Expert Lectures on ELT by Attanu Bhatattacharya Sir

Expert Lectures on ELT by Attanu Bhatattacharya Sir

          In our English department, Dilip Barad sir has organized an expert lecture on ELT. During those three days, Atanu Bhattacharya sir dealt with ELT and he also talks about the current trend in the field of research regarding language and literature. It was quite an informative and interesting session for us. There are certain things which are known to us, though we are unknown about this. Sir made us aware of some aspects which we are already known to us. 

Here follow mentioned are some points that were discussed by sir during his lectures.

Testing and Evaluation 

Atanu sir made us aware of the clear difference between testing, evaluation and assessment. 

Testing - measured by score

Evaluation/Assessment - measured by the feedback it indicates how much you have to improve.

When we talk about these two, we think that these three are similar components but actually, they aren't. Testing is mainly about the score, it is measured by the score students get in the test. While evaluation and assessment are not about that, mainly they involve feedback from others which suggests to them how to improve learning better. Then sir talked about various types of testing.

1) Proficiency Test

2) Achievement Test

3) Diagnostic Test

4) Placement Test

5) Norm-referenced Testing

6) Criterion-referenced Testing

Furthermore sir talked about key concepts of testing such as validity, reliability and backwash and how it affects the process of testing and evaluation.

Language learning through Literature

Sir talked about literature as an authentic material of language teaching. We can learn through poems, novels, and fiction which helps us in language learning. Literature helps in developing cognitive and metacognitive skills and also we can develop lateral skills.

In the last lecture, sir gave us information about research in language and literature. He also introduced us with current trendy areas of in the literature and language such as Digital Humanities, comparative literature  which are not mainly restricted to the study of classical texts only.

Thus it was a very fruitful session for us and in which we explored the various concepts of ELT.