Tbilisi, 2-5 Oct. 2017 BILC Professional Seminar Paving the Road to the Standardization of Training and Testing: Lessons Learned Closing remarks BILC Secretariat

We did have successful work during the seminar …..

…although we had 50 shades of weather.

We worked hard …. 64 participants 23 countries 1 representative of IMS HQ NATO 22 presentations: 7 presentations by the USA; 4 presentations by Georgia; 3 presentations by France; 2 presentations by Austria; 1 presentation by Italy; 1 presentation by Norway 1 presentation by Poland; 1 presentation by Portugal; 1 presentation by the UK; 1 presentation by Denmark and Finland

Day 1 Making Teaching English More Productive, Ms. Teona Kupatadze, Ms. Maya Danelia, NDA, Georgia Standardized Interpretation Techniques Training, David Oglesby, PLTCE The Standardisation of Learning: The Italian Approach., Mr Benjamin Charles Pim, Italian Aviation Training Center, Italy The benefits and challenges of standardization, Lt-Commander Marta Gabriel, Portugal Teaching English in Simulators. Assistant Professor Anne Linda Løhre, Royal Naval Academy, Norway Experimental Attempts to Implement Digital Technologies in language training at the Polish Naval Academy, Ph.D. Daria Łęska-Osiak, Polish Naval Academy, Poland

Day 2 Test Standardization: from Design to Concurrent Validation, Dr. Ray Clifford, BILC Senior Advisor BILC Standardization Efforts and BAT, Round 2, Peggy Garza, BILC Associate Secretary, Roxane Harrison, PLTCE program manager The Challenges of Designing an Effective Multi-Level Assessment from SLP 1-4, Maj David Gibb, UK The Vicissitudes of Language Testing, Mzia Skhulukhia, TMEC, Georgia Lowering the standards-a blessing or a curse? COL Dr. Josef Ernst, Austria Assessment at DLIFLC, Detlev Kesten , DLI Monterey, USA Instructor Evaluation Process Improvement, Angel Bishop-Petty, DLIELC , USA Promoting Standards of Excellence in Language Instruction with the Defense Language Institute English Language Center’s (DLIELC’s) Instructor Rubric and Susan Butcher, DLIELC, USA

Day 3 Foreign Language student motivation, Dr. Mina Lee, DLI Monterey, USA Developing Listening and Speaking Skills, Lela Khubuluri, Zurab Chkhikvadze, NDA, Georgia Making the leap from level 2 to level 3, Camille Hess, France STANAG 6001 Speaking Test -Observations; Lessons Learned, Tamar Shavlakadze , TMEC, Georgia

Day 4 Challenges of teaching the skill of writing in French, Jérôme Collin Professor, France Challenges of teaching the skill of writing in English at level 4, Emilie Alice Cleret, France All at Sea - developing professional and academic writing skills among junior officers., Allan Juhl Kristensen, Denmark Writing Matters -- Challenges of teaching and assessing student writing, Elisabeth Mueller-Lipold, Austria

…. and we played hard.

Safe trip home and see you in May in Lisbon !!!!

Thank you, dear Georgian hosts!