Conference Program

AGENDA

Agenda

time icon09/04/2026 10:45 am to
11:45 am

Revisiting Teacher Assessment Literacy: Towards a Multiple-Literacies Framework in the Generative AI Era

Venue: Ewart Hall

Session Type: Plenary Talk

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

AI Scores on Trial: A Human-in-the- Loop Validity Lab for Writing Assessment

Venue: Oriental Hall

Session Type: Plenary Workshop

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Reconceptualising IELTS Band Descriptors: Advancing Assessment Literacy for Transformative Teaching and Sustainable Learner Achievement

IDP

Sponsored Session

Venue: Ewart

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

What Makes a Good Assessment? Lessons from International Language Assessment

Nahdet Misr

Sponsored Session

Venue: Ewart

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Topic-Engaging vs Topic-Closing: A New Lens on IELTS Speaking

IDP

Sponsored Session

Venue: Ewart

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Beyond Guesswork: Test Items That Measure Real Learning

Nahdet Misr

Sponsored Session

Venue: Oriental

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Could AI reduce test anxiety? Exploring rewards, challenges and implementation.

Venue: HH 602

Session Type: Presentation

This presentation  focuses on three prominent AI features namely adaptive learning, conversational AI, and instant feedback and explores how they can be used to reduce test anxiety among university level students enrolled in an intensive English language course. Potential rewards, challenges and implementation will be shared.

speaker headshot Sanaa Makhlouf

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Whose Truth Gets Taught? Ethics, AI, and Educator Integrity

Venue: HH 403

Session Type: Workshop

Drawing on my study "Caught Between Worlds," this session explores the "neutrality trap" and epistemic injustice in AI-driven language assessment. After a focused literature review, attendees will engage in open, transparent discussion on the challenges of maintaining equity the AI era.

speaker headshot Mohamed Mokhtar

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Re-Functioning AI and Teacher Feedback in EFL Classrooms

Venue: HH 404

Session Type: Presentation

AI feedback and teacher feedback are essential parts of language instruction. AI is a coach. The teacher is a facilitator. AI feedback is immediate and consistent, while teacher feedback is deep and pedagogical. There are some practical tips to combine and re-function AI feedback and teacher feedback in EFL classrooms.

speaker headshot Samir Omara

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Flexible Assessment - and AI anxiety

Venue: HH 405

Session Type: Presentation

Adopting a flexible approach to assessment that better reflects the personalities, needs, and energies of students can help foster a richer, more meaningful experience and fuller engagement for students—and for you! In this session the presenter will show how it may help us all to navigate use of AI.

speaker headshot Jonathan Harvey

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

AI-Enhanced Place-Based Learning for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language:

Venue: HH 406

Session Type:  Presentation

This case study examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), as an emerging technological tool, on the teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) through place-based learning (PBL). PBL emphasizes learning through engagement with specific locations that reflect multiple dimensions, including cultural, historical, and social contexts (Holden & Sykes)

speaker headshot Heba Salem

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

From Feedback to Judgment in the AI Era

Venue: Main 342

Session Type: Presentation

Students increasingly receive feedback from AI-powered tools, but do they know how to evaluate it? This session explores the connections between AI bias awareness, feedback literacy, and assessment, and discusses ways to help students engage critically with AI-generated feedback.

speaker headshot Randa Bou-Mehdi

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Seen, Heard, and Assessed: Rethinking Group Work

Venue: Main 344

Session Type: Workshop

This interactive workshop explores how teachers can create fair and inclusive group assessment practices that recognize diverse learners’ strengths and contributions. Through hands-on activities, participants will examine common assessment barriers, redesign group assessment tools, and develop evidence-based strategies that ensure every learner, including students with additional needs, has meaningful opportunities

speaker headshot Rana Shebl

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Karma, Contemplation, and AI in EFL Assessment

Venue: Main 251

Session Type: Presentation

As AI reshapes EFL assessment, educators face the challenge of preserving human connection and integrity. This session presents a contemplative, human-centred approach to AI supported assessment, offering practical tools to reduce anxiety, enhance reflection, and maintain ethical, learner focused evaluation.

speaker headshot Fadeel Faid

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

AI as a tool to assess the 4 Language skills

Venue: Main 258

Session Type: Presentation

The integration of AI into language assessment has moved from a theoretical concept to a practical must. By blending Natural Language Processing  and Machine Learning, AI offers objective, and on the spot assessment for the four language skills : Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.

