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Program Information for Language Symposium
April 25-26, 2008

April 25

2:00 - 4:00 pm - Online Assessment Tutorial (Grant Hall 207)

Pre-symposium Focus Group Meeting

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is developing an online tutorial about assessment and would like your input.
Researchers from CAL will be conducting a focus group with language educators and testing specialists to gather feedback on the tutorial. Symposium presenters and participants are invited to participate.
The focus group will take place Friday, April 25, 2008, during the afternoon before the Language Symposium 2008 at the University of Illinois-Chicago. During the focus group, participants will review the online tutorial and provide input on its content and layout.
The session will last approximately 2 hours, and participants will be paid $75. More details on the time and location will be announced in April. If you have questions, or are interested in participating, please contact Victoria Nier at the Center for Applied Linguistics.
Victoria Nier Center for Applied Linguistics vnier@cal.org (202) 355-1562	You must be pre-registered for the Focus Meeting to attend.

4:00 pm - (Grant Hall 205)

Video Conferencing Demostration

We will first show you the video conferencing equipment in our classroom, and then demostrate a real time call to Michigan State University's Language Center.

4:30 pm - (Grant Hall 204)

Classroom Recording Demostration

5:00 pm -Explore Our New Language and Culture Learning Center

Facility Tour

5:30 pm - (Grant Hall Foyer)

Registration

5:30 pm - (Grant Hall 308)

Wine Reception

6:30 pm - (Lecture Center F1)

Welcome

Susanne Rott, Director of the Language and Culture Learning Center

Dwight McBride, Dean of College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Dr. Jessica Williams, Associate Head & Director of LCTLs

Keynote Speech

Featured Speaker: Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University

"Big Changes in Language Assessment"

8:00 pm - (Grant Hall Foyer)

Dinner

April 26

8:30 am - (Grant Hall Foyer)

Registration & Breakfast

9:30 - 10:30 am Session 1 (Lecture Center F1)

Assessment tools for Program Development

1. Making the Assessment Mandate Work (Abstract)

Susanne McLaughlin & Jane Curtis

Roosevelt University

2. The Role of e-portfolios in Program Assessment: One Undergraduate Program's Experience (Abstract)

Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz

Michael Morris

Northern Illinois University

10:30 am Break - (Grant Hall Foyer)

11:00 - 12:30 pm Session 2 (Lecture Center F1)

Assessing Language Knowledge: from Initial Placement to Proficiency Outcome

1. Online language placement at Northwestern University: Challenges, Successes, Lessons Learned (Abstract)

Matthew W. Taylor

Janine Spencer

Northernwestern University

2. Quantitative Tracking of Oral Proficiency (Abstract)

Douglas Wulf

Steven Copley

George Mason University

3. Testing for Proficiency: How & Why We Do It (Abstract)

Joanne Peltonen

University of Minnesota

12:30 Lunch - (Grant Hall Foyer)

1:30 - 2:00 pm Session 3 - (Lecture Center)

Concurrent: Assessing Language Skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking

1. Language Placement of Advanced L2 Readers: The Effects of Criterion- Referenced Self-Assessment (Abstract) Room F1

Cindy Brantmeier

Washington University in St. Louis

2. Evaluating Academic Summary Writing: An Analysis of Paraphrases and Holistic Rating (Abstract) Room F2

Choon Kim

St. Cloud State University

3. Do Online and In-class Oral Assessment Task Provide Complementary Information about Oral Achievement? (Abstract) Room F3

Susanne Rott

Adam Gacs

University of Illinois at Chicago

2:00 Break - (Grant Hall Foyer)

2:15 - 3:15 pm Session 4 - (Lecture Center F1)

Assessing Pragmatics

1 . A Process-Oriented Online Pragmatics Test Module (Abstract)

Dennie Hoopingarner

Fei Fei

Mchigan State University

Faculty Development

2. Understanding Assessment: A Guide for Foreign Language Educators (Abstract)

Meg Montee, Colleen Gallagher, Victoria Nier, Margaret E. Malone

The Center for Applied Linguistics

3:15 Wrap-up and Closing Reception - (Grant Hall Foyer)

Sponsors:

Department of Germanic Studies, UIC

Department of English, UIC

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIC

Learning Sciences Research Institute, UIC

The Council on Language Instruction, Northwestern University
The Multimedia Learning Center, Northwestern University
The Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University
The Center for the Study of Languages in the Division of Humanities, University of Chicago

Center of Applied Linguistics