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BILC STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops: Enhancing Language Proficiency

Explore BILC events and courses like the STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop with a focus on test validation and proficiency knowledge. Engage in discussions, training, and seminars to improve language assessment practices. 8 Relevant

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BILC STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops: Enhancing Language Proficiency

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  1. Skopje, 5-7 Sept. 2017STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop

  2. Skopje, 5-7 Sept. 2017STANAG 6001 Testing WorkshopBILC Update Emilija Nesheva, BILC Secretary

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

  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. 2017 BILC ConferenceVienna, Austria, 14-19 May • Theme: Recognizing and Navigating the Specific Dynamics of Military Language Training • Sub-topics: - Classroom behavior in the context of military culture - Navigating between mixed cultures in the classroom - Different profiles of language learners and their impact on learning success - Classroom culture - turning over-achievers into role-models - Fostering foreign culture acquisition - Accommodating students with special needs (i.e., learning disabilities, service related injuries, PTSD) - Enhancing student success in mastering higher proficiency levels - Pedagogy employed in building student autonomy - English for Specific Purposes in a military environment • Study Groups Topics: - Activities for building cultural mastery blocks - Best practices and challenges in teaching security and military related terminology - Military assistance with the language problems related to the migrant crisis - Best practices in STANAG 6001 testing - Harmonizing the dynamics of military leadership and civilian faculty in language programs

  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 • Brno, 2016 - Testing the test – how valid is our validity argument?

  8. 2016 BILC STANAG Testing WorkshopBrno, Czech Republic, 6-9 September Theme: TESTING THE TEST – HOW VALID IS OUR VALIDITY ARGUMENT? Sub-themes: • Qualitative versus quantitative analysis • Piloting challenges • Test validation partnerships • Think aloud protocols • Data analysis tools • Consequential validity • Modified Angoff procedure and its place in the validation process • Use of validation procedures to inform training 43 participants from 23 countries + 1 representative of NATO HQ SHAPE

  9. 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

  10. BILC site https://www.natobilc.org

  11. Questions? BILC e-mail address: chairman@natobilc.org my e-mail address: e.nesheva@mod.bg

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