This course promotes in-depth enquiry into key principles in the field of testing, assessment and evaluation.
You will extend your knowledge and develop your skills as test designers and evaluators, and be provided with the insights to allow for further development after the course. You will be equipped to critically evaluate the full range of test types, assessment procedures and examinations and offer well-informed leadership to your colleagues and institutions in the key focus areas.
" NILE gave me a lot of knowledge and the motivation to find my future career as a test developer and assessing different skills. "
Participant - 2023
Is this course for you?
4 - 15 August
Homestay (half-board): £560
Residential (half-board): £672
Residential (self-catering): £560
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Course content
In this course you will engage with the key principles of testing and assessment and explore the range of options available to design robust and reliable assessment tools. You will consolidate and extend your understanding of assessment frameworks, of approaches to measuring the four skills and grammar and vocabulary, and gain an insight into research and validation tools and procedures.
" I feel very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to learn so much about an area which has been disregarded in my academic and professional training."
Participant - 2023
" I’d like to highlight the critical vision I have gained after doing the course as well as ideas to explore the next school year. I cannot be more thankful to the teachers. "
Participant- 2023
Timetable
This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, delivered between 09:00 and 15:30, Monday - Friday. You will also take part in cross-curricular workshops on a variety of topics, and each course includes a free evening and weekend programme of social and cultural activities and trips.
Further Information
Specific course content comes from feedback you and other participants give us through pre-course questionnaires, identifying your needs and priorities.
Time will be built into the course for reflection and for you to consider how to adapt ideas from the course to your classroom in your own professional contexts.
NILE offers various accommodation options, including homestay with carefully selected hosts and residential accommodation at the University of East Anglia. NILE’s dedicated student welfare team can be reached 24 hours a day.
All NILE courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.
Course Leader: Thom Kiddle
Thom has worked at NILE since 2011. He previously worked in Portugal, the UK, Australia, Thailand and Chile in language teaching, teacher training and language assessment.
He has a Master’s degree in Language Testing from Lancaster University and the Cambridge DELTA. Thom is treasurer and founding director of AQUEDUTO – the Association for Quality Education and Training Online; webmaster for the Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group of IATEFL; and Chair of the Eaquals Board of Trustees. Thom was also a plenary speaker at IATEFL 2021.
Available dates:
| Course dates | Location | Course length | |
| 4 August - 15 August 2025 | Norwich | 2 weeks | |
| 4 August - 15 August 2025 with Trinity CertPT | Norwich | 2 weeks |
