The 1st Evening EPAL of Egaleo farewelled Souhthampton on Sunday after the successful completion of both the 1st training session and 2nd transnational partners meeting for MariLANG [roject.
We would like to thank the Southampton Solent University for their impeccable hospitality and the professors Carolyn and Kevin Westbrok as well as Alex Brown for their tireless efforts to make our accomodation and training of top quality. We look forward to our second training session in SSU with anticipation and excitement.
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MariLANG project: 2nd Transnational Partners Meeting Southampton |
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9.00 – 10.30 Input: Assessing writing
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Analysis: writing test items
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3.00 Analysis and construction of new items
3.00 – 4.45 Discussion
Day 5 Friday 4th March 2016
9.00 – 10.30 Input: Assessing vocabulary
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Analysis: SMCP test items
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3.00 Analysis and construction of new items
3.00 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 6.30 Discussion and debrief
6.30 onwards Dinner
- Presentation of the training results.
- Summary
- Final Monitoring & Evaluation
Friday was the last training day and all partners celebretated the impeccable fulfillment of all learning outcomes and activities of the 1st Training Session as stated in MariLANG proposal hosted by Southampton Solent University and its staff: Carolyn Westbrook, Kevin Westbrook and Alex Brown.
The celebration was completed with an exquisite feast in one of the most picturesque UK pubs in Southampton "The Red Lion Boldre" with its delicious courses and unparallel service, which was absolutely on a par with the hgh quality hospitality and training all partners received by our Host organisation.
For Day 1 click here
For Day 2 click here
For Day 3 click here
Day 2 Tuesday 1st March 2016
Tuesday 9.00 – 10.15 Input: Assessing listening
10.15 – 10.30 Break
10.30 – 12.00 Analysis: listening test items
12.00 – 12.45 Transfer to Warsash Maritime Academy
1.00 – 2.00 Warsash Maritime Academy Lunch courtesy of Prof. John Chudley, Provost, Warsash Maritime Academy
2.00 - 3.30 Warsash Maritime Academy Tour of Warsash Maritime Academy with Alan Cartwright, Commercial Manager, Warsash Maritime Academy
3.30 – 4.00 Transfer back to Southampton
4.00 – 4.45 Discussion
The day ended with a cosy dinner at a Southampton restaurant.
For Day 1 click here
For Day 3 click here
For Days 4 & 5 click here
The language test construction and evaluation is an essential part of the development of assessment standards. Partners will need to construct and evaluate language tests and the training of the item writers and raters (examiners) is of crucial importance of any testing programme, since if the marking of a test is not valid and reliable then all of the other work undertaken earlier to construct a 'quality' instrument will have been a waste of time. Southampton Solent University (SSU) who has over 20 years of experience in language testing will provide this specialised training for the partnership. It is essential that in test training that there is a chief rater/chairperson, who will be from Southampton Solent University. The long term benefit is the partners will then be able to provide similar training to the new personnel involved in the assessment training, as the assessment standards are exploited globally.
The training course is language test item development for the development of an item bank. As part of the test specifications, sample items (questions) will be produced, leading to the creation of an item bank and moderation of the items in this bank. To ensure the tests are varied, and have different items (questions) a item bank is required. Also, training on item moderation to ensure they match the requirements set out for each item, as per the test specifications. Developing an adequate bank of test items will ensure that there the test takers will have varied and different tests, and provide the tests with a long term future. The training of development of the test items in the partnership will ensure that a consistent, reliable, and valid test items are produced for a team of item writers.
This course will focus on item writing and item moderation training to support the development of test items for a databank of test items. The training will ensure that a set of pretested items or tasks will have been calibrated accordingly to characteristics such as person's (test takers) ability, item difficulty, and powers of discrimination, and stored in central files for use when needed. The training will ensure that the test constructors who are devising a new version of a test can select from the bank items which will not only be of suitable level for the test population, but will also, when assembled together, combine to form a test which is equivalent in difficulty and discrimination to previous tests in the series.
This training will include item moderation. Once items have been put in a draft form, then item moderation will be undertaken. The training will ensure each item will need to be considered for the design of match with the test specifications, likely level of difficulty, possible unforeseen problems, ambiguities in the wording of items and of instructions, problems of layout, match between texts and questions, and overall balance of the test.
The language test item development training course will be run by SSU over 5 days by 1 staff directly related to Intellectual Output 3 (O3)
The course has a flexible approach in order to adapt the learning outcomes to the particular needs of the participants.
