Plenary Session dates for 2013 - 2014

September 18, 2015

Bella Cohen, Senior Faculty Development Specialist,
Faculty Development Support, Defense Language Institute (DLIFLC)

Higher Language Proficiency=Professional Success;
The Art of Teacher to Higher Levels: Plan → Execute → Assess

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

November 6, 2015

Building a technology infrastructure for Language Transformation:
How the CL-150 evolves and how USG is using it
Patrick Franco, INSCOM, United States Army
Michael Quinlan, Transparent Language
Canceled

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

December 11, 2015

Bryan Anderson: Director of Art and Media Production, NFLC Taimur Khan: Director of New Business Development, NFLC
Power Point presentation - ppt file
Online presentation

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

January 22, 2016

Presenters: Heidi Faust, Associate Director, Center for Advanced Proficiency in English, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Deanna Coon, Project Manager, Center for Applied Linguistics
Deborah Kennedy, Associate Vice President,  Center for Applied Linguistics.

Topic: Online Writing Instruction for Professionals: Factors Contributing to Success

The UMBC Advanced Professional Writing Course online, which was designed for non-native English speaking employees of the Department of Defense, in now in its third year of implementation. Presenters will share outcomes of the course and discuss distinguishing factors among several cohorts that might have contributed to the assessment results.

"Canceled due to weather -- will be rescheduled sometime in the 2016-17 ILR year"

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

February 26, 2016

TechnoGogy live in a Spanish class!!
The aim of technogogy is to promote and expand the educational potential of new technologies through sound pedagogical exploitation

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA

March 18, 2016

The ACTFL Listening and Reading Benchmark Study, 2014-2015
Elvira Swender, ACTFL
Erwin Tschirner, University of Leipzig, Germany

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

April 15, 2016

“National Commission on Language Learning”

Marty Abbott, ACTFL
Dan Davidson, American Councils for International Education

LBJ Department of Education Building at 400 Maryland Avenue SW

May 20, 2016

"The Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC): Research and Resources"

Margaret Malone, Co-Director, AELRC
Anne Donovan, Assistant Director, AELRC

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

June 10, 2016

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington,VA