speaker headshot Mohamed Elzoghby

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

Engineering Integrity: Developing AI-Resilient Language Assessments for the Modern Classroom

Venue: Main 260

Session Type: Workshop

This workshop provides practical, "assessment-by-design" strategies to create AI-resilient language tasks that prioritize student process and academic integrity in the digital age.

speaker headshot Anton Hanna

time icon09/04/2026 12:00 pm to
12:45 pm

AI and Academic Integrity in Language Assessment

Venue: Main 262

Session Type:  Presentation

speaker headshot Reem Hamada

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Reframing Assessment in the Age of AI

Venue: Oriental

Session Type: Presentation

This presentation reframes assessment for English language teachers, positioning AI not as a replacement for traditional tests but as a tool to design engaging, differentiated, and purposeful tasks. Focus is on self-assessment, process assessment, and rubric development, allowing attendees to gain a ready-to-use framework for integrating AI effectively into formative

speaker headshot Rania Jabr

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

From e-Reading to e-Writing: Strategies for Effective EAP Formative Assessment

Venue: HH 602

Session Type: Presentation

This presentation proposes different strategies that assess students’ academic skills through engaging them in interesting and challenging critical reading and writing tasks .  The tasks  assess the students'  cognitive and social skills. The presenter will introduce the strategies and the steps involved in carrying them out.

speaker headshot Yasmine Salah El-Din

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Beyond the Product: Reframing Assessment as Learning in the AI

Venue:  HH 403

Session Type: Presentation

GenAI's rapid rise exposes the inadequacy of product-oriented grading, as final outputs are now instantly reproducible. To counter "cognitive debt," higher education must reframe assessment toward the iterative learning process. Educators can protect critical thinking using three pillars: real-time formative activities, student co-designed authentic tasks, and a Supervisor Model evaluating

speaker headshot Amani Demian

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Ethically Integrating AI to Safeguard and Redefine Academic Integrity Assessment

Venue: HH 404

Session Type: Presentation

This framework addresses the shift from emergency remote teaching to an AI-driven educational landscape by establishing a proactive, empathetic strategy for academic integrity in language assessment. Rather than relying on purely punitive measures, it blends strict behavioral boundaries with supportive pedagogical design to cultivate an equitable learning environment.

speaker headshot Rania Nafie

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

What CELTA Got Right: Rethinking Assessment in Language Classrooms

Venue: HH 405

Session Type:  Presentation

Teachers often have more assessment experience than they realise, every piece of feedback given during a lesson, every draft returned with comments, is part of a continuous picture of learner development. This session helps participants recognise and build on what they already do, offering a practical framework for making

speaker headshot Aya Badr

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

From Test Takers to AI-Collaborators: Prompt Engineering in Language Assessment

Venue: HH 406

Session Type: Presentation

This session explores the role of using prompt engineering and generative AI in language assessment, emphasizing learners' evolving role as AI collaborators. It highlights prompt engineering as a key competency alongside language proficiency, critical evaluation, and ethical AI use. The proposed framework promotes innovative, integrity-centered assessment that supports human-AI collaboration.

speaker headshot Alshymaa Gad El-Haq

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Making Reflection Visible Through Collaborative Digital Portfolios

Venue: Main 342

Session Type:  Workshop

This session introduces a free digital reflection hub built with Google Sites. Through anonymous reflection walls, learners engage in self-assessment, peer feedback, and ongoing reflection while creating a lasting archive of learning. Participants will explore a working model and discover practical ways to support Assessment for Learning and learner autonomy.

speaker headshot Nour Elsayed

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Beyond the Red Pen: Transforming Feedback Practices with Artificial Intelligence

Venue: Main 344

Session Type:  Workshop

This session introduces a teacher-moderated AI feedback model that pairs automation with human pedagogical judgment. Participants will explore practical workflows to generate, refine, and release AI feedback, backed by evidence on student engagement. Attendees leave with concrete strategies to improve feedback speed, quality, and student uptake in writing-intensive courses.

speaker headshot Radwa Yousef

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Build Your Own AI Marker: Rubric-Based, Transparent Assessment

Venue: Main 251

Session Type: Workshop

In this hands-on workshop, participants build their own AI assessment tool, configured around their own rubric. Together we explore how to make AI-assisted assessment transparent and trustworthy, measuring genuine learning in the AI era while keeping teachers as the final interpreters and decision-makers in human-centred instruction.

