Dates

September 24, 1999

Plenary Topics

Setting Priorities. Plenary remarks by Richard Brecht, Glenn Nordin and Rick Jackson (Establishment of Translation & Interpretation SIG)

Venue

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

October 29, 1999

The National Educational Evaluation

December 3, 1999

DLI Host:

1. Introduction to the Defense Language Institute;

2. Protecting the Investment in Foreign Language Training through Diagnostic Profile Assessments

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

January 21, 2000

FSI Host: Listening to the Learners

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

February 24, 2000

1. Language and National Security and the Title VI/Fulbright-Hays;

2. The LangNet Project Update

National Foreign Language Center

March 31, 2000

Plenary Planned by the ILR Training Committee:

1. The Global Authoring System for PC (GLAS);

2. An Overview of the Mission and Capabilities of the National Language Resource Centers

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA

May 6, 2000

ILR Pre-Conference Meeting at the Georgetown University Roundtable on Language and Linguistics

Georgetown University

June 9, 2000

Plenary Program Planned by the Special Interest Group in Translation and Interpretation:

Translation & Interpretation in the U.S. Government

Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Arlington, VA