Course Programme
The agenda is as follows:
Day 1 Monday 29th February 2016
9.00 – 9.30 Reception, Premier Inn and SSU Meet at reception, Premier Inn. Brief tour of SSU.
9.30 – 10.45 Input: Assessment literacy and assessing reading
10.45 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Analysis: reading test items
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3.00 Analysis and construction of new items
3.00 – 4.45 Discussion
4.45 – 5.30 Soton City Tour of Southampton
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For Day 3 click here
For Days 4 & 5 click here
18th - 20th November 2015
Varna, Bulgaria
Η 1η Διακρατική Συνάντηση των εταίρων της Στρατηγικής Σύμπραξης MariLANG διεξήχθη στη Βάρνα της Βουλγαρίας στις 18-20 Νοεμβρίου 2015 και φιλοξενήθηκε στην Στρατιωτική Ναυτική Ακαδημία Nikola Vaptsarov. Η Σόνια, η Ντανιέλα και ο Νικολάι μας καλωσόρισαν θερμά και διοργάνωσαν μία αψεγάδιαστη Συνάντηση και διαμονή για όλους μας. Οι συνεδριάσεις των εταίρων ολοκληρώθηκαν με μία περιήγηση στις εντυπωσιακές εγκαταστάσεις της Ακαδημίας και ένα εντυπωσιακό Star Show στο Αστεροσκοπείο της Ακαδημίας. Οι συζητήσεις της Συνάντησης με τους εταίρους ήταν εποικοδομητικές και υποσχόμενες ότι το MariLANG θα είναι ένα σχέδιο με σπουδαίο αντίκτυπο στην Ναυτιλιακή Κοινότητα. Ο Διαχειριστής του σχεδίου μας και η εξειδίκευση όλων των εταίρων το εγγυήθηκαν στην πρώτη μας συνάντηση. Το σχέδιο ξεκίνησε και ανυπομονούμε για τη δεύτερη συνάντηση μας τον Μάρτιο 2016 στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο. | The 1st Transnational Partners Meeting of MariLANG Project took place in Varna, Bulgaria on 18th - 20th November 2015 hosted by Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. Sonja, Daniela and Nikolai welcomed us warmly and organised an impeccable meeting and stay for all of us. The partners sessions were completed with a tour around the impressive facilities of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy and a fascinating Star Show at the Stardome of the Academy. The meeting discussions with all partners were fruitful and promising that MariLANG will be a project with great impact on Maritime Community. Our project coordinator and all partners' expertise guaranteed that in our first meeting in Varna. The project has been now put on tracks and we look forward to our next meeting in March 2016 in United Kingdom. |
Maritime English Language Training Standards
ΕΓΚΕΚΡΙΜΕΝΟ ΣΧΕΔΙΟ ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΙΚΗΣ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ
2015-1-DE02-KA202-002518
Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training
1) JADE HOCHSCHULE WILHELMSHAVEN/OLDENBURG/ELSFLETH, Germany
2) CENTRE FOR FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE LIMITED, England
3) Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Bulgaria
4) Spinaker d.o.o., Slovenia
5) Hogere Zeevaartschool Antwerpen Belgium
6) 1ο Εσπερινό Επαγγελματικό Λύκειο Αιγάλεω Greece
7) Southampton Solent University, UK
To MariLANG με κωδικό αριθμό 2015-1-DE02-KA202-002518 και τίτλο «Maritime English Language Training Standards» είναι εγκεκριμένο σχέδιο Στρατηγικής Σύμπραξης (Συνεργασία για την Καινοτομία & την ανταλλαγή Καλών Πρακτικών), ΚΑ2, Τομέας Επαγγελματικής Εκπαίδευσης και Κατάρτισης, Erasmus+ 2015 που αφορά τη σύμπραξη 7 οργανισμών από 5 χώρες της Ε.Ε για τη την ανάπτυξη νέων προδιαγραφών αξιολόγησης Ναυτικών Αγγλικών στις υπάρχουσες προδιαγραφές του MarTEL (Maritime Tests of English Language) και να συμπεριλάβει προδιαγραφές για Ηλεκτροτεχνίτες Αξιωματικούς, χειριστές GMDSS και προσωπικό που παρέχει άμεσες υπηρεσίες σε επιβάτες των επιβατηγών πλοίων τα οποία συμπεριλαμβάνονται στο ανανεωμένο IMO Model Course για τα Ναυτικά Αγγλικά αλλά δεν συμπεριλαμβάνονται στο MarTEL.
Το σχέδιο συγχρηματοδοτείται από το ERASMUS+.
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