speaker headshot Mennatullah Medhat

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

The Assessment Escape Room: Gamifying Formative Washback for Young Learners

Venue: Main 258

Session Type:  Workshop

This interactive session turns standard test

Into an exciting challenge.Workig in friendly teams,you will solve language clues,crack Cambridge -style puzzles, and open the secret box.Discover how to easily bring joy,

build confidence,and improve real language skills.This workshop will be a real, practical chance for young learners' teachers to experience.

speaker headshot Safaa Mohamed

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

Let’s assess to impress: Elevating Students Autonomy and motivation

Venue: Main 260

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation  explores how peer assessment using rubrics can enhance ESL learners’ engagement, autonomy, and language performance. It highlights benefits, challenges, and practical strategies for effective implementation, especially  in low-resource classrooms. It is concerned with supporting both high- and low-proficiency students through collaborative, rubric-based assessment in writing and oral tasks.

speaker headshot Ghada Ali

time icon09/04/2026 02:00 pm to
02:45 pm

AI Tools for Effective Formative Assessment in EFL Classes

Venue: Main 262

Session Type:  Presentation

AI enhances formative assessment by delivering real-time, personalized feedback.. It identifies learning gaps and supports language skills. However, success depends on balancing technological innovation with integrity — ensuring data privacy, fairness, and maintaining the human role in assessment.

speaker headshot Dalia Shams El Din

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

The PREPARE Model: A Step-by-Step Recipe for Formulating Feedback Prompts

Venue: HH 602

Session Type: Presentation

The session helps practitioners understand how to use the seven-step PREPARE model to design specific, AI prompts that align with the assessment task objectives. Participants will move beyond just getting generic AI prompts to learn how to program different AI chatbots to provide personalized formative feedback which decreases grading burden

speaker headshot Hala Ibrahim Mohamed Gharib

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Building Hybrid Assessment Cycles with AI Feedback

Venue: HH 403

Session Type:  Workshop

This interactive workshop focuses on integrating AI with teacher feedback in hybrid assessment cycles. Participants engage in hands-on activities using AI tools to provide detailed and constructive feedback, analyze learner errors, and develop feedforward strategies. The workshop offers practical tools and AI prompts for immediate classroom implementation.

speaker headshot Qesma Alaa Abouzied

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Providing feedback: What is the right balance?

Venue: HH 404

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation discusses effective feedback strategies. The issue of excessive praise and how it can lead to confusion or false expectations is going to be addressed. The presentation suggests ways to manage assessment criteria by developing rubrics to help teachers and students have realistic expectations and manage the feedback process.

speaker headshot Nora Bonnah

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Leveraging AI-generated Feedback: How to Better Engage Learners?

Venue: HH 405

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation will explain the basic components of feedback literacy frameworks and focus on how they can be integrated in L2 writing instruction through a clear three-step framework. The presenter will also offer practical activities that teachers can use to enable their students to actively engage with AI-generated feedback.

speaker headshot Sara Amin

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Integrity by Design: Ethical Frameworks for AI-Enhanced Evaluation

Venue: HH 406

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation explores the ethical challenges of using AI and digital tools like Google/Microsoft Forms, Socrative and Gemini in assessment. It addresses concerns regarding bias, integrity, and responsible implementation to ensure human-centered feedback, data security, and student privacy. Questions, sharing views and exchange of ideas are welcomed throughout the session.

speaker headshot Rasha Abdel Haliem Osman

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Beyond Testing: AI Innovative Techniques for Assessing Speaking Arts

Venue: Main 342

Session Type:  Presentation

Assessing speaking skills is a must to interact clearly in real-life situations. Such assessment is needed for teachers to understand students’ language strength and areas requiring enhancement. As we live in an AI era, this session highlights best practices for assessing speaking skills generated by AI tools.

speaker headshot Samar Mahmoud Hassaan

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Beyond the Final Draft: What AI Can't Fake

Venue: Main 251

Session Type: Presentation

What do we measure when AI can write essays for students in no time? This session offers practical answers: Shadow Writing, AI-assisted peer review, and Reflective Vivas—strategies that put student thinking, voice, and ownership back at the heart of language assessment

speaker headshot Hend Yuwakeem

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

AI Meets Assessment: Designing Authentic Tasks

Venue: Main 258

Session Type:  Workshop

This interactive workshop explores how language educators can use AI to design valid, authentic assessments while maintaining academic integrity. Participants will evaluate AI-generated tasks and redesign assessments for their teaching contexts.

