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2022

Reckford, M., Morgan, J., & Montee, M. (2022, March 19). Availability and diversity of bilingual/ dual language pre-service teacher preparation programs: A state-level analysis [Poster]. American Association for Applied Linguistics, Pittsburgh, PA.

Malone, M, Montee, M, & Pineault, C. (2022, February 21). The development of instructor’s assessment literacy through online PD. [Research roundtable session]. Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY.

2021

Malone, M, Morgan, J, Montee, M. (2021, May 2). Assessing Heritage Language Learners: Teacher Knowledge, Practice, and Needs. [Research roundtable session]. Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY.

Malone, M, Stevenson, M., & Pineault, C. (2021, November 20). Improving world language programs through evaluation: Research and use. [On-demand session]. ACTFL Annual Convention. Virtual Conference.

Ku, Y., Pineault, C., & Siyari, N. (2021, October 23). How language skills relate: Investigating students’ perceptions of speaking performance in light of TOEIC scores. [Paper session]. East Coast Organization of Language Testers Annual Conference. Virtual Conference.

Malone, M. & Montee, M. (2021, October). Developing C-tests: Process and procedures for development and alignment to existing tests. [Research in progress session]. Midwest Association of Language Testers Conference. Virtual Conference.

Malone, M., & Montee, M. (2021, March 24-27). Questions about language assessment? Resources and strategies for language teachers. [Invited Feature Presentation]. TESOL Conference. Virtual Conference.

Morgan, J., & Montee, M. (2021, March 19-22). Assessing heritage language learners: A survey of teachers’ knowledge, practices, and needs. [Poster Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics. Virtual Conference.

Mumper, D., Borowczyk, M., & Subtirelu, N.C. (2021, March 19-22). New York State Seal of Biliteracy: Conceptions of Biliteracy and Community Involvement. [Paper Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics. Virtual Conference.

Salen, B., Toker, S., Stevens, O., & Malone, E. M. (2021, March 19-22). Development and validation of Turkish C-test for foreign language education and research in the US. [Paper Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics. Virtual Conference.

Siyari, N. (2021, March 19-22). Is task-based language teaching truly viable while standardized tests are all-pervasive? Iranian EFL teachers’ perspectives. [Paper Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics. Virtual Conference.

2020

Borowczyk, M., Malone, M.E., & Elabdali, R. (2020, November 20-22). Influences of a MOPI workshop on language teaching and learning. [Paper Presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Virtual Conference.

Borowczyk, M., & Malone, M.E. (2020, November 20-22). A nationwide survey of Seal of Biliteracy implementation. [Paper Presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Virtual Conference.

Montee, M. (2020, October). Developing and using speaking assessments for effective language teaching. [Invited talk]. Vanderbilt’s University for Second Language Studies. Online talk.

Morgan, J. & Michelotti, V. (2020, October 29-31). Heritage Language Education: Teacher Perspectives, Practices, and Needs. [Work-in-Progress Presentation]. East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Virtual Conference.

Siyari, N., Lee, V., Consolini, C, Malone, M., & Sykes, J. (2020, October 29-31). Using digital simulations to assess L2 pragmatic competence: A report on pilot results in Spanish. [Paper presentation]. East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Virtual Conference.

Malone, M. E. & Kim, A.I. (2020, August 15-21). Using proficiency-based professional development to transform classrooms in higher education. In S. Gass & P. Winke (Organizers), Proficiency: Wanting it in instruction, and seeing it in varied assessment. Symposium at the 19th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Groningen, the Netherlands. (Symposium cancelled due to COVID-19)

Malone, M. E. (2020, July 21-23). Student voices in virtual learning [Invited facilitator of post-secondary student panel]. Apart but Together: National Foreign Language Center Virtual Summit. 

Malone, M. E. (2020, July 21-23). Performance and feedback in virtual learning environments [Invited panelist]. Apart but Together: National Foreign Language Center Virtual Summit.

