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

2. We did have successful work during the seminar …..

3. …although we had 50 shades of weather.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. …. and we played hard.

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

11. Thank you, dear Georgian hosts!