speaker headshot Nada Maatouk

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Examining AI-Generated Diagnostic Feedback Tools on EFL Speaking Assessment

Venue: Main 260

Session Type:  Presentation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping English language assessment, particularly in evaluating EFL speaking skills (Othman et al., 2025). This presentation explores the pedagogical value, reliability, and ethical implications of AI-generated diagnostic feedback through platforms such as SmallTalk2Me. The platform provides immediate CEFR-based feedback on pronunciation, fluency, grammar, and vocabulary.

speaker headshot Yusra Al-Attar

time icon09/04/2026 03:00 pm to
03:45 pm

Assessment Policies in the AI Era

Venue: Main 262

Session Type:  Workshop

This workshop aims to develop a coherent AI-integrated assessment policy. The new coherent policy outlines four principles: AI, assessment policy, student and faculty capacity building, and quality. Attendees will discuss current assessment policy challenges and successful case studies. Followed by a practical policy design simulation.

speaker headshot Nehad El Leithy

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Language Assessment for ADHD/Autism with Interpreters and AI Support

Venue: HH 602

Session Type:  Presentation

Assessing ADHD and ASD in multilingual immigrant students requires overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers that can affect diagnosis and educational placement. This presentation discusses interpreter-mediated assessment in schools and explores how culturally responsive practices, interpreter training, and ethical use of AI translation tools can promote equitable and inclusive evaluations.

speaker headshot Afaf Steiert

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

AI and the New Baccalaureate: Innovation in Assessment

Venue: HH 403

Session Type:  Presentation

This proposal examines Egypt’s new baccalaureate and the role of AI in language assessment. Drawing on my experience as supervisor, mentor trainer, and teacher educator, it highlights innovation in academic writing pedagogy, equitable feedback, and empowering teachers and secondary learners through responsible technology integration.

speaker headshot Muhammad Darwish

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Beyond the Red Pen: Peer & Self-Assessment in the AI

Venue: HH 404

Session Type: Workshop

This interactive workshop equips K–12 educators with practical peer and self-assessment strategies for AI-enhanced classrooms. Participants will explore reflective feedback techniques, collaborative rubrics, and ethical assessment practices that promote learner autonomy, critical thinking, academic integrity, and authentic student engagement while adapting assessment methods to the evolving realities of AI-supported education.

speaker headshot Ghada Tosson Abd Al-Lateef

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Beyond AI-Written Responses in Language Assessment

Venue: HH 405

Session Type:  Presentation

This session explores practical assessment strategies that help English language teachers evaluate authentic student performance in classrooms where AI-generated responses are becoming increasingly common.

speaker headshot Sara Albatta

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Who Really Did Homework? Redesigning Assessment in the AI Era

Venue: HH 406

Session Type:  Workshop

This hands-on workshop explores how artificial intelligence is transforming homework and assessment. Teachers will explore whether take-home tasks are still a valid way to measure student ability, identify common risks and re-design assignments to make learning visible. Participants will leave with practical strategies for developing fair, authentic and verifiable assessment

speaker headshot Riham Helal Ali

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

AI-based Practices of Assessing Collaborative Learning in Times of Crisis

Venue: Main 342

Session Type: Workshop

Group and collaborative work are learning approaches that enhance students' learning of English Language during crisis. This interactive workshop provides a glimpse into the challenges of assessing group and collaborative work, offering practical solutions while integrating AI to ensure fair and equitable assessment, with insights from Palestine and Lebanon.

speaker headshot Yaffa Jumah

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Differentiated Assessment for Inclusive Classrooms

Venue: Main 344

Session Type:  Workshop

Every classroom is a mix of abilities and learning styles. This workshop helps teachers create more inclusive assessment experiences through differentiated assessment. Participants will explore how to differentiate assessment according to readiness, interests, and learning profiles. Through hands-on stations and group tasks attendees will gain practical strategies and tools.

speaker headshot Salma Ali

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Using Assessment Evidence to Improve Teaching, Supervision, and Training

Venue: Main 251

Session Type: Workshop

In this workshop, I’ll be focusing on exploring how AI and statistics can help us better understand large amounts of assessment data, such as students’ scores across different subjects or within the same subject across different levels. Together, we will learn how to organize, present, and interpret this data.

speaker headshot Abu Bakr Ghazali Mohamed

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Beyond the Script: Drama Integration in Language and Literature Assessment