Malone, M. E. (2020, July). The role of assessment in distance learning: Building relationships [Invited virtual plenary]. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Elabdali, R. (2020, June 9-13). Register features in Arabic heritage writing assessment [Paper presentation]. Language Testing Research Colloquium, Hammamet, Tunisia. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19)

Malone, M. E., Elabdali, R., & Borowczyk, M. (2020, June 9-13). Influences of hybrid professional development on FL instructors’ assessment literacy [Paper presentation]. Language Testing Research Colloquium, Hammamet, Tunisia. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19)

Malone, M. & Montee, M. (2020, May 1). World Language Assessment – Adapting to a Virtual Environment [Online webinar]. Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center, Washington, D.C. 

Borowczyk, M., Elabdali, R., & Malone, M. E. (2020, March 27-31). Influences of hybrid professional development on FL instructors’ assessment literacy [Paper presentation].American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, CO. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19) 

Elabdali, R., Borowczyk, M., & Malone, M. E. (2020, March 27-31). Influences of hybrid professional development on FL instructors’ assessment literacy [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, CO. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19)

Myers, R., & Malone, M. E. (2020, March 27-31). Articulation of the Seal of Biliteracy to the higher education context [Roundtable discussion]. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, CO. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19)

Salen, B. & Malone, M. E. (2020, March 27-31). Resource development in assessment research: Utilizing communicative tasks in a learner corpus [Poster presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, CO. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19) 

Kim, A. I. (2020, March 13-15). Critical analysis of post-entry language assessment policies: Trends and implications [Paper presentation]. Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, D.C.

Malone, M. E., Elabdali, R., & Borowczyk, M. (February 13-15, 2020). Influence of a MOPI workshop on language teaching and learning. [Round table discussion]. Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language. New York City, NY.

Morgan, J. & Montee, M. (2020, February 13-15). Selecting assessments for heritage language programs [Paper presentation]. North East Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY. 

2019

Borowcyzk, M. (2019, June). The double bind of pride and profit: Promotional discourses in Slavic community-based heritage language schools. Presentation at the NHLRC Heritage Language Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM.

Borowcyzk, M. (2019, March). Credentialing heritage: The role of community heritage language schools in implementing the Seal of Biliteracy. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Borowcyzk, M. (2019, March). Beyond Just Culture: Promotional discourses in Slavic community heritage language schools. Presentation at the Georgetown University Round Table, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Cerezo, L., Fernández-Mallat, V., Hacquard, V., Malone, M., & Serafini, E. (2019, February). Linguistics panel. Discussant at the Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY) 2019: Reimagined Communities: Continuities and Dislocations, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Forrest, L., Sağdıç, A., Sykes, J., & Malone, M. (2019, March). Developing a digital simulation to measure L2 intercultural, pragmatic and interactional competence: Initial pilot results. Presentation at the 41st Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Atlanta, GA.

Kim, A. I., Malone, M., & Xu, Y. (2019, March). A long-term impact of hybrid professional development program on FL instructors’ understanding of oral proficiency assessment. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Malone, M., & Xu, Y. (2019, March). Developing a Chinese C-test for research purposes. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Malone, M., Sağdıç, A., Sykes, J., & Forrest, L. (2019, August). Task-based approach to measuring L2 intercultural, pragmatic, and interactional competence. Presentation at the Eighth International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Ottawa, Canada.

Malone, M. E.,Toker, Ş., Xu Y., & Reagan, D. (2019, September). Developing and validating C-tests for foreign language research: Examples from Turkish and Mandarin. Presented at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers Conference, Washington, DC.

Malone, M. E., Xu Y., Toker, Ş., & Reagan, D. (2019, October). New Approaches to C-test Development: Examples from Mandarin, Turkish, and Russian. Invited talk at Inter-Agency Language Roundtable (ILR) Committee Meeting, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State, Washington, DC.

Malone, M. E., Forrest, L., & Sağdıç, A. Digital Assessment: Pragmatic, Intercultural, and Interactional Competencies. Presented at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, Washington, DC.

Montee, M., & Malone, M.E. (2019, November). Selecting a Language Test that Meets Your Needs. Presented at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, Washington, DC.

