The aims to help participants get started as item writers or develop already existing item writing skills. After introducing theory basics, we’ll get down to looking at examples and doing some item writing.
An additional module taught by Bert Wylin on a separate day introduces the basic concepts of Artificial Intelligence used in item writing.
ALTE offers a 15% discount for ALTE Members and a 10% discount for General public if you book the ALTE Item Writing Basic with introduction to Artificial Intelligence & ALTE Item Writing Advanced with elements Artificial Intelligence courses (dates: 5-7 & 20-22 May 2025). Please email ALTE Services Unit to secure the discount: servicesunit@alte.org
Most sample tasks are in English but the course is structured in a way that all of the techniques are applicable to other languages too. Although the sessions are divided into Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, we will also briefly discuss item writing for integrated skills.
Course tutors: Annie Broadhead & Bert Wylin
Annie Broadhead is an Assessment consultant, ESOL teacher trainer, test developer and ELT author based in Cambridge, UK. Annie has run online courses in the Principles of Testing and ALTE Item Writer courses in several countries.
She has experience of writing tests for all ages and at all levels. She is passionate about helping people produce good tests that have a positive washback effect on teaching and learning.
Bert Wylin has both an academic and a business profile. He has worked at the KU Leuven since 1993, leading the Education Innovation Centre (integrating EdTech in education). In 2001, he founded a KU Leuven university spin-off, now Televic Education, developing and servicing an e-assessment platform. Bert has delivered various courses for ALTE such as Developing Digital Assessments and Developing Digital Testing with Artificial Intelligence.
Payment and Cancellation policy
Payment is in full when registering. Payment can only be made online using a Visa, MasterCard or American Express.
Please notice that if you cannot pay with a credit/debit card please contact the ALTE Services Unit (servicesunit@alte.org). In such a case we will have to issue an invoice first, and only then a bank transfer will be possible.
In case of cancellation up until one month before the start of the events, the full amount will be refunded minus a €50 administration fee. However, in the case of cancellation after this date, no refunds can be made.
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