ILR

October 25, 2013	Conference with East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT)	Georgetown University
November 15, 2013	Dr. Robert Greene Sands, Institute for the Study of Culture and Language, Norwich University: Assessing Culture - Really? Professor Cheryl Berman, Professor of Spanish, Director of STARTALK Project; Jay Alperson, Research Associate for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Howard Community College: Startalk 2013: How Are Students Understanding Culture through Language?	Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA
December 13, 2013	Dr. Gerd Brendel, Chief, Test Review and Education Division, DLIFLC; Dr. Elvira Swender, Director, ACTFL Professional Programs; Beth Mackey, Department of Defense, Former Co-chair of ILR Testing Committee: Document: A Guide to Measuring Listening According to the ILR Skill Level Descriptions: Findings and Recommendations of the DLIFLC Listening Summits; Plenary Presentation Slides. CASL research studies: The long and the short of it: Passage length, information density, and working memory in second language listening comprehension1; The effects of note taking on foreign language listening comprehension: An empirical study	National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD
January 24, 2014	Kathleen K. Diamond and Natalya Mytareva: Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)	Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA
February 21, 2014	Dr. Samuel Eisen - Director, Ms. Kaveri Advani - Program Officer, Mr. Ed McDermott - Program Manager, The Language Flagship, NSEP/DLNSEO: The Language Flagship Undergraduate Model: Latest Results and Innovations	Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA
March 21, 2014	Dr. Marla Federe, Director, Foreign Language and Culture Program, Naval Special Warfare: Developing a Mission Focused Language Capability-based Curriculum for Naval Special Warfare	National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD
April 25, 2014	Plenary Topic: Best Practices in Foreign Language Teaching and Assessment. Dr. Margaret Malone, Center for Applied Linguistics: Best Practices in World Language Teaching and Learning: Current Status and Implications for Policy and Pedagogy; Dr. David Ellis, National Foreign Language Center: The Role of Technology in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching	The U.S. Department of Education Lyndon Baines Johnson Headquarters Bldg. 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Training and Development Center
May 16, 2014	Maria Brau: The FBI Develops a Translation Aptitude Test (TAT)	National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD
June 6, 2014	Ms. Yvonne Pawelek, Director, Joint Base Lewis/McChord Foreign Language and Culture Center; Dr. Robert Greene Sands, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Culture and Language at Norwich University: Language/Culture Training Models	Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA