Plenary Session dates for 2008 - 2009

Dates

September 19, 2008

Plenary Topics

Report on the ILR OPI Testing at Level 3 and Above Summit

Venue

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

October 10, 2008

Results of the National K-12 Foreign Language Survey: Fingertip Facts: Preliminary Survey Results; Elementary School Survey; Secondary School Survey

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

November 7, 2008

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

2. Dr. Richard M. Luecht: Assessment Engineering in Test Design, Development, Assembly, and Scoring;

3. ILR Testing Committee: Educating the Stakeholders

The George Washington University

December 19, 2008

Newly Developed LangNet Resources for 2009

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

January 23, 2009

Introduction to and ILR 101: Overview of a Workshop for In-house Training at the FBI

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

February 13, 2009

Linguistic Correlates of Proficiency: Toward a Research-Informed Russian Curriculum, Dr. Michael Long and Dr. Kira Gor, University of Maryland

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

March 27, 2009

Online Resources for Selecting Foreign Language Assessments, Margaret E. Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), Victoria C. Nier, CAL, Megan J. Montee, CAL

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

April 17, 2009

Dynamic Assessment: Integrating Assessment and Teaching To Understand and Promote Development in a Second Language, Matthew E. Poehner, Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education & Research (CALPER), The Pennsylvania State University

Department of Education

May 8, 2009

No Plenary

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

June 19, 2009

"Teaching Translation in One Easy Lesson," Mike Gillen, Associate Professor of Russian Translation and Interpretation, Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA