestions for Practice
Discussion & Closing
Lunch

Chair:
Prof. Akila Sellami-Baklouti