26.204, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition/USA

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Subject: 26.204, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:00:33
From: Rebecca Sachs [rsachs 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: 19-Jan-2015 

Meeting Description:

CLLC 2015: Next-Generation Assessment

April 9-11, 2015
Virginia International University
Fairfax, VA

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 & Statistics at the Educational Testing Service; Professor Emeritus of Measurement, Statistics, & Evaluation at the University of Maryland, College Park)

Dr. Margaret Malone
(Associate Vice President for World Languages & 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)

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.

2nd Call for Papers:

Submission deadline: January 19, 2015
Guidelines:  http://cllc.viu.edu/content/call-papers
Conference website: http://cllc.viu.edu

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

We enthusiastically welcome proposals for workshops, paper and poster presentations, panel discussions, and colloquia in the areas outlined below.

Theme:

This year's Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture (CLLC) intends to frame Next-Generation Assessment in terms of its ability to meet the needs and achieve the goals of all stakeholders. 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.

Conference Strands

Innovations in Assessment
- Technology and assessment
- Interdisciplinary advances and collaborations
- Training in assessment literacy
- New tools, techniques, and directions in assessing…
a. Multicompetence and multiliteracies
b. Language varieties and global languages 
c. Language for specific purposes 
d. Individual differences
e. P-12 content areas (e.g., science, math)
f. Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
g. Language and culture across the curriculum
h. Specific populations of learners (e.g., heritage, indigenous, low-literacy, seniors)

Ethics, Accountability, And Education Policy

- Standards-based assessment
- Consequences of high-stakes standardized tests
- Stakeholder needs, goals, and perceptions
- Test bias, fairness and equity issues
- Accessibility, accommodations and adaptations
- Program evaluation and improvement
- Social responsibility, advocacy and engagement in policy making

Effective Assessment Design, Implementation, And Use

- Needs analyses, diagnostic testing, and goal setting
- Construct definitions, operationalizations, and validation studies
- Raters, rubrics, and reliability
- Development of standards-aligned curricula, materials, and assessment instruments
- Best practices in classroom-based assessment and feedback
- Formative and alternative assessment
- Task-based and simulation-based assessment
- Practitioner research and action research

Important Dates:

Extended submission deadline: Jan 19, 2015
Notification of acceptance: Beginning Feb 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 

Questions?

Please email Kevin Martin, Director of the School of Education, at kevin at viu.edu.

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

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