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ESL Academic Discourse 4:
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in ESL
Learning: Inculcating and Assessing
30th April 2015
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Seminar Itinerary
8:00 am
9:00 am
9:30 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:30 pm
5:00 pm
Registration
Opening ceremony
Session 1 Inculcating HOTs
Talk Part 1
Professor Datuk Rajendran
Tea Break
Session 2 Inculcating HOTs
Professor Datuk Rajendran
Talk Part 2 and Q & A Session
Lunch break
Session 3 Assessing HOTs
(Talk)
Dr Zainuriyah
Session 4 Assessing HOTs
(Workshop)
Dr Mazura
Closing ceremony
Refreshment
Abstract for Workshop
SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT KIT:
A STEP TOWARDS HOTS
Until the mid-nineties the nature of assessment
process in Malaysia has been centralised
and summative. Realising the shortcomings
of relying heavily on centralised summative
examinations, the Malaysian government
made a move to decentralised assessments
through School-based Assessment (SBA). In
line with this, the SBA Kit is developed to help
teachers of the primary and secondary schools
improve their professionalism in carrying out
discretionary judgments in this new assessment
system. The SBA KIT contains DSK-DSP combo,
The Dos & Don’ts of Assessment Format,
Text Complexity Modules and Samples of
Instruments to promote HOTS. This workshop
aims to introduce teachers to the overall use
of the SBA Kit. Exposure will be given on how to
produce sample instruments accordingly apart
from enabling the teachers to map evidences
against the relevant skills and topics.
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30th April 2015
SITC Hall, UPSI
ESL ACADEMIC
Higher Order Thinking Skills
(HOTS) in ESL Learning:
Inculcating and Assessing
Guest Speakers
PROFESSOR DATUK DR. RAJENDRAN NAGAPPAN
Professor of Pedagogy and Thinking Skills,
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
DR. ZAINURIYAH ABDUL KHATAB
Former Head of Assistant Director,
Research Unit Management Policy Sector,
Malaysian Examination Syndicate
Organised by:
English Language and Literature Department
Faculty of Languages and Communication
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
ESL ACADEMIC
Background
Objectives
In today’s global
economy, Malaysia is highly
dependent on its people’s knowledge, skills and
competencies in order to face current challenges
and to develop rapidly. To achieve this, the country’s
education system is experiencing a paradigm shift
where the focus of the education is no more to produce
students who are able to restate facts. Instead, the
prime intent of the Malaysian education system now is
to develop and enhance students’ intellectual capacity.
This can only be achieved through a system that aims
at developing the students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills
(HOTS). To achieve this, teachers play a crucial role
in guiding the students, especially with the introduction
of PT3 in schools. In line with this, this seminar is
organized as a platform to further enhance teachers’
understanding of HOTS, especially those involved in
the teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL).
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Speaker’s Biodata
Dr Zainuriyah Abdul Khatab
Dr Zainuriyah Abdul Khatab is
the former Head of Assistant
Director of the Research
Unit
at
Management
Policy Sector, Malaysian
Examination Syndicate. She
has 15 years of experience
in test development and is
an expert in performancebased assessment. Before joining
the Examination Syndicate, she taught English and
Geography for 14 years at Sekolah Menengah
Gombak Setia and Maktab Rendah Sains MARA in
Terengganu. She holds a PhD in Measurement and
Evaluation from UKM.
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To enhance ESL practitioners’ understanding of
HOTS.
To enrich ESL practitioners’ understanding of
how HOTS can be inculcated in their classroom
practices.
To give insights into the various types of assessments
that ESL practitioners can use in accordance with
the different levels of HOTS.
Speaker’s Biodata
Professor Datuk Dr Rajendran Nagappan
Professor Datuk Dr Rajendran
Nagappan is Professor of
Pedagogy and Thinking Skills
at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan
Idris. He currently works as
the Director of the Unit for
Socio-Economic Development
of Indian Community and
Coordinator of Action Plan for
Future of Tamil Schools at the
Prime Minister’s Department. He
completed his PhD from MSU (USA) in 1998 where
his area of research was on the teaching of higher
order thinking skills (HOTS) in language classrooms.
He previously served at the Ministry of Education
focusing on, among others, the teaching of thinking
skills at teacher education colleges in Malaysia. He
has conducted various workshops and seminars for
teachers and
from the Education Ministry on
the teaching of higher order thinking skills (HOTS), both
locally and internationally.
Registration Fees
RM 150.00 Individual Registration
RM 400.00 Group Registration (3 pax)
Terms & Conditions
Completed registration form and payment are
to be sent to:
Miss Mariyatunnitha bt Shari
Faculty of Languages & Communication
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris,
35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak.
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No refund upon cancellation.
Any request to replace a participant must
be made by 10th April 2015.
Incomplete registration form and form
received without payment will not be
processed.
Deadline for Registration
10th April 2015
For enquiries, please contact:
Miss Mariyatunnitha bt Shari
05 450 6063
[email protected]
05 450 6117
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Mr. Mohammad Sidik b.