Information was shared by various presenters on the following initiatives:
STARTALK. http://startalk.umd.edu/ STARTALK ( the newest program in the president’s National Security Language Initiative – an innovative summer program to teach Arabic and Chinese to more than 1,000 high school students at sites around the country.
LINGUAFOlio http://www.ncssfl.org/links/index.php?linguafoliol
CERF/Strasbourg Meeting
AAPPL (Assessment for Performance and Proficiency of Languages project) http://www.cal.org/projects/archive/aappl.html
OPIc oral proficiency interview-computer is now up and running in English. They will also have one in Spanish. The student takes a self assessment first then the computer determines which assessment if given based on data from the self assessment. It currently test three levels: novice low to advanced low They are planning to add 8 new langugages to the project. Languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Cambodia, Korean, etc.
JNCL/ NCLIS shared information regarding Federal legislations updates http://www.languagepolicy.org/
Which included information on HEA Reauthorization, FLAP News, and the America COMPETES & College Cost Reduction and Access Act
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