Examinations, Testing & Assessment SIG

The examinations and testing SIG aims to develop interest in ideas and approaches in two principal directions. For many teachers mainstream EFL examinations, such as the Cambridge suite, are a major concern, and the SIG offers the opportunity to discuss problems in this area, through email contact and through branch workshops and presentations. The second main area of interest is for those teachers who have to produce their own test and assessment instruments, on either an institutional or individual class level. Again, contacts and workshops can be organised in response to demand.

Nina Blaettler, SIG Coordinator

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Nina Blaettler is originally from Durban, South Africa, but has been living all over the world since she was 18. Switzerland has been her home since 1995, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. Nina is a trained English language teacher and teacher trainer having taught in many countries in Europe and lastly, before coming to Switzerland, in London. She is the owner of The English Professionals, a language school in Luzern, and was a Cambridge Examiner and Team Leader for 10 years until 2009. More recently, the English Professionals became a test centre for PTE General Tests, so testing and assessment is a key special interest area for her!