The CEF presents dangers and opportunities for language educators across Europe . In this presentation, the principles of standards-referenced approaches to testing, curricula development and classroom instruction will be discussed. The implications of adopting such an approach and its impact on students and teachers will be outlined. The role the CEF can and should play in the process will be stressed.

• Designing Oral Examination Tasks
  Ildikó Csépes (Hungary)

  This workshop will give insights into the achievements of the Hungarian Examinations Reform Teacher Support Project of the British Council. It is intended to help secondary school teachers who have to design and administer oral tests by discussing and evaluating various picture-based individual long turn tasks and discussion activities. Sample performances will also be shown on DVD for illustration.

• Assessing Writing in the Primary School
  Barbara Lesničar (Slovenia)
  
  When assessing writing we should focus on testing pupils' writing skills and not imagination, creativity, general knowledge etc. It is essential that the tasks we choose are age appropriate, interesting for our pupils and representative of the tasks we expect pupils to be able to perform.

• Constructing School Leaving Examinations at a NATIONAL Level - Meeting European Standards
  Majda Lukan (Slovenia)
  
  The members of the Testing Team for English at the primary school leaving examinations have written a book with the title mentioned above. The book introduces the principles of test constructing, analyses the strengths and weaknesses of different test methods, addresses the need for teachers to be trained and describes the factors which affect test quality.

• Functionalizing Diagnostic Tests in Curriculum and Assessment: A Cognitive Approach
  Asli Lidice Gokturj Saglam (Turkey)

  This session overviews an action research centering on a Diagnostic Test in order to explore the weak and strong areas of students in critical reading and writing courses conducted in Istanbul Bilgi University, FYE Program. It concludes with the implications of this body of work for current and future assessment and curriculum planning.

• Dictation Revisited
  David A. Hill (Hungary)
  
  Dictation as an instrument in a battery of tests seems to have dropped completely off the radar, and yet there is strong evidence that, done correctly, dictation can provide very accurate information about the state of a learner's English. This workshop will discuss the background to dictation as a test and offer suggestions about how to produce and mark dictations.
  
• Implementing Process Assessment through Portfolio Studies
  Feyza Kasimoglu (Turkey)
  
  Implementing process assessment through Portfolio studies may cater for both the needs of low achievers and high performers. To achieve this, we may need to know more about the profile of students so that we can provide them with instant learning opportunities for the problems encountered in learning process. What is challenging is to train test-oriented students and teachers.
  
• Oral Assessment in Slovenian 9-year Primary School
  Magdalena Novak (Slovenia)
  
  The presentation will show a way of humanizing an aspect of English language teaching/learning, which is usually the most stressful: assessing pupils orally in different level groups in the 8th and 9th grade. Numerous tasks will be presented, together with criteria for assessing fluency, all based on the presenter's experiences. Examples of assessing pupils orally will be presented on video.
  
• TOEFL and Recent Developments in ETS Language Learning Assessment
  Christopher Medalis, Agnes Vajda, Zsofia Horvath (Hungary)
  
  This session will describe a wide range of English language tests and assessment services from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Participants will learn about the new internet-based TOEFL that will use an integrated approach to measure all four language skills. TOEFL's Institutional Testing Program (ITP), and the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) will also be described.
  
• Bore Them or Thrill Them? Text Selection for Reading Tests
  Kristin Pedroja (Slovenia)
  
  Text selection can be daunting with the wealth of information available. It is difficult to find the line between dull, uninspiring texts and engaging, interesting texts that still allow us to properly test the appropriate skills. This workshop will cover text selection for both proficiency and achievement tests, including how to adapt texts to the level and skill required.

Alternative Assessment: It's Not in Our Mentality
Annie Polatsek (Croatia)

• Humanising Humanity?
  Apolonija Klančar Kobal (Slovenia)
  
  Can we talk of humanising assessment or teaching without first humanising ourselves? When is a school humanised? Can we agree on its lowest common denominator? Who has the final say on it? Join us for an active exploration and revision of popular concepts such as objective assessment, which are often taken for granted but seldom really understood.
  
• Do We Evaluate What We Hear?
  Berta Kogoj (Slovenia)
  
  What we value and evaluate in speaking is related to many factors, among them the listener's expectations. In this presentation we shall see samples of students' speaking and present evaluations of their talk. We will attempt to explore reasons for diverse evaluations and the participants will be invited to share their experience and views.
  
• Assessing Process, Product or Progress?
  Ksenija Leban (Slovenia)
  
  All too often, assessment is perceived as the measurement of the student's performance against the teacher's personal and/or (inter)national examination standards. When used differently, however, it can become a most motivating tool for both the student and teacher. The aim of this interactive workshop is to challenge our views on assessment and turn it into a creative adventure.
  
• Values and Evaluation
  Ágota Scharle, Judith Fehér (Hungary)
  
  Methods of evaluation act as signals to the learner about the teacher's values and it is important to know if these signals are the ones we really want to send. Are they consistent with the way we teach? Do they help learners to fulfil their learning potential? We explore these underlying values to facilitate a better choice of evaluation methods.

The reception for conference participants and guests, hosted by Danica Simčič, the Mayor of Ljubljana, will be held at the City Hall at 1, Mestni trg, Ljubljana .

In the inspiring surroundings of one of the major Ljubljana sights, the conference participants are invited to enjoy the company of Sandra Feketija and Andraž Slakan, young talented musicians , both members of Perpetuum Jazzile Choir .

Sponsored by: City Municipality of Ljubljana , Center Oxford , IATEFL Slovenia