Your feedback is very important to us! Feedback and assessment in the second language classroom 

Assessment is a topic of much scholarly debate with conference panels, colloquia and academic journals devoted to the subject matter. At the practical level – for every language department, curriculum team, and individual teachers and learners – assessment can also be a source of confusion and anxiety. This webinar will discuss how informative assessment practices and actionable feedback strategies may lead language learners towards reasonable improvement in language proficiency and self-efficacy. Based on the review of research literature, we will review types of assessments and effective feedback and workshop specific strategies of providing actionable, sustainable and  timely feedback in various instructional contexts.

Olesya Kisselev is an assistant professor in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, College of Education and Human Development at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Kisselev’s research expertise lies in the areas of Second and Heritage language acquisition, Second/Heritage language pedagogy, and teacher development. She has published and presented widely on these topics.

Dr. Kisselev has trained dozens of teachers of Russian as a Foreign/Heritage language through a program funded by the STARTALK grant. She continues to contribute to the field of teaching Russian; her most recent work include the textbook Родная Речь: An Introductory Course for Heritage Learners of Russian and a learning platform Digital Russian: Russian for Heritage Learners.