Webinar 1: Assessing English Language Learner

Oxford Fajar and the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA) brings you through a series of webinars on topics related to education. In this webinar series, classroom practitioners and experts in the field of education invite you to discussions and participation in activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of life, and we have witnessed some of the greatest upheavals on the frontiers of education. In Malaysia for example, the Ministry of Education announced the cancellation of the UPSR and PT3 examinations, and this has led to extensive discussions about teaching and assessment. In this webinar, we narrow our focus to assessing English language proficiency as envisioned in the KSSR and KSSM. Discussants Datin Dr Mardziah Hayati Abdullah is a member of the English Language Standards and Quality Council, Ministry of Education Malaysia and retired associate professor from the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Ms. Jayapushani Ponnudurai is a member of the English Language Standards and Quality Council, Ministry of Education Malaysia. She is also a Cambridge Examiner Trainer and Examiner for IELTS and Life Skills. She retired from the Ministry of Education after 34 years of service and her last appointment was as Head of Department for Quality Assurance at the English Language Teaching Centre. Dr Ramesh Nair is associate professor at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA and president of the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association. Moderator Dr. Premalatha Nair is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Teacher Education, International Languages Campus Kuala Lumpur. She has been involved in conducting workshops in the area of Language Assessment for primary schools and training teachers for KSSR.