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Brno, Sept. 2016 STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop BILC Update

Explore BILC events and workshops focusing on language training and testing, featuring seminars, conferences, and professional development opportunities to enhance proficiency assessment methodologies and standardization practices.

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Brno, Sept. 2016 STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop BILC Update

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  1. Brno, Sept. 2016STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop BILC Update Emilija Nesheva, BILC Secretary

  2. BILC events and courses • Annual Conference (May) • STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop (September) • Professional Seminar (October) • Testing Seminars • Faculty Development Workshops

  3. 2016 BILC ConferenceRiga, Latvia, 22-26 May • Theme: From goals to outcomes: measuring success • Topics: - Creating courses and validating their effectiveness - Accreditation of courses - Applying quality assurance measures to language programs - Creating coherence across different assessments in a language program - Portability of STANAG 6001 scores to civilian contexts - STANAG 6001-based training and the Bologna process - (Dis)parities between scales and tests - The impact of digital learning environments on learning success - Challenges of transitioning from traditional to blended learning - Enhancing performance through standardization - Creating templates for success. • Study Groups Topics: - Quality assurance for language programs - Portability of STANAG 6001 certificates to civilian context - Best practices in blended learning - Successful templates for designing, developing and validating courses.

  4. 2016 BILC Professional Seminar, Budapest, Hungary, 23-28 October • Theme: Authenticity in training and testing: making it real • Topics • Linking training and testing to real-world target language use • Traditional textbooks versus authentic materials • Co-operating/partnering with local universities • Attaining concordance between linguistic objectives and training outcomes • Benefitting from tele-collaboration between training establishments • Using social media in training • Teaching and learning as two sides of the same coin • Language maintenance

  5. Testing Seminars Hosted by the Partner Language Training Center Europe (PLTCE), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany • Language Testing Seminar • 2 weeks • Twice a year • Advanced Language Testing Seminar • 3 weeks • Once a year • Language Standards & Assessment Seminar • 2 weeks • Twice a year

  6. Why Have Annual STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops? • Need for periodic renorming / standardization • Chance to update approaches and knowledge of proficiency testing • Forum for exchanging ideas / lessons learned

  7. BILC STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops • Zagreb, 2009 • Focus on standardization, moderation and validation • Sarajevo, 2010 • Focus on testing speaking • Stockholm, 2011 • Focus on testing writing • Copenhagen, 2012 • Focus on testing listening • SHAPE Mons, 2013 • Focus on integrating test development stages • Reichenau, 2014 • Focus on item development practices • Vilnius, 2015 - Challenges in STANAG 6001 testing

  8. BILC 2017 Calendar (draft)

  9. Questions? • BILC site: www.natobilc.org BILC e-mail address: chairman@natobilc.org • my e-mail address: e.nesheva@mod.bg

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