Olgun-Baytaş, M., & Toker, Ş. (2019, March). Translanguaging as a pedagogical approach with Syrian refugee learners in Turkey: Lessons learned from a collaborative inquiry. Individual paper presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Sağdıç, A. (2019, March). Use it laughingly: Multilingual learners’ pragmatic and metapragmatic knowledge of Turkish formulaic expressions. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Sağdıç, A. & Toker, Ş. (2019, September). Expectations versus reality: Narrative positioning and agency in L2 learning. Presentation at Second Language Research Forum 2019, East Lansing, MI.

Salen, B., & Malone, M. (2019, August). Developing a language test corpus of communicative tasks for assessment research. Poster presented at the Eighth International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Ottawa, Canada.

Subtirelu, N. C. (2019, March). Decommodifying Spanish-English bilingualism: Aggrieved Whiteness and the discursive contestation of language as economic resource. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Sykes, J. (2019, February). Extending our understanding of pragmatic competence in multilinguals: Applying a multi-dimensional, dynamic model to digital and non-digital contexts. Invited presentation hosted by the Initiative for Multilingual Studies and AELRC, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Sykes, H., Malone, M., Forrest, L., & Sağdıç, A. (2019, March). A digital simulation to measure L2 intercultural, pragmatic and interactional competence. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Tahmouresi, S., & Teimouri, Y. (2019, March). Differential roles of shame and guilt in L2 learning: How bad is bad? Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Teimouri, Y., Plonsky, L., & Goetze, J. (2019, March). A meta-analysis of the relationship between L2 anxiety and achievement. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Toker, Ş. (2019, October). Affordances of and constraints on translanguaging pedagogy with refugee students in a mainstream school context in Turkey. Presentation at Social Justice, Language Diversity, and Globalization Workshop at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Venezia, F., & Subtirelu, N. C. (2019, March). School administrators as language policy arbiters of the Seal of Biliteracy. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Venezia, F., Subtirelu, N. C., & Malone, M. (2019, March). The Seal of Biliteracy across contexts of policy appropriation: Exploring who benefits and how. Colloquium at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Xu, Y. (2019, March). A form-meaning combined approach to interlanguage writing complexity. Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2019, Atlanta, GA.

Xu, Y., & Malone, M. (2019, March). Developing a Chinese C-test for research purposes. Poster presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Atlanta, GA.

Xu, Y., Malone, M., & Kim, A. (2019, June). Chinese C-test. In M. Malone & C. Harsch (Chairs), Transitions in the use of C-tests. Symposium conducted at the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment Conference (EALTA), Dublin, Ireland.

 2018

Gettler, M., Blyth, C., Campbell, J., & Malone, M. (2018, November). Free resources from the Title VI Language Resource Centers. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, New Orleans, LA.

Harding, L. (2018, October). English as a Lingua Franca and language assessment: Challenges and opportunities. Invited presentation for the Linguistics Department Speaker Series, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. [video]

Malone, M. (2018, November). Get woke about research. Discussant at the ACTFL Student Discussion Pod, ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, New Orleans, LA.

Malone, M., Kim, A., & Xu, Y. (2018, October). Understanding the STARTALK guidelines. Poster presented at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers Seventeenth Annual Conference, Princeton, NJ.

Malone, M. E., & Polio, C. (2018, December). Are some languages really more difficult to learn than others? Presentation at the Interagency Language Roundtable Testing Committee Meeting, College Park, MD.

Malone, M., & Rubio, F. (2018, October).  Applying language assessment research to set expectations in higher education. Consortium on Useful Assessment in Languages and the Humanities Education, Eugene, OR.

Malone, M., & Rubio, F. (2018, November). ACTFL research initiatives: Innovations and studies. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, New Orleans, LA.

McKay, T., Kim, A. I., & Malone, M. E. (2018, March). STARTALK: Understanding the ACTFL guidelines. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2018, Chicago, IL.

McKay, T. H., Sağdıç, A., & Teimouri, Y. (2018, October). More on the validity and reliability of C-test scores: A meta-analysis of C-test studies. East Coast Organization of Language Testers Seventeenth Annual Conference, Princeton, NJ.

Montee, M., & Malone, M. (2018, November). Understanding language development through assessment. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, New Orleans, LA.

