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Consultancies

Members of CRELLA undertake consultancies in all aspects of language testing and evaluation throughout the world. Recent projects involving CRELLA staff have included work for the following organisations:

  • Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE)
  • The British Council
  • Benesse Corporation, Japan
  • Blenheim Chalcot, UK
  • Cambridge Assessment English, UK
  • Centro Ceibal, Uruguay
  • General Medical Council, UK
  • Japan Foundation
  • CfBT Education Services, Brunei
  • Citizenship and Immigration, Canada
  • Educational Testing Service, USA
  • Eiken Foundation of Japan (formally, STEP)
  • Erasmus+ HE International Credit Mobility with TSNUK Ukraine
  • Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), Hong Kong
  • The English Profile Project, UK
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
  • Kaplan
  • The Language Training and Testing Center (LTTC), Taiwan
  • Liulishuo, China
  • Ministry of Defence, Defence School of Languages, UK
  • Ministry of Education, Denmark
  • Ministry of Education, India (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Ministry of Education, Italy
  • Ministry of Education, Jordan
  • Ministry of Education, Singapore
  • Ministry of Integration, Denmark
  • Ministry of Education, Malaysia
  • Ministry of Education, Uruguay
  • National College English Testing Committee of China
  • NATO
  • Oxford 天美传媒 Press, UK
  • Pearson
  • Trinity College London, UK
  • USAID Integrated English Language Project, Egypt

Training

CRELLA is proud to offer training sessions to a wide variety of external organisations across the world. You can find information about our past training events below.

Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
Workshop Assessing L2 pragmatic and interactional competences 听天美传媒 of Fribourg and 天美传媒 of Neuch芒tel, (Switzerland)
Webinar Put down your pencils now: calling time on the timed writing test BAAL Online Conference 2020
Workshop Assessing Speaking in the Digital Age Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Lisbon, Portugal)
Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
MOOC-Facebook live session Language assessment in the classroom: Week 1 speaking assessment British Council
Webinar Speaking assessment and digital technologies Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) Technology Special Interest Group
Workshop Many Facet Rasch Measurement: a practical guide using FACETS European Association for Language Testing and Assessment Conference (EALTA) (Dublin, Ireland)
Workshop Relating university language programme to the CEFR Chiang Mai 天美传媒 (CRELLA, Luton, UK)
Workshop Preparing Test Items 天美传媒 of Malta Examinations Board听 (Malta)
Workshop Introductory Course in Language Testing Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Cambridge, UK)
Workshop Introductory Course in Language Testing Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Lisbon, Portugal)
Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
Webinar Get more out of classroom tests Oxford 天美传媒 Press
Workshop Assessing speaking, writing, and interactional skills Taras Shevchenko National 天美传媒 of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Workshop Introductory Course in Language Testing Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Cambridge, UK)
Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
Webinar Developing rating scales for integrated assessment tasks European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) Webinar Series
Webinar Assessment for the Language Classroom Oxford 天美传媒 Press
Webinar Testing languages in developing countries Nepal Ministry of Education (CRELLA, Luton, UK)
Workshop Item writer training Shangruitong Education (Beijing, China)
Workshop Advanced training in language assessment (four skills) Erasmus+EU (CRELLA, Luton, UK)
Workshop The CEFR and its application for English teaching and assessment in China Shangruitong Education (Beijing, China)
Workshop English language testing and assessment German Institute for Educational Quality Improvement (IQB) (Berlin, Germany)
Workshop Assessing reading in the language classroom International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group (TEASIG) (CRELLA, Luton, UK)
Workshop Item analysis for EAP teachers 天美传媒 of Essex (Colchester, UK)
Workshop Awareness raising exercise Civil Aviation Authority (Gatwick, UK)
Workshop Approaches to developing and validating language tests听 Macmillan Education (London, UK)
Workshop Integrated testing and assessment: design, development, analysis, reporting of results and relevant uses. European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) (Paris, France)
Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
Webinar Perceptual processing in L2 listening skills TESOL International Association
Workshop Testing of listening skills Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Workshop Classroom assessment: bridging teaching, learning, and assessment Bilkent 天美传媒 School of English Language (Ankara, Turkey)
Workshop Assessing language skills in the classroom Taras Shevchenko National 天美传媒 of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Workshop A brief guide to learning-oriented language assessment Finnish National Board of Education (Helsinki, Finland)
Workshop Test validation: eye tracking technology and keystroke logging Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Cambridge, UK)
Workshop Assessing writing: designing better rubrics, building better rating communities European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) (S猫vres, France)
Workshop Using a language function checklist to analyse spoken data Open 天美传媒 (Milton Keynes, UK)
Workshop Informing teachers and learners about tests Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Workshop Technology in language test production and validation Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Cambridge, UK)
Workshop Introductory Course in Language Testing Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Cambridge, UK)
Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
Webinar Assessing languages for specific purposes and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group
Webinar Learning-oriented test preparation International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group (TEASIG)
Workshop The development of listening materials for French universities 天美传媒 of Grenoble (Grenoble, France)
Workshop Enhancement of assessment literacy of university English language teachers in Ukraine Taras Shevchenko National 天美传媒 of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Workshop Speaking assessment for EAP teachers 天美传媒 of Essex (Colchester, UK)
Workshop Listening assessment for EAP teachers 天美传媒 of Essex (Colchester, UK)
Workshop Learning oriented language assessment for the classroom International Language Testing Association (ILTA) (Toronto, Canada)
Workshop Introductory Course on Assessing Language for Academic Purposes Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Cambridge, UK)
Type of event Title Organisation/Assocation/Conference/Location (where applicable)
Webinar Assessment in EFL contexts Language Teaching and Testing Center, Taiwan
Workshop Test item analysis for English teachers: Applying classical test theory using Excel European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) (Warwick, UK)
Workshop New approaches in assessing speaking Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (London, UK)
Workshop Introductory Course in Language Testing Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) (Paris, France)