LAKMA and Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Gymnazium invite you to a seminar:

Assessment Criteria for Writing Skills (Levels B1/B2)

Date:               Friday 17 January 2014

Time:               12.00–17.15 (6 academic hours)

Venue:            Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Gymnasium / J. Jasinskio 11, Vilnius

Fee:                 30 LTL for LAKMA 2014 members /  70 LTL  for non-members

Registration:  CLOSED

Payment:        Advance payment is due before registration.

The aim of the seminar is to discusss writing assessment criteria with a major focus on the criteria of content / task achievement and vocabulary resource. The discussion will be based on the assessment scales of the national English examination in Lithuania.Learning outcomes: the participants will learn to interpret descriptors of assessment criteria, get acquainted with different measures of vocabulary and learn to identify a number of lexical units which evidence richness of lexical resource. The participants will be invited to join in the discussion, carry out group work and mark and analyse samples of learner language.

PROGRAMME

11.30 – 12.00  Registration.

12.00 – 13:30  General overview. Terminology.

13.30 – 14.00  Lunch (paid by participants). Coffee.

14.00 – 15.20  Vocabulary.

15.20 – 15.40  Coffee (offered by LAKMA).

15.40 – 17.00  Grammatical structures.

17.00 – 17.15  Closing. Certificates. Raffle.

Presenter:  Dr. Rita Juknevičienė

English lecturer at Vilnius University, teacher trainer, exams assessor trainer