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BILC Testing Seminars
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Language Testing Seminar (LTS)
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Advanced Language Testing Seminar
(ALTS)
LANGUAGE TESTING SEMINAR
(LTS)
Language Testing Seminar
(LTS)
• Developed and conducted by BILC testing experts
• Background: A BILC initiative aimed at promoting a
common interpretation of STANAG 6001 and
consistency in language proficiency testing
• Specific objective: To give NATO/PfP language teaching
professionals the opportunity to practice developing test
items based on STANAG 6001
Language Testing Seminar
(LTS)
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Held since Autumn 2000
Two-week graduate-level seminar
Offered three times a year (February, June, November)
12 participants per seminar
Highly interactive, hands-on activities, small group work
Language Testing Seminar
(LTS)
• Each seminar is
conducted by BILC
testing experts from two
or more different BILC
member nations
• Faculty from Bulgaria,
Canada, Denmark,
Germany, Hungary, Italy,
Lithuania, Romania, the
Netherlands, Slovak
Republic, UK, and USA
Language Testing Seminar
(LTS)
• Invitations issued by Allied Command Transformation
• Hosted at the Partner Language Training Center Europe
of the George C. Marshall Center, GarmischPartenkirchen, Germany
• More than 300 graduates from 38 nations and five
NATO offices
ADVANCED LANGUAGE TESTING
SEMINAR (ALTS)
Advanced Language Testing Seminar
(ALTS)
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Need for continuing
professional development
for test developers
identified
Stakeholders’ meeting in
September 2008
Result: Advanced
Language Testing
Seminar (ALTS)
Validated in 2009
Advanced Language Testing Seminar
(ALTS)
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Target audience: LTS graduates who continue to
work on STANAG 6001 testing
• STANAG 6001 Edition 3 standardization
sessions
• Focus on L3 for practical exercises
• Opportunity to exchange best practices
Modular approach to seminar
Advanced Language Testing Seminar
(ALTS)
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Three-week seminar
• Module 1: Productive skills: Speaking and Writing
(one-week)
• Module 2: Receptive skills: Listening and
Reading (one week)
• Module 3: Test analysis (3 days)
• Module 4: Managerial issues (2 days)
Advanced Language Testing Seminar
(ALTS)
• Offered once a year
• 8 participants, 1 per nation
• Prerequisites
• LTS graduate
• At least 1 year of experience in STANAG 6001
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test development
• SLP 3333
Conducted by testing experts from five BILCmember nations
POC for BILC Language Testing
Seminars:
Peggy Garza
[email protected]
+49 8821 750 2792

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