University of Gothenburg, Department of Education,
Language and Literature Unit
P.O. Box 300, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Fax: +46 (0)31 786 2380
P.O. Box 300, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Fax: +46 (0)31 786 2380
EALTA Conference, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, May 14 – 16, 2004
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Thursday 13th May
17.00 – 20.00 Registration at Hotel Larix
Friday 14th May
| 09.00 – 9.45 | Welcome – Why have we gathered? Karmen Pižorn, University of Ljubljana (conference organiser) Slovenia in the EU – educational perspective Slavko Gaber, Slovenian Minister for Education, Science and Sport PPT slides |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | Why is there a need for a European Association of Language
Testing and Assessment? J Charles Alderson PPT slides |
BREAK |
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| 10.45 – 11.30 | What is the role of the Common European Framework of Reference
for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment? John De Jong PPT slides |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | What are the CEF Levels, where did they come from and how are
they being used? Brian North PPT slides |
LUNCH |
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| 14.00 – 14.45 | Manual for relating examination to the Common European Framework:
aims and procedures Sauli Takala PPT slides |
| 14.45 – 15.30 | Psychometric tools and procedures for relating a test to the
CEF Norman Verhelst PPT slides |
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| 16.00 – 16.45 | The Dutch CEF Construct Group: advice on how to develop specifications
for tests at each level of the CEF J Charles Alderson PPT slides |
| 16.45 – 17.10 | Some aspects of the Commission's language policies Paul Holdsworth |
| 17.10 – 17.30 | Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: transparency
and diversity Johanna Panthier |
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| 19.00 | Buffet reception |
Saturday 15th May
| 9.00 – 9.45 |
DIALANG and the CEF Ari Huhta, Gillian McLaughlin PPT slides1 : PPT slides2 : PPT slides3 |
| 9.45 – 10.30 | Slovene experience in developing the European Language Portfolio Janez Skela |
| BREAK |
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| 11.00 – 11.45 | What needs have been perceived by different stakeholders in
language testing and assessment? - Report of the EALTA project team
I Ari Huhta, Angela Hasselgreen PPT slides |
| 11.45 – 12.30 | Panel discussion |
| LUNCH |
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| 14.00 – 16.00 | Annual General Meeting of EALTA MS Word Doc |
| 17.00 – 21.00 | Tour to Bled lake |
Sunday 16th May
| 9.00 – 9.45 |
CATwalk to quality: The painstaking process of developing CEF-based
computer-adaptive reading tests in Norway Angela Hasselgreen, Eli moe, Cecilie Carlsen, Hildegunn Helness PDF Doc |
| 9.45 – 10.30 | The Dutch ‘’Pamphlet’’ on the use of
the CEF Piet Van Avermaet PPT slides |
| BREAK |
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| 11.00 – 11.45 | Can you be tested in Slovene as a foreign language? –
The six-level exam, related to the CEF Ina Ferbežar PPT slides |
| 11.45 – 12.30 | How could training of language examiners be related to the CEF?
– A case study Ildiko Csepes PPT slides |
| 12.30 – 1.15 | Farewell The ENLTA project team |
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