25.4705, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition/USA

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Subject: 25.4705, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:55:17
From: Kevin Martin [kevin at viu.edu]
Subject: Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture

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Full Title: Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture 
Short Title: CLLC 

Date: 09-Apr-2015 - 11-Apr-2015
Location: Fairfax, VA, USA 
Contact Person: Kevin Martin
Meeting Email: kevin at viu.edu
Web Site: http://cllc.viu.edu/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2015 

Meeting Description:

The School of Education at Virginia International University invites your proposals for the 2015 Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture: Next-Generation Assessment to be held April 9-11, 2015 on VIU’s new campus in Fairfax, VA

The 2015 theme, Next-Generation Assessment, intends to frame assessment in terms of its ability to meet the needs and achieve the goals of all stakeholders: empowering students with awareness of their strengths and areas for development; giving educators additional diagnostic information and tools to adapt their instruction; and providing administrators, testing organizations, policy makers, and community members with rigorous data on outcomes that can be used to improve educational programs. Through the sharing of best practices and emerging trends, the goal is to begin a solutions-oriented dialogue on the next generation of innovations in assessment by acknowledging the interplay among a variety of factors related to language, learning, and culture.

Plenary Speakers:

We are honored to announce that three prominent experts in the field of language assessment have agreed to give plenary addresses this year:

- Dr. Robert Mislevy
Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics at the Educational Testing Service 
Professor Emeritus of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation at the University of Maryland, College Park

- Dr. Margaret Malone
Associate Vice President for World Languages and International Programs at the Center for Applied Linguistics
Co-Director of the National Capital Language Resource Center

- Dr. Paula Winke
Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Foreign Language Teaching at Michigan State University
President of the Midwest Association of Language Testers

Questions?

Questions about the conference can be directed to Kevin Martin, Director of the School of Education, at kevin at viu.edu.

For more information on the School of Education, our programs, and the variety of events we host throughout the year, please visit our website at www.viu.edu/sed.

Call for Papers:

Proposals for paper and poster presentations, practice-oriented sessions and workshops, colloquia, and panel discussions are invited in the following broad areas:

- Innovations in Assessment
- Ethics, Accountability, and Education Policy
- Effective Assessment Design, Implementation, and Use

For abstract submission guidelines and more details on each of these strands, please visit our Call for Papers page: http://cllc.viu.edu/content/call-papers

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: January 5, 2015
Notification of acceptance: February 6, 2015
Early registration deadline: March 1, 2015
Regular registration deadline: April 5, 2015
Late registration: April 6-11, 2015
Conference: April 9-11, 2015

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