Plenary Session Dates for 2004 - 2005

Dates

September 24, 2004

Plenary Topics

The Year of Languages in the United States (ACTFL)

Venue

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

October 29, 2004

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

The George Washington University

December 3, 2004

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

U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC

January, 2005

Committee Meetings only

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

February 4, 2005

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

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

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 Community College

May 20, 2005

Translation Panel (Topic To Be Announced)

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

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)

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

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