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School-based Oral Testing:
Issues and Challenges
Azalina @ Azlina bt Mohd Yusoff obtained
her degree in Language and Linguistics
from the University of Essex, England.
She is currently teaching at Tengku
Muhammad Faris Petra Science Secondary
School, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. She has
been a secondary school English Language
teacher for sixteen years and has also
taught matriculation students of the
National University of Malaysia (UKM).
She has been the head of the English
Language Department
at her school for the past 12 years
and has also been a key trainer for
the state of Kelantan. Azalina has worked
with the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate
and was selected to participate in the
Syndicate's educational visit to Cambridge
in 2002.
In 1996 Azalina won recognition at the
State level "Innovative Teacher
Competition" with her paper RESCUE
123 - mindmapping your way to a good
composition. She presented this paper
at a seminar organized by the Malaysian
Curriculum Development Centre.
In 1999 she co-authored a book Have
Fun With Poetry aimed at helping teachers
handle poetry in the language classroom.
Apart from her work in education, Azalina
does translation work for the state
palace and the state museum. |
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School-based Oral Testing:
Issues and Challenges
Jaya Pushani Ponnudurai has been involved
with ELT for 26 years as a teacher and
a teacher trainer, with an active involvement
in examinations as an examiner, item
builder and trainer. She has conducted
a number of workshops and seminars,
and presented papers, all related to
assessment, at various national and
international conferences. She was identified
to serve on the task force for the establishment
of the English Language Teaching Centre,
Malaysia (ELTC) in 2002. Currently she
is a trainer for INSET courses offered
by ELTC. Jaya graduated from the University
of Malaya in 1977 and obtained her M
Ed in Testing and Evaluation from the
University of Manchester in 1995. |
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Khatija obtained her B.A.
Hons. (English Literature) from the
University of Malaya in 1983. In 1988
she obtained her M Ed (TESL) from the
same university.
She taught English and English Literature
for 16 years at secondary school level.
In 1989 she joined the Textbooks Division
as a subject officer for English Language
and was later transferred to the Examinations
Syndicate as an examinations officer.
She was the officer in charge of SPM
English and Literature in English from
1991 till 1999, after which she was
seconded to the Malaysian Examinations
Council as the subject officer for MUET.
Khatija has presented several papers
at local and international conferences.
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Dr Khodori is the Principal
Assistant Director, at the Malaysian
Examinations Syndicate, Ministry of
Education. He heads the division responsible
for item building and test construction.
He began his academic career in the
field of Engineering. He moved on to
vocational education for his Masters
degree, and eventually did his doctorate
at the University of Sussex, United
Kingdom, in the area of Educational
Testing and Measurement.
He has provided advisory services to
institutions of higher learning including
the International Islamic University,
Malaysia (UIAM) and the Technology University
of Malaysia (UTM). He was also involved
in the conceptual blueprint and the
assessment system for the Smart School
Project of the Ministry of Education.
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Lee King Siong has taught
a variety of English programmes to tertiary
level students for over 25 years: from
proficiency courses to English for Specific
Purposes (including English for Law,
and English for Academic Reading), as
well as TESL courses in Language Testing
and Research Methodology. Her main research
interests are in language testing (particularly
testing as social practice and its impact
on teaching and learning) and in reading
(particularly critical reading). Besides
teaching and research, she is also involved
in consultancy work related to testing. |
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Head of Public Relations
and Policy Sector of the Malaysian Examinations
Syndicate, a division of the Ministry
of Education, Malaysia.
She taught English Language, History
and a variety of other subjects for
three years before moving to the Malaysian
Examinations Syndicate in 1979 where
she has served as an editor, test builder
and now policy-maker. She has also served
on ministerial committees dealing with
policies and the role of the English
language in the Malaysian Education
System.
Currently in pursuit of a doctoral degree
from the University of Lancaster which
is presently at thesis level. She obtained
her Masters of Art (English Literature)
from the Indiana State University in
the USA in 1988 and her Diploma in Education
from the University of Malaya in Malaysia.
Marlin has presented papers and talks
on assessment and language testing to
trainers, teachers and examination personnel.
As the Head of the Secretariat for Smart
Assessment, she was instrumental in
developing the concept of a flexible.
Model of assessment for better learning
with technology as an enabler. Her research
interests include washback of examinations,
teacher training and educational reform. |
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Marwarni Hassan is the
Head of the Policy and Public Relations
Unit in the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate
(MES). She has been in the MES for nearly
10 years and has a wide range of responsibilities
including test building and online assessment.
She has also presented papers at local
and international conferences. |
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As is often said, too
much of anything is bad for the soul,
and, as with most wise advice, it's
often easier said than done. Try as
I did to steer away from language testing,
I don't seem to be able to achieve much
success.
Having worked for both the national
examination boards in the Ministry of
Education for more than 10 years as
a test builder for the English Language
Papers, and currently working for the
third major examinations board, i.e.
the University of Cambridge Local Examinations
Syndicate, I still find language testing
very interesting and challenging. There
is always continuous and abundant research
in this area, more so with the advance
of computer-assisted research, that
it's often very difficult to keep up
with developments in this area.
Besides my interest in language testing,
both oral and written, I do enjoy reading
literary texts and romance novels. Sports,
especially badminton, and leisure, especially
traveling and socialising, are some
of my favourite diversions.
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Noor Lide Abu Kassim is
a doctoral student with the School of
Educational Studies, USM. Her research
interests include issues in second language
performance assessment, materials evaluation
and statistics for second language research.
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Dr Saratha Sithamparam
is Associate Professor at the Department
of Language and Literacy Education,
University of Malaya. She has taught
English in secondary schools and has
been involved in ELT teacher education
both at the teacher training college
and the university. She obtained her
bachelor's and master's degrees from
the University of Malaya and her doctorate
in English education from Syracuse University.
Her areas of specialization include
literature and literacy education.
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Dr Saratha Sithamparam
is Associate Professor at the Department
of Language and Literacy Education,
University of Malaya. She has taught
English in secondary schools and has
been involved in ELT teacher education
both at the teacher training college
and the university. She obtained her
bachelor's and master's degrees from
the University of Malaya and her doctorate
in English education from Syracuse University.
Her areas of specialization include
literature and literacy education.
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Roxane Vigneault was born
in Quebec on 30 August 1959. Roxane
completed her Diploma of Collegial Studies
at Champlain College in 1978. She then
went on to study at McGill University,
completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1983
and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education
in 1987. In 1992 she was awarded a Master
of Arts in Anglo-American Literary Relations
at University College London, England.
Roxane has occupied many teaching positions
in both state and independent schools
and colleges in Canada and the United
Kingdom. Between 1989 and 1994 she taught
English language and literature to GCSE
and A Level students in the UK. From
1994 to 1997 she taught English as a
Second Language in Quebec schools and
colleges.
Since 1997 Roxane has held the position
of Subject Area Manager at the IBO Curriculum
and Assessment Centre in Cardiff, Wales.
She has managed the curriculum and assessment
processes for the IBO language and literature
courses, including the training of senior
examiners and the revising of the Language
A2 course. Furthermore, Roxane has presented
curriculum developments to teachers
at IBO workshops, and has coordinated
the pilot project with the European
Platform for Dutch Education.
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