Venue: Main 258

Session Type:  Presentation

I will discuss the frame works, hold an activity in which the attendees will attempt a mini roleplay in which characters are meant to solve a problem and illustrate the methods' application I previously used in my classrooms. Additionally, I will display results students' work from my classes.

speaker headshot Rawda Bakr

time icon09/04/2026 04:00 pm to
04:45 pm

Inclusive Language Assessment: One Assessment Does Not Fit All: Practical

Venue: Main 260

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation explores inclusive language assessment for diverse learners, including ELLs, gifted students, and those with learning difficulties. It highlights practical strategies such as differentiated tasks, flexible formats, and scaffolded assessments. The goal is to promote fairness, accessibility, and meaningful evaluation while supporting learner engagement, confidence, and achievement in classrooms.

speaker headshot Zeynep Sadek

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Privacy, Data Confidentiality, and Responsible AI in Language Assessment: A Practical Workshop for Language Teaching Professionals

Venue: Oriental Hall

Session Type: Plenary Workshop

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Power of Assessment-Based Learning

Nahdet Misr

Sponsored Session

Venue: Ewart

time icon09/05/2026 10:30 am to
11:30 am

From AI Output to Defensible Decisions: The Missing Evidence in AI-Mediated Language Assessment

Venue: Ewart Hall

Session Type:  Plenary Talk

time icon09/05/2026 01:15 pm to
02:15 pm

Integrating IELTS Standards to Strengthen Communicative Teaching in the ELT Classroom.

IDP

Sponsored Session

Venue: Ewart

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Gamifying Writing Assessment: Interactive Classroom Strategies

Venue: HH 602

Session Type: Workshop

This interactive workshop focuses on making writing assessment engaging through games, activities, and interactive tasks. Participants explore peer, self, and teacher assessment strategies using practical classroom tools. The session provides ready-to-use activities, handouts, and innovative techniques to improve students’ writing skills and assessment practices in the language classroom.

speaker headshot Qesma Alaa Abouzied

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

ESL and Academic Writing Assessment in the AI Era

Venue: HH 403 

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation explores AI’s impact on university ESL general writing and academic writing assessment, addressing academic integrity, personalized feedback, and ethical considerations. It advocates integrating AI literacy into rubrics and blending technology with human expertise for effective assessment. Questions, sharing views, and exchange of ideas are encouraged throughout the session.

speaker headshot Rasha Abdel Haliem Osman

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Beyond AI Feedback: Evaluating Trust in AI-Generated EFL Assessment

Venue: HH 404

Session Type: Presentation

This presentation helps EFL teachers move beyond simply using AI tools and instead learn how to critically evaluate the quality and trustworthiness of the feedback it generates. Through hands-on activities and a practical rubric, participants will gain the confidence to use AI wisely as a supportive partner in their classrooms.

speaker headshot Samah Maghawry Ahmed

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Leveraging AI to Promote Equity and Inclusion in Language Assessment

Venue: HH 405

Session Type: Workshop

This workshop explores how AI can promote equity and inclusion in language assessment. Participants will identify bias in traditional testing, apply Universal Design principles, and use AI tools to personalize feedback for diverse learners — all while maintaining ethical integrity and a genuine commitment to fair, learner-centered assessment practices.

speaker headshot Salma el Gabry

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Authentic Assessment and Digital Pedagogy in Arab EFL Contexts

Venue: HH 406

Session Type:  Presentation

speaker headshot Ahmed Abdelhafez

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

AI‑Enhanced Speaking Assessment for Arabic and Multilingual Learners

Venue: Main 342

Session Type:  Workshop

This session shows language teachers how to use AI and voice technology to support fair, inclusive speaking and listening assessment. Participants will explore concrete classroom examples, risks, and practical guidelines they can adapt to their own contexts.

speaker headshot Farah Abdou

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Introducing Self and Peer-Assessment

Venue: Main 344

Session Type:  Workshop

In conclusion, shifting the assessment lens from teacher-centric to student-centered is vital for modern language classrooms. By equipping learners with structured tools like co-created rubrics and peer feedback protocols, they become active evaluators of their own growth. This ultimately streamlines the teacher's workload while cultivating highly independent, autonomous learners.

speaker headshot Huda Marzouk

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Beyond Paper and Pen: AI in Language Assessment

Venue: Main 251

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation explores how AI transforms language assessment beyond traditional tests, focusing on innovative, learner-centered approaches. It highlights AI tools, adaptive testing, and real-time feedback while addressing integrity, fairness, and challenges. Participants will interact with digital links and QR codes to experience practical applications in modern education.

