Language Institute Programs and Events
For UW Faculty and Staff

The following programs and events were held during the 2007-08 academic year. Information about programs in 2008-09 will be available soon!

Language Institute Lecture Series: Assessing Language Learning

• John Norris, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Making the Most of Assessment and Evaluation in College Foreign Language Programs
• Carl Falsgraf, University of Oregon, Standards-based Meassures of Proficiency (STAMP) and the Ecology of Assessment
• Gerard Westhoff, Utrecht University, A Priori Assessment of Complex Language Tasks by Practitioners
• James P. Lantolf, Pennsylvania State University, Dynamic Assessment: The Dialectical Integration of Instruction and Assessment

Second Language Acquisition Talk Series

• Elaine Tarone, University of Minnesota, Second-Language Acquisition by Low-Literate Learners: An Under-Studied Population
• Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Action-based Teaching, Autonomy and Identity
• Alan Firth, Newcastle University, Doing Not Being a Foreign Language Learner: Working in English as a 'Lingua Franca'

Fall, 2007 Workshop

• Workshop on language assessment led by John Norris, University of Hawai'i at Manoa: Learning to Apply Use-Oriented Assessment and Evaluation

Online Voice Software for Language Instructors

• Horizon Wimba Voice Tools Trial Subscription

Community Outreach

• International Reach (sponsored by International Student Services)

Archives

• 2006-07 Programs for Faculty and Staff
  2005-06 Programs for Faculty and Staff
• 2004-05 Programs for Faculty and Staff

Upcoming

Lecture: New Media Literacies and the 21st Century Language Learner
Steven L. Thorne
Pennsylvannia State University
11:00 am, Saturday, May 31
104 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Avenue

An invited lecture for the 20th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese. Learn more >

Interdepartmental Orientation Workshop for New UW-Madison Language Instructors
August 25-27, 2008

A workshop for new language instructors comprised of lectures, readings, demo lessons, and practice teaching. Learn more >

Upcoming in the Fall 2008

Online Chinese courses for business professionals! Learn more >

New online methods course for postsecondary instructors of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) Learn more >

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