Training and Consultancy
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 University 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 | University of Fribourg and University of Neuchâtel, (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 University (CRELLA, Luton, UK) |
| Workshop | Preparing Test Items | University of Malta Examinations Board (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 University Press |
| Workshop | Assessing speaking, writing, and interactional skills | Taras Shevchenko National University 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 University 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 | University of Essex (Colchester, UK) |
| Workshop | Awareness raising exercise | Civil Aviation Authority (Gatwick, UK) |
| Workshop | Approaches to developing and validating language tests | 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 University School of English Language (Ankara, Turkey) |
| Workshop | Assessing language skills in the classroom | Taras Shevchenko National University 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) (Sèvres, France) |
| Workshop | Using a language function checklist to analyse spoken data | Open University (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 | University of Grenoble (Grenoble, France) |
| Workshop | Enhancement of assessment literacy of university English language teachers in Ukraine | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| Workshop | Speaking assessment for EAP teachers | University of Essex (Colchester, UK) |
| Workshop | Listening assessment for EAP teachers | University 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) |