speaker headshot Nagwan Ammar

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Bridging the Gap: Designing a Connected, CEFR-Aligned Language Assessment Ecosystem

Venue: Main 258

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation explores the design of a CEFR-aligned language assessment ecosystem that integrates placement testing, continuous assessment, automated feedback, instructor reporting, and learner progression pathways. Participants will gain practical insights into creating a more connected, efficient, and learner-centered assessment experience.

speaker headshot Safa Hassan

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Assessment Policy and Practice: AI and Egypt’s New Baccalaureate

Venue: Main 260

Session Type:  Workshop

As an English Supervisor, mentor trainer, and teacher educator, I bring expertise in rubric design, academic writing pedagogy, and equitable assessment. My collaborative leadership and mentoring skills support Egypt’s new baccalaureate by aligning policy with practice and empowering teachers and learners.

speaker headshot Muhammad Darwish

time icon09/05/2026 09:30 am to
10:15 am

Turning Digital Learning into Meaningful Assessment

Venue:  Main 262

Session Type:  Workshop

This workshop explores how digital learning activities in higher education can be transformed into meaningful assessment opportunities. Participants will examine practical strategies and digital tools for collecting evidence of learning, enhancing feedback, and supporting student engagement in English language classrooms without relying solely on traditional examinations.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Training Educators to Create Equitable Assessments for Neurodiverse Classrooms Practical frameworks

Venue: HH 602

Session Type: Workshop

The workshop aims at developinh how inclusive assessment design can discourage cheating while supporting neurodiverse learners. Using principles of academic integrity, equity, and Universal Design for Learning, it examines authentic assessment approaches that promote genuine learning, accessibility, fairness, and ethical educational outcomes.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Enhancing Formative Writing Assessment through Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Venue: HH 403

Session Type: Presentation

Enhancing Formative Writing Assessment through Natural Language Processing (NLP): A Case Study of Young EFL Learners in Nile Egyptian International School/ Qena Branch

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

AR in Language Assessment: Possibilities and Pedagogical Implications

Venue: HH 404

Session Type: Presentation

This session explores Augmented Reality (AR) as an innovative tool for language assessment, drawing on practical examples from Arabic language education. Participants will examine how AR supports authentic, contextualized evaluation of vocabulary, communication, and language proficiency, and consider how heritage-informed approaches can enrich assessment design across diverse language teaching contexts.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Designing AI-Resistant Language Assessment Tasks: Practical Strategies for Assessment Practitioners

Venue:  HH 405

Session Type:  Presentation

This session equips language assessment experts with practical, evidence-informed strategies for 

redesigning tasks that resist AI-generated responses. Drawing on construct validity and integrity-centred frameworks, attendees will engage with a diagnostic audit tool and concrete redesign techniques applicable across writing, speaking, and integrated skills contexts.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Technology-Enhanced Peer Assessment in Secondary English Learners

Venue:  HH 406

Session Type: Presentation

The session discusses the use of Technology-Enhanced Peer Assessment (TEPA) in developing English language acquisition in the secondary stage. It presents digital applications that teachers apply to facilitate peer assessment, such as Microsoft Teams, Padlet, and Kahoot. Also it deals with challenges with the digital learning platforms.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Assessing the Collective Voice: Best Practices for Evaluating Collaborative Speaking

Venue: Main 342

Session Type: Workshop

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

One Size Fits None: A DiSC-Informed Approach to Differentiated Feedback.

Venue: Main 344

Session Type:  Presentation

This presentation proposes an informed approach through DiSC integrated into feedback and feed-forward to bridge the gap in the one-size-fits-all feedback practices. Building on Hattie and Timperley's and Sadler's concepts, it introduces a behavioral-profile-based approach to assist teachers in tailoring feedback to tackle both learners’ cognitive and emotional tendencies.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

From Proctoring to Pedagogy: Evidence-Based Formative Assessment in the AI

Venue: Main 251

Session Type:  Presentation

Bridging theory and practice in the AI era, this session explores how generative tools force us as academic writing instructors to redefine language testing constructs. Moving from proctoring to pedagogy, the session will equip educators with evidence-based, process-oriented formative assessments, like multi-stage portfolios, that foster positive washback, ensure academic

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Lower the Stress, Raise the Skill: Peer Assessment Rubrics

Venue: Main 258

Session Type:  Workshop

This session shows EFL teachers how to design rubric-based peer assessments for writing and oral presentations, with strategies to lower student anxiety, build learner agency, and adapt rubrics for lower-proficiency learners.

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Beyond Academics: SEL as a Growth Tracker.

Venue: Main 260

Session Type:  Workshop

The workshop tackles controversial questions:

How can SEL assessment be designed to track and foster continuous student growth?

How can language educators assess SEL in equitable, evidence-based ways that are aligned with principles of assessment integrity?

How can teachers accurately identify, interpret, and document valid, observable evidence of social-emotional competencies?

time icon09/05/2026 11:45 am to
12:30 pm

Towards more objective assessment of speaking tests through AI

Venue: Main 262

Session Type:  Workshop

This presentation is intended to demonstrate how an AI-supported program, designed according to IELTS speaking assessment rubrics, can maximise the accuracy of speaking evaluation. It examines fluency, coherence, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, while providing detailed feedback and remediation plans, balancing the benefits and limitations of AI-supported assessment.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Backward Design, Forward Thinking: UbD Assessment in AI Era

Venue: Oriental

Session Type:  Poster Session

Can AI and backward design close the gap in authentic language assessment? By integrating UbD's outcome-driven framework with AI tools adaptive testing, NLP, and smart feedback educators can design real-world assessments that truly measure competency. This work redefines teachers as strategic designers in an AI-powered learning landscape.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

AI Tools for IELTS Candidates: Skills Beyond the Classroom

Venue: Main 258

Session Type:  Presentation

IELTS candidates increasingly turn to AI tools between lessons, but not always wisely. This session offers trainers and learners a practical, honest guide to platforms that support writing, speaking, and reading development. Participants will explore what these tools do well, where they fall short, and how to build them into

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Saving Time: AI Tools for Speaking Assessment and Feedback

Venue: Main 260

Session Type:  Workshop

This session looks at how AI tools can handle speaking assessment: analysing recordings, producing written feedback, and tracking learner progress. The whole process takes under a minute per student. Teachers walk away with a workflow they can test in their next class.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Transforming Language Assessment Through Aritifical intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges

Venue: Oriental

Session Type:  Poster Session

Artificial intelligence is reshaping language assessment by enabling faster, adaptive, and data-driven evaluation. However, challenges such as bias, validity, and ethical concerns remain. A balanced approach that integrates AI with human expertise is essential to ensure fair, reliable, and meaningful assessment practices in modern language education.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Assessing Zakat Terminology Literacy in Contemporary Wealth Contexts

Venue: Oriental

Session Type:  Poster Session

This paper aims to put forward a framework for measuring zakat terminology literacy, comprising the comprehension, explanation, and contextual application of the terms threshold (nisab), period (haul), and related concepts, as well as contemporary notions of wealth.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Assessing Mediation Communication Competence in Islamic Family Law

Venue: Oriental

Session Type:  Poster Session

The paper is based on a mediation communication competence framework, articulated through a rubric comprising criteria for clarity, neutrality, a respectful register, active listening, and professional explanation of the legal-religious aspects of Islamic family law.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

The Impact of AI integration on EFL Learners’ Speaking performance

Venue: HH 602

Session Type:  Presentation

It is a presentation of a systematic review research that aims to examine the impact of integrating AI-assisted tools in education to assess and improve EFL learners’ speaking skills (fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar) by providing instant feedback

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Assessment Has a Heart: Measuring More Than Words

Venue:  HH 403

Session Type: Workshop

Assessment is not only about scores, grades, and correct answers; it is about understanding learners as whole individuals. Through music, reflection, collaboration, and creative assessment activities, participants will explore how to capture students’ voices, emotions, and abilities. This interactive session offers practical strategies for designing more human, meaningful, and inclusive

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

AI-Generated Assessment, Feedback, and Diagnostics

Venue: HH 404

Session Type: Presentation

**AI-Generated Assessment, Feedback, and Diagnostics** is an innovative AI-powered tool that uses a real-time conversational avatar to assess learners' English proficiency through natural spoken interaction. The system analyzes performance against CEFR standards, providing instant level placement, personalized feedback, diagnostic insights, and targeted learning recommendations.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Formative Speaking Feedback in Diglossic Arabic: A Transfer-Based Framework.

Venue: HH 405

Session Type:  Presentation

How do we assess Arabic learners who study both Standard and Colloquial Arabic, and know when each belongs?

This session presents a feedback framework that distinguishes linguistic errors from errors of choosing the right register. Designed for teachers and for learners who want to tell the formal from everyday speech.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Designing Equitable Assessments in the AI Era

Venue: Main 342

Session Type:  Workshop

This interactive workshop equips teachers and leaders to design equitable assessments across summative, formative, and reflective structures. Participants will actively audit traditional exams for bias, construct inclusive rubrics, and strategically leverage AI as a tool to scaffold diverse learners, leaving with a practical toolkit to ensure total assessment fairness.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Evaluate to Educate: Critical Evaluation in the Age of AI

Venue: Main 344

Session Type:  Workshop

Instead of avoiding artificial intelligence or using it passively, we should learn how to utlize and critique this type of technology. This workshop demonstrates how rubric-based analysis of AI-generated responses foster critical thinking and help identify accurate and effective answers to academic questions.

time icon09/05/2026 01:30 pm to
02:15 pm

Future Teachers: Championing Accessibility and Inclusivity in Language Assessment

Venue: Main 251

Session Type:  Presentation

Today’s classrooms are beautifully diverse, meaning traditional tests must evolve. This session explores how training future teachers to design flexible, inclusive language assessments can remove unfair barriers. By shifting our focus from rigid grading to strengthening student support, tomorrow's educators can turn stressful testing into an empowering tool that celebrates

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

Balancing Innovation and Integrity: Differentiating Primary EFL Assessment with AI

Venue: HH 602

Session Type: Workshop

This practical workshop examines how primary teachers can integrate AI into formative assessment for mixed-ability classrooms. Participants will collaborate to design tiered tasks, construct rubrics, and address critical privacy and bias concerns. Attendees will leave with functional templates that balance modern technological tools with professional, practical and grounded pedagogical judgment.

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

Teaching for IELTS Band 7+: Innovation, Integrity, and Excellence

Venue: HH 403

Session Type:  Presentation

This session explores ethical and innovative strategies for helping learners achieve IELTS Band 7+ in the AI era. Participants will discover evidence-based techniques for all four IELTS skills and learn how AI tools can be used responsibly to enhance learning, provide feedback, and support authentic language development.

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

Designing Valid AI-Gamified Language Assessment

Venue: HH 404

Session Type:  Workshop

A practical workshop for teachers who want to keep language goals visible when using gamified and AI supported assessment. Participants will test a task, redesign it with a simple template, and leave with a validity checklist and one classroom ready idea.

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

From Muscles to MiFrom Muscles to Mindset: A Holistic Framework for Assessing Autisticndset: A Holistic Framework for Assessing Autistic

Venue: HH 405

Session Type:  Presentation

This session presents an individualized approach to assessment of autistic learners by applying Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. Through case evidence and classroom practice, it demonstrates scaffolded instruction, peer-assisted learning, and strength-based projects. The model fosters achievement, participation, growth, and authentic assessment aligned with each learner’s unique profile.

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

Beyond Grading: Leveraging AI for Language Assessment and Feedback.

Venue: HH 406

Session Type:  Presentation

This is for all educators who hope to make assessment more efficient, personalized and meaningful. Discover how AI-powered tools can support the creation of differentiated assessments, generate individualized feedback and identify leaning gaps quickly. Through practical examples, participants will explore innovative strategies that enhance language assessment while maintaining teacher oversight

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

From Stress to Speech: Voice Notes in Speaking Assessment

Venue: Main 342

Session Type:  Workshop

This workshop looks at voice notes as a low-stakes, authentic alternative to traditional speaking tests in large EFL classes. It shows how short recorded responses can offer valuable information about learners’ communicative competence while reducing anxiety and enhancing the effectiveness, fairness and practicality of assessment in language classrooms.

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

From Passive to Critical Evaluators: Empowering Learners through writing assessments

Venue: Main 344

Session Type: Workshop

What if the most important skill in the age of AI is not generating answers, but evaluating them?

Moving learners from passive users of AI to critical evaluators, this workshop demonstrates how rubric-based self- peer, and AI assessment can transform writing instruction. Participants will explore practical activities that promote assessment literacy,

time icon09/05/2026 02:30 pm to
03:15 pm

Beyond Business English: Coaching C-Suite Leaders to Communicate

Venue: Main 251 

Session Type:  Workshop

This session guides Business English trainers in designing rubrics tailored to C-suite executive learners. Participants explore how well-crafted rubrics built around real communication frameworks can clarify expectations, drive learner engagement, and bring consistency and impact to high-level corporate English training.