Sağdıç, A. (2018, March). Empowering ELLs through assessing L2 pragmatics. TESOL 2018 International Convention, Chicago, IL.
 

Sağdıç, A., Malone, M., Sykes, J., & Forrest, L. (2018, November). Assessing pragmatic, intercultural, and interactional competence through digital simulation. Paper presented at the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA) Conference, Albany, NY.

Soneson, D., Winke, P., Rubio, F., and Malone, M. (2018, November). Meeting expectations: Proficiency assessment and curricular response. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, New Orleans, LA.

Xu, Y., & Malone, M. (2018, September). Developing a Chinese C-test for research purposes. Paper presented at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers Seventeenth Annual Conference, Princeton, NJ.

Xu, Y., McKay, T. H., & Malone, M. E. (2018, March). Developing a Chinese C-test for research purposes. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2018, Chicago, IL.

Xu, Y., McKay, T. H., & Malone, M. E. (2018, March). Developing a Chinese C-test for research purposes. Language Assessment Research Conference 2018, Ames, IA.

 2017

Chi, J., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2017, April). Teachers of LCTL heritage learners: How do we perceive our students. Paper presented at National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Conference (NCOLCTL) 2017, Rolling Meadows, IL.

Chi, J., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2017, April). Teachers of heritage language learners: Perceptions, beliefs, expectations, and needs. Paper presented at Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture (CLLC), Fairfax, VA.

Chi, J., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2017, March). Teachers’ perceptions of heritage  language learners in the classroom. Roundtable presentation at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017, Portland, OR.

Donovan, A., Wei, J., & Abbott, M. (2017, October). Student assessment roundtable. Roundtable presentation at Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference 2017, Washington, DC.

Kim, A. I. (2017, April). Conducting a needs analysis in nonacademic contexts: English for general purposes program. Presented at Task-Based Language Teaching, Barcelona, Spain.

Kim, A. I. (2017, June). A meta-analysis of rater background effects on writing performance assessment. The Symposium of Second Language Writing 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.

Kim, A. I. (2017, October). The use of multilingual tasks in assessing content knowledge: An emic perspective. Poster presented at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Washington, DC.

Kim, A. I., & Son, Y. (2017, April). Developing short-cut measures of LCTL proficiency: The new Korean C-test. Presented at National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Rolling Meadows, IL.

Malone, M. E. (2017, February). Language assessment literacy: What language teacher educators need to find out about students. Presentation at UCLA Language Teacher Educators’ Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Malone, M. E. (2017, February). Understanding assessment: A workshop for language teacher educators. Invited workshop at UCLA Language Teacher Educators’ Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Malone, M. E. (2017, March). Language in a global society: Research from study abroad. Emory & Henry College: The Reynolds Lecture, Emory, VA.

Malone, M. E. (2017, March). Study abroad in contemporary times: Technological innovations. Colloquium at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017, Portland, OR.

Malone, M. E. (2017, June). U.S. migration and tests of adult language progress. Paper presented at invited symposium at the European Association of Language Assessment, Sèvres, France.
 

Malone, M. E. (2017, July). Including student perspectives in language assessment literacy. Paper presented at a symposium on language assessment literacy at the Language Testing Research Colloquium, Bogotá, Colombia.

Malone, M. E. (2017, October). Unpacking language assessment literacy: Differentiating needs of different stakeholder groups. Plenary talk presented at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Washington, DC.

Malone, M. E. (2017, November). Mission and achievement in higher education. Discussant. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, Nashville, TN.

Malone, M. E. & Polio, C. (2017, March). Are some languages really more difficult to learn? Maybe, maybe not. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2017, Portland, OR.

Malone, M. E., & Mackey, A. (2017, March). Benefits of bilingualism. Presentation at Thomas Jefferson High School, Fairfax, VA.
 

Malone, M. E., Rubio, F., Crane, C., & Peart, S. (2017, October). Language and student success: Identifying ways to explain outcomes in the IHE context. Consortium on Useful Assessment in Languages and the Humanities Education, Atlanta, GA.

