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Course overview
“Designing Reading Matching and Paragraph-Level Comprehension Tasks for B1 and B2 Assessments” is a practical 4-hour CPD session focused on the construction and review of valid reading-comprehension tasks. Participants work with guided examples, shared criteria and applied tasks so that the session translates directly into more consistent professional practice.
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Course objectives
- Connect task purpose, CEFR level and the reading processes being elicited.
- Develop plausible options, keys and distractors supported by textual evidence.
- Review tasks for clarity, fairness and technical quality.
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Learning outcomes
- Identify the reading process targeted by an item.
- Draft or revise a technically sound task.
- Document review decisions using explicit evidence.
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Course procedures
The session combines a concise technical briefing with facilitated discussion, guided analysis of representative materials and a practical application task. Activities can be adapted to the participating organisation's context while preserving the published learning outcomes.
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Assessment and completion
Completion is evidenced through active participation and an applied task or structured reflection checked against the session outcomes. A verifiable Certiqual CPD certificate is issued only when the completion requirements are met.