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After 11 years of hosting the British Council New Directions in Language Assessment conference across East Asia, Latin America and wider Europe, we’re excited to be bringing this significant event in the language education calendar to sub-Saharan Africa for the very first time! 

The conference starts on the evening of Tuesday, 24 September, with an opening talk and short discussion, followed by a welcome reception event at which the audience will have the opportunity to meet other participants as well as invited speakers and experts in the field of language education. This will be followed by two full days of conference proceedings including: 

  • Four plenary sessions 
  • Three panel discussions 
  • 30 parallel paper presentations 
  • Two spotlight sessions 
  • Two workshops

 Visit our speakers and panellists page to learn more about the plenary and panel discussion participatns.

Plenaries

Opening plenary – The writhing of words: Writing the Kenyan experience in English and other languages 

Wanjiru Koinange, Writer of The Havoc of Choice and co-founder of Bookbunk, Kenya  

Plenary 2 – Ubuntu translanguaging and the teaching of English in multilingual contexts 

Prof Leketi Makalela, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 

Plenary 3 – Comprehensive Learning Systems: implications for practice 

Prof Barry O’Sullivan, British Council 

Plenary 4 – Emerging Trends in Language Assessment in Kenya: Innovations and Implications

Dr David Njengere, Kenya National Examinations Council 

Panel 1

English in a multilingual world: (re)imagining linguistic identities and inclusive practices  

Chair: Dr Harry Kuchah Kuchah, University of Birmingham 

Panellists: 

  • Dr Alessia Cogo, ELT journal 
  • Prof Lina Mukhopadhyay, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad 
  • Dr Michael Tusiime
  • Prof Leketi Makalela

Panel 2

Influencing assessment policy to serve multilingual communities  

Chair: Prof Barry O’Sullivan, British Council

Panellists: 

  • Dr Mwajuma Vuzo, University of Dar es Salaam 
  • Dr Kadidja Kone, Ecole Normale D’enseignement Technique et Professionnel (ENETP) and University of Letters and Humanity, Mali 
  • Professor Abdelmajid Bouziane, Hassan II University of Casablanca 
  • Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo, Uwezo Uganda 

Panel 3

Technology, language assessment, and learning in Africa: a double-edged sword?

Chair: Julian Parry, British Council 

Panellists: 

  • Dr Annet Mugisha Kajura, Teacher Education Training and Development Department, Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda 
  • Mr Mohammed Mahmud, University Basic Education Commission, Nigeria 
  • Mr Kedir Urji, Ministry of Education, Ethiopia 

 

 

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