McKay, T., Kim, A. I., & Malone, M. (2017, December). STARTALK: Understanding the ACTFL guidelines. Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) meeting, National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), Riverdale Park, MD.

McKay, T. H., Son, Y., & Kim, A. I. (2017, January). The C-test project. Invited talk at Interagency Language Roundtable Testing Committee, Arlington, VA.

Niu, M. (2017, October). A qualitative study on assessments in dual language immersion schools. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, Nashville, TN.
 

Son, Y. A., McKay, T. H., & Kim, A. I. (2017, February). The C-test project. Presentation at the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C.

Sykes, J., Blyth, C., Campbell, J., & Malone, M. E. (2017, November). Free resources from the Language Resource Centers. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, Nashville, TN.

Xu, Y. (2017, October). The development of language complexity during study abroad: A meta-analysis. Presented at the 36^th Second Language Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

 2016

Blyth, C., Campbell, J., Donovan, A., Larson, K., Malone, M., & Sykes, J. (2016, November). Free Standards-Based Teaching Resources from the LRCs. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, Boston, MA.

Chi, J., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2016, April). The heritage language database: Promoting awareness of heritage language schools and programs. National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Atlanta, GA.

Davis, J. McE. (2016, March). Language program evaluation in contemporary language education: Current practices, future directions. Invited Plenary, Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, DC. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2zpxPGHhWVyVHRqM1Vycl92aFU/view

Davis, J. McE. (2016, April). Useful assessment in higher education: Lessons from program evaluation. Invited talk, Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA.
 

Davis, J. McE. (2016, April). The usefulness of accreditation-mandated assessment in U.S. community college language programs. Invited talk, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Davis, J. McE. (2016, April). Washback impacts of accountability-driven student learning outcomes assessment: Conceptualizations of language advancedness in college language major programs. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Orlando, FL.

Davis, J. McE. (2016, May). Assessment capacity-building in community college language programs: Current needs, future directions. Invited paper, Community College Language Forum, Center for Integrated Language Communities, Manhattan, NY.

Davis, J. McE. (2016, May). Users, uses, and assessment usefulness in higher education. Invited talk, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
 

Donovan, A., Chi, J., & Malone, M. (2016, April). Free resources from the National Foreign Language Resource Centers. National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Atlanta, GA.

Llosa, L., Malone, M., & Donovan, A. (2016, April). Is writing on the TOEFL really the same as writing in college? Evidence from quantitative and qualitative data. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Orlando, FL.

Malone, M. (2016, March). Uses for and consequences of language proficiency tests for students and teachers. Invited colloquium and co-organizer, Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, DC.

Malone, M. (2016, March). Assessing college foreign language learners’ proficiency: What, why, and how. Discussant for colloquium, Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, DC.

Malone, M., & Sandrock, P. (2016, April). Assessment issues in world languages. Invited colloquium, National Council on Measurement in Education, Washington, DC.

Malone, M. (2016, April). Assessing college foreign language learners’ proficiency: The what, the why, and the how. Discussant for colloquium, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Orlando, FL.

Malone, M.E. (2016, September). Expanding understanding of language assessment literacy: Including students. Invited Plenary at the Language Assessment Literacy Symposium, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK.

Niu, M., & Xu, Y. (2016, November). Assessment resources: A brief introduction. Workshop presented at the Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Language (GWATFL) conference, Washington, D.C.

Norris, J. M. (2016, June). Reframing the SLA-assessment interface: ‘Constructive’ deliberations at the nexus of constructs, interpretations, and consequences. Invited Alan Davies Lecture keynote address, Language Testing Research Colloquium, Palermo, Italy.

Son, Y. A. (2016, March). Towards useful assessment and evaluation of heritage language learning. Paper presented at the Georgetown University Round Table, Washington DC.

Son, Y. A., & Kim, A. I (2016, October). Shortcut measures of language proficiency: The new Korean C-test. Paper presented at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT), Washington D.C.

Thompson, L. (2016, September). Student Oral Proficiency Assessment Workshop. Workshop at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

 

Xu, Y. (2016, September). Changes in complexity, accuracy, and fluency of L2 Chinese writing during study abroad. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, The Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, NY.

