Language Institute 2007-08 Lecture Series: Assessing Language Learning

A series of lectures sponsored by the Language Institute in the 2007-08 academic year by nationally and internationally prominent scholars on topics related to assessing what language learners know and can do.

Upcoming:

A Priori Assessment of Complex Language Tasks by Practitioners
Gerard Westhoff, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
3:30 pm, Tuesday, February 12, 2008
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive

Dynamic Assessment: The Dialectical Integration of Instruction and Assessment
James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University
Note time change: 4:00 pm, Thursday, April 10, 2008
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive

Previous:

Making the Most of Assessment and Evaluation in College Foreign Language Programs
John Norris, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
12:00 pm, Monday, September 10, 2007
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive

Standards-based Measures of Proficiency (STAMP) and the Ecology of Assessment
Carl Falsgraf , University of Oregon
12:00 pm, Thursday, October 18, 2007 
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive

All lectures in the series are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Language Institute, with funding from the College of Letters and Science Anonymous Fund.

Upcoming

Lecture: New Media Literacies and the 21st Century Language Learner
Steven L. Thorne
Pennsylvannia State University
11:00 am, Saturday, May 31
104 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Avenue

An invited lecture for the 20th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese. Learn more >

Interdepartmental Orientation Workshop for New UW-Madison Language Instructors
August 25-27, 2008

A workshop for new language instructors comprised of lectures, readings, demo lessons, and practice teaching. Learn more >

Upcoming in the Fall 2008

Online Chinese courses for business professionals! Learn more >

New online methods course for postsecondary instructors of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) Learn more >

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