British Council Conference
New Directions in English Language Assessment is the British Council’s flagship language testing and assessment conference

New Directions - Berlin 2025

Transforming language learning and assessment: real-world communication in an increasingly digital age.

On the 4th and 5th of March Kate Urban-Greatorex attended the British Council  New Directions Conference in Berlin “Transforming Language Learning and Assessment: real world communication in an increasingly digital age. Linguists of all areas from around the world gathered to discuss human centred AI, new perspectives on English language policy and education, and the future of the world’s most spoken language drawing from research and expertise from a range of disciplines.