 2015

Davis, J. McE. (2015, September). Making educational assessment useful in college language programs: Lessons from program evaluation. Invited talk, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.

Davis, J. McE., & Son, Y. A. (2015, November). Trends in program assessment in US community college language programs. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA.

Davis, J. McE. (2015, April). Predictors of assessment usefulness and organizational learning in college language programs. Conference on Language Learning, and Culture: Next-Generation Assessment, Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA.

Davis, J. McE., & Son, Y. A. (2015, October). Panel: Patterns of SLO assessment capacity in community college language programs. Consortium on Useful Assessment in Language and Humanities Education Annual Summit and Meeting, Washington, DC.

Diao, W., & Donovan, A. (2015, November). Food and beyond: Oral fluency development among American students in China. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA.

Donovan, A., & Diao, W. (2015, November). Oral fluency: A cross-language study of study abroad homestay students. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA.

Forrest, L. B., Son, Y. A., Sykes, J., & Malone, M. (2015, October). Designing a digital simulation to measure intercultural competence: Putting theory into practice. East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Washington, DC.

Malone, M. E. (2015, April). Assessment in world languages: Challenges for research and application. Invited plenary address at the Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture: Next-Generation Assessment, Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA (April 10, 2015).

Norris, J. M. (2015, April). Using evaluation for developing, understanding, and improving language programs. Invited presentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Norris, J. M. (2015, November). Celebrating 100 years of the Modern Language Journal—reflecting on challenges for the language studies field in a multilingual world. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA.

 

Norris, J. M. (2015, September). Task-based language assessment in practice for diverse purposes. Paper presented at the invited colloquium “Task-based language assessment in practice: Justifications and realizations,” International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Leuven, Belgium.

Norris, J. M. (2015, March). Developing and validating short-cut estimates of foreign language proficiency for research purposes: The C-test across five languages (five papers presented on C-test development). Colloquium at the 2015 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Toronto, Canada.

Polio, C., Mackey, A., Van Patten, B., & Malone, M. E. (2015, November). Are some languages harder to learn than others? Maybe not. Presentation at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA.

 

Sasayama, S., McKay, T., & Raish, M. (2015, October). The C-Test format and non-Latinate orthographies: Text selection and deletion strategies for Japanese, Bangla, and Arabic. East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Washington, DC.

Tarone, E., Blyth, C., Campbell, J., & Malone, M. (2015, November). Free standards-based language teaching resources from the LRC’s. ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Diego, CA.

 

Tarone, E., Malone, M. E., & Larson., K. (2015, March). Free resources from the Language Resource Centers. Presentation, International and Foreign Language Education Title VI Project Directors’ Meeting, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

Wiley, T. G., Malone, M., Moore, S. C. K., & Bhalla, S. (2015, May). Heritage, community, and native languages in the United States: Examining the current status and identifying future possibilities. International Symposium on Bilingualism, New Brunswick, NJ.

 2014

Davis, J. McE. (2014, November). A capacity framework for outcomes assessment in college language programs. Paper delivered at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Antonio, Texas.

Donovan, A., Liu, N., & Nier, V. (2014, November). Internal evaluation of a program and its impact: Methods and lessons. Paper delivered at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Antonio, TX.

Norris, J. M. (2014, September). Using program evaluation for understanding and improving language education. Invited plenary address at the annual Language Education and Resource Network (LEARN) Workshop, Chevy Chase, MD.

Norris, J. M. (2014, October). Some reflections on Learning Oriented Assessment. Presentation at the Roundtable on Learning-Oriented Assessment in Language Classrooms and Large-Scaled Contexts, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY.

Malone, M., Donovan, A., & Di Silvio, F. (2014, November). CAL’s oral proficiency assessment tools: Featuring the Mandarin Chinese COPI. Paper delivered at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Antonio, TX.

Norris, J. M. (2014, October). Using evaluation for innovation and improvement in language and humanities education. Invited plenary address at the Language Program Evaluation Symposium, Harvard University, Boston, MA.

Tarone, E., & Malone, M. (2014, November). The National Foreign Language Resource Centers: History, impact, and future. Paper delivered at the ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo, San Antonio, TX.