courses and services for language testing
ALTE Courses
ALTE offers regular training opportunities for assessment professionals, teachers, language schools owners and staff, and all those with an interest in the use and design of language assessment.
Our range of courses varies from our standard, renowned courses to bespoke training, aimed at a particular need of an organisation.
Please see below, or check our Events page, to find out which courses will be taking place soon.
Discover how ALTE can help you and your organisation
ALTE offers a range of courses for both member, and non-member organisations, from short to longer courses. Please see our revised and updated offer below:
ALTE Short courses
Our short courses (1-3 days long) aim at assessment professionals, and may be tailored depending on your needs. Before we start the course, we will ask you to fill in a short form, so we can actually learn and see what it is that you need in more detail.
In our offer of ALTE courses we have:
- Testarea Digitală a Limbilor cu Inteligența Artificială: express your interest in the course here
- Rasch Analysis for language assessment - express your interest in the course here
- The Use of the CEFR and the CEFR companion Volume - express your interest in the course here
- Statistics for language testing - express your interest in the course here
- Advanced Item Writing training with elements of Artificial intelligence - express your interest in the course here
- Formare pentru Recrutarea Evaluatorilor pentru Proba Orală - 03 October (half-a-day) - registration opens in July 2024
- Dezvoltarea Evaluării Digitale - express your interest in the course here
- Item Writing Course - Getting to know the basics - express your interest in the course here
We offer both an online delivery of the courses (MS Teams), or face-to-face courses.
Face-to-face courses usually take place before ALTE's conferences.
If a course that you're interested in is not listed above, please get in touch with the Services Unit. We may create a bespoke course, or add new courses to the list.
Contact the ALTE Services Unit: servicesunit@alte.org for more information.
ALTE Long courses
ALTE long courses usually take up to two weeks, and consist of online tutorials, independent, offline work, and tutor support.
ALTE's course 'Curs de Introducere în Testarea Limbilor' runs twice a year, in March and in September.
To register for the September 2024 edition please click here: REGISTRATION
Check our Events page to sign-up for the upcoming course.
More courses are available upon request by members and non-members organisations. Contact the ALTE Services Unit: servicesunit@alte.org for more information.
ALTE Consultancy Services
Developing your language assessments with ALTE Consultancy Services
In addition to our training and professional development activity, ALTE Services Unit also offers consultancy and development advice to help grow your language testing services.
Our team of leading experts works closely with you to understand your business aims, highlight areas for improvement, and develop solutions. This will help you to offer professional language testing solutions that meet and promote the highest standards.
Whether you are looking to improve the quality of item writing in your team, revising your curriculum to align with international standards or considering how to expand your testing into different areas (such as language testing for migration purposes), we can help and guide you through the process.
Why Choose Us?
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Tailored Solutions: We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. We work with you to create a unique solution that addresses your organisation’s challenges and business objectives in the language testing arena.
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Expert-Led Consultancy: Our consultants are seasoned professionals within the world of language testing who bring years of experience to the table, ensuring you receive high-level insights and advice.
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Proven Results: Our approach has helped many organizations streamline and develop their assessment activity and introduced new ways of thinking and opportunities.
Please see below topics of three recent consultancies:
Case study 1: Curriculum revision
Case study 2: Item analysis
Case study 3: Revision of internal procedures, like Standard Setting and CEFR mapping
Contact us today to discuss how we can help at servicesunit@alte.org
ALTE Services Unit
ALTE Services Unit is a new unit within the ALTE Secretariat. The Unit deals with courses
and trainings for both member and non-member organisations, arranges all courses and consultancy services.
The ALTE Services Unit Manager, Kasia Woźniak, will help you with any query you may have.
Please do not hesitate to contact us: servicesunit@alte.org
Validation Unit
The ALTE Services Unit also offers a range of services to exam providers and to small teams working in language assessment. This includes statistical analysis of exams and items, analysis of rater performance, reports on candidate characteristics, research into exam and language use at regional and national level, preparation for audits, editing and review of reports, and preparation of articles or presentations on assessment.Recent undertaken projects have included:
- Rasch and item analysis reports on the performance of items in pre-testing and live testing;
- Analysis of rater performance in speaking and writing assessment;
- Review of articles on training and monitoring of raters pre-submission to academic journals;
- Research on the impact of introducing external assessment into national secondary education;
- Pre-submission review of audit documentation for exam providers;
- EU Funded research and a report on the use of the host country language in the workplace by migrant workers.
Support is available for teams and individuals from both member and external organisations.