Course & Services
Can We Trust the Levels? (Re)calibrating the CEFR Descriptors
Students are placed, tests written, and scores reported against the CEFR every day. Yet the research behind the levels dates from the 1990s, and since then no one had replicated it in a systematic way. Dr Glyn Jones did, with 471 teachers in 45 countries. Which levels held up, and which deserve a second look?
Language Assessment Quarterly (2026)
45-minute talk + open discussion · Certificate of attendance provided
Using Generative AI in Item Writing
Sixteen hours of hands-on training across the full item-writing cycle: prompt design, reading and listening items, AI-generated audio, writing and speaking tasks, and the judgement to evaluate, revise, or reject what the machine produces.
Founding convenor, EALTA AI in Language Assessment SIG
One course over four Saturday sessions, 12:30–16:30 KSA · Certificate provided
CEFR: What It Is and What It Isn't
Reflecting on 25 years of the CEFR, its uses, its abuses, and how it might be reclaimed to transform language education.
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Foundations of Effective Educational Assessment
Three mornings on designing assessment with purpose: assessing for learning, equity, and excellence. Thank you to everyone who joined; certificates of attendance have been issued.
PhD, Instructional Design and Technology