1. Skopje, 5-7 Sept. 2017 STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop

2. Skopje, 5-7 Sept. 2017 STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop BILC Update
Emilija Nesheva,
BILC Secretary

4. BILC events and courses
Annual Conference (May)
STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop (September)
Professional Seminar (October)
Testing Seminars
Faculty Development Workshops

5. 2016 BILC Professional Seminar, Budapest, Hungary, 23-28 October
Theme: Authenticity in training and testing: making it real
Topics
Linking training and testing to real-world target language use
Traditional textbooks versus authentic materials
Co-operating/partnering with local universities
Attaining concordance between linguistic objectives and training outcomes
Benefitting from tele-collaboration between training establishments
Using social media in training
Teaching and learning as two sides of the same coin
Language maintenance

6. 2017 BILC Conference Vienna, Austria, 14-19 May
Theme: Recognizing and Navigating the Specific Dynamics of Military Language Training
Sub-topics:
- Classroom behavior in the context of military culture
- Navigating between mixed cultures in the classroom
- Different profiles of language learners and their impact on learning success
- Classroom culture - turning over-achievers into role-models
- Fostering foreign culture acquisition
- Accommodating students with special needs (i.e., learning disabilities, service related injuries, PTSD)
- Enhancing student success in mastering higher proficiency levels
- Pedagogy employed in building student autonomy
- English for Specific Purposes in a military environment
Study Groups Topics:
- Activities for building cultural mastery blocks
- Best practices and challenges in teaching security and military related terminology
- Military assistance with the language problems related to the migrant crisis
- Best practices in STANAG 6001 testing
- Harmonizing the dynamics of military leadership and civilian faculty in language programs

7. Why Have Annual STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops?
Need for periodic renorming / standardization
Chance to update approaches and knowledge of proficiency testing
Forum for exchanging ideas / lessons learned

8. BILC STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops
Zagreb, 2009
Focus on standardization, moderation and validation
Sarajevo, 2010
Focus on testing speaking
Stockholm, 2011
Focus on testing writing
Copenhagen, 2012
Focus on testing listening
SHAPE Mons, 2013
Focus on integrating test development stages
Reichenau, 2014
Focus on item development practices
Vilnius, 2015
- Challenges in STANAG 6001 testing
Brno, 2016
- Testing the test – how valid is our validity argument?

9. 2016 BILC STANAG Testing Workshop Brno, Czech Republic, 6-9 September
Theme: TESTING THE TEST – HOW VALID IS OUR VALIDITY ARGUMENT? 
Sub-themes:
Qualitative versus quantitative analysis
Piloting challenges
Test validation partnerships
Think aloud protocols
Data analysis tools
Consequential validity
Modified Angoff procedure and its place
in the validation process
Use of validation procedures to inform training
