Dates

Plenary Topics

Venue

September 24, 2004

The Year of Languages in the United States (ACTFL)

FSI

October 29, 2004

Conference with the East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT)

George Washington U.

December 3, 2004

Report on the Middle-Eastern National Language Resource Center (Dr. Kirk Belnap)

Department of Education

January, 2005

Committee Meetings only

FSI

February 4, 2005

Presentation to the Full ILR of the Draft Translation Skill-Level Descriptions by the ILR Translation Committee

FSI

March 10, 2005

(Thursday)

Need for High Level Language Skills in the Federal Government (Panel Presentation)

Georgetown Round Table (ICC)

April 29, 2005

Roles of the Community College in the Delivery of Foreign Language Education in the United States

Howard C.C.

May 20, 2005

Translation panel (Topic To Be Announced)

FSI

June 17, 2005

Tentative:  National Language Needs and Policy:  The View from The Hill (Organized with J. David Edwards of the Joint National Committee on Language)

FSI

July 29, 2005

Second Interagency Showcase of Language Learning and Language Use in the Federal Government:  Focus on the Less Commonly Studied Languages

National Cryptologic School