September 26, 2014 |
Bill Castan, Program Director, National Language Service Corps: Program Overview - National Language Service Corps (NLSC). |
Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA |
October 31, 2014 |
Betsy Barbour, Global SKILLS: "Unraveling the Mystery of Language: A Demonstration on How to Learn a Language With a Native Speaker." |
Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA |
December 12, 2014 |
Paul Sandrock, Director of Education, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL): “Assessment to Inform Instruction and Learning”; Michele A. Aoki, International Education Administrator, Seattle Public Schools: "Seal of Biliteracy: Implementation Plans in Washington State" |
National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD |
January 23, 2015 |
Kelley Dunkelberg, Tanya Matar, and Jim Bernhardt, Foreign Service Institute: "FSI's ALERT Program: Operational Task-Based Instruction Yields Amazing Results" |
Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA |
February 20, 2015 |
Heidi Faust, Assistant Director, Center for Advanced Proficiency in English, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Deborah Kennedy, Associate Vice President, Center for Applied Linguistics: "Advanced Professional Writing in English Online: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Course" |
Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA |
March 13, 2015 |
Dr. Henk J. Haarmann, Senior Research Scientist, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language: "Leveraging the science of learning for language training" |
National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD |
April 17, 2015 |
Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Deputy Assistant Secretary , International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE): "The Vision and Roadmap for IFLE." Dr. Libia Socorro Gil, Assistant Deputy Secretary & Director, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): "Biliteracy and Multiliteracy Skills: Essentials for America's Future Economic Prosperity and National Security" |
The U.S. Department of Education |
May 15, 2015 |
Dr. Robert R. Greene Sands, Institute for the Study of Culture and Language, Norwich University; Ms. Yvonne Pawelek, Joint Base Lewis/McChord Foreign Language and Culture Center; Mr. Pieter Devisser, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Dr. Allison Greene-Sands, Department of Defense: "Assessing Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (LREC) Performance: not like threading a camel through the eye of a needle" |
National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), College Park , MD |
June 5, 2015 |
Kevin Gormley and Samuel Eisen, Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO), U.S. Department of Defense; Christa Hansen, Georgetown University; Deborah Kennedy, Center for Applied Linguistics: "The English for Heritage Language Speakers Program: Ten Years of Impact and Achievement." |
Georgetown University |
