PANEL: Beyond Traditional Assessment: Reimagining EAP

In this panel discussion, various EAP assessments will be introduced and described in detail.  Photovoice is a practice of image-making and storytelling inviting presence in EAP classrooms, where international students often navigate displacement, transition, and cultural dissonance. The photovoice illustrates how image-making opens space for self-connection, sense of place, and reflective meaning within cross-cultural journeys. The aesthetic assessment enables educators to see students more fully, attune to what matters to them, and respond with care while supporting both learning outcomes and students’ emerging identities. The reading and vocabulary course engages students with readers for extensive reading and internet/book articles for analysing.  While reading projects allow students to choose a book and share meaningful moments, reading portfolios consist of differentiated articles offering both choice and level. Multimodal Assessments include video, drawing, ppt, reflection journal, concept map, and digital poster.  The writing and grammar course uses a scaffolded assessment design to support multilingual students’ academic writing development. Assessments such as reflective journal writing promote language awareness, fluency, and metacognitive engagement. Genre-based writing portfolios require students to apply academic conventions across disciplines and contexts. Assessment criteria is positioned as both a learning tool and a bridge between students’ lived experiences and university-level academic discourse. Students complete a cumulative capstone project in the form of a poster that brings together learning from all sections of the EAP course. Students choose one learning outcome from each of the sections of the EAP course and explain how each outcome connects to their future academic growth and personal lives. The capstone emphasizes reflection and synthesis with students often incorporating visuals, drawings, symbols, and personal narratives into their posters. Criteria covers major aspects of the EAP course. Participants will leave with a toolkit of EAP assessments of language skills to use in their classrooms.