Dates

September 30, 2011

Plenary Topics

Plenary Presentation: "Update on ASTM Main Committee F43, Language Services and Products"
 Dr. Bill Rivers, Chief Scientist, National Language Service Corps, and Chair, F43: Main Committee F43, Overview.
Carola Green, National Center for State Courts, and Chair, F43.01: Technical Subcommittee F43.01, Language Interpreting.
Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State University, and Member, F43.03, Chair, F43.96: Technical Subcommittee F43.03, Language Translation.
Karen Decker, International Center for Language Studies, and Chair, F43.02: Technical Subcommittee F43.02, Foreign Language Instruction, Terminology & Other Language Resources.
Dr. Bill Rivers, NLSC, and Chair, F43.95: Technical Subcommittee F43.95, Technical Advisory Group to Technical Committee 232, Learning in the Informal Sector,
Paul Tucker, Avant Assessment, and Chair, F43.04: Technical Subcommittee F43.04, Language Testing,

Venue

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

October 28, 2011

Conference with East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT)

Georgetown University

December 9, 2011

Dr. Maria M. Brau, Rachel Brooks, Stephanie Stauffer, Eleonore Saleh: "Evaluating Arabic Speaking Proficiency: A New FBI protocol"

National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD

January 6, 2012

 Elvira Swender, ACTFL: "Introducing the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012."
Glenn Nordin, Dept. of Defense: "The Road Ahead" 

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

February 10, 2012

Dr. Samuel Eisen, Director of Programs and Flagship Director NSEP: "National Security Education Program."
Dr. Dan Davidson, President of the American Councils on International Education: “Meeting the need for high-level language Professionals: NSEP, The Language Flagship Model and Lessons and Challenges for Language Acquisition and Assessment at the Advanced and Superior Levels (ILR 2-3) Program”

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

March 16, 2012

 "Recent Initiatives in Language Education at the National Foreign Language Center"

National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD

April 13, 2012

Dr. Chris Brown, Dr. Trevor Shanklin, LARC-SDSU: "Language Resource Center Meets Language Training Center: Revisiting Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction for the 0+/1 Transition, and Beyond "

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

May 18, 2012

Dr. Michael Erard, author: "Myths and Realities of High Intensity Language Learners"

National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD

June 22, 2012

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA): "The U.S. Board on Geographic Names Foreign Geographic Names Standardization Program"

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA