The State Examination Center (SEC) has successfully completed an online training program under the project "Improvement of assessment tools in German" with the support of the DAAD office in Azerbaijan. German language teachers from various secondary and higher education institutions were involved in the training. It should be noted that the training participants were selected through a competition, and the SEC will cooperate with the participants who successfully complete the training in the preparation of test items on the German language.
The participants of the training program gained knowledge and skills on the following areas:
- Theoretical concepts in the assessment of language skills;
- Application of the European Language Framework (CEFR) to language skills assessment;
- Assessment of grammar and vocabulary;
- Assessment of reading, listening, writing and speaking at different CEFR levels.
The trainings within the project "Improvement of assessment tools in German" were conducted by Anna Soltyska, a language assessment expert and lecturer at Ruhr University in Germany.