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TitleCall for Proposals: Reconciling Language Learning and Assessment
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Language Symposium 2008
Reconciling Language Learning and Assessment
April 25-26, 2008
University of Illinois-Chicago

Topics may include:
• Assessing learners and programs, including curricula
• Classroom testing across skills and levels
• Types of assessment, including alternative assessments and self-assessment
• Assessment of language skills and cultural knowledge
• Heritage speakers - challenges and successes
• Scales, descriptors, and guidelines
• Testing instruments, including AP placement tests
• Online and multimedia resources
• Testing research and its application

Language instructors at all levels are invited to submit proposals; all languages are welcome.

Submission deadline: Friday, February 22, 2008.

More information is available at http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/lclc/Research/symposium08.shtml .

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