Assessing learning: A practical introduction
In this first event of our series on Assessing learning, two of our TeachingEnglish course tutors give a practical introduction to assessing learning. They give an overview of different types of assessment, explore practical feedback strategies and share tasks you can use to assess your learners' level and progress.
In the second session we take a deep dive into how, why and when to give feedback on pronunciation. Watch the recordings to boost your assessment literacy and help your learners grow in confidence. The live event took place on 11 July 2025.
About the sessions
Session 1: Assessing learning: A practical introduction
Speakers
Stephen Mander and Rabia Shafi
Session information
In this webinar two TeachingEnglish training course tutors give an interactive and practical introduction to our theme for July, August and September: Assessing learning. With them you learn about types of assessment, types of feedback, how to design tasks to assess your learners' level and progress, and more. Watch this recording to reflect on your and your learners' assessment literacy and find out which professional development opportunities can help you grow in this area.
Assessing learning: A practical introduction handout
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Session 2: Giving feedback while teaching pronunciation
Speakers
Ana Paula Biazon Rocha
Session information
Watch this interactive webinar to boost your confidence in teaching pronunciation. We look at common error-correction techniques, such as recasts, repetitions and clarification requests and evaluate their effectiveness in raising learners' awareness about pronunciation. Next, we explore how to assess pronunciation and look at supportive and inclusive approaches to providing feedback. Finally, we share useful tips to incorporate into your lessons. This workshop is aimed at all teachers at all experience and skills levels who want to improve their pronunciation teaching.
Giving feedback while teaching pronunciation handout
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About the speakers
Stephen Mander is one of our Courses for Teachers Facebook group tutors. He is a teacher and teacher educator working in Portgual and has over 20 years of experience working with teachers and students in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. He holds a DELTA and since 2015 has been running and designing training and mentoring programmes for both experienced and novice teachers and teacher educators.
Rabia Shafi is also one of our Courses for Teachers Facebook group tutors. She's a teacher educator and materials developer with over 20 years of experience working with educators across Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa. She holds an MPhil in Applied Linguistics. Rabia designs and implements training programmes for teachers and teacher educators in public schools. She lives and works in Pakistan.
Ana Paula Biazon Rocha is from São Paulo, Brazil, and currently lives in Sheffield, UK. She has been teaching English for almost 19 years. She is a teacher development (TD) coordinator and the Assistant Director of Studies at the English Language Teaching Centre, University of Sheffield. She has specialised in English pronunciation and pronunciation pedagogy. She is a committee member and blogger for IATEFL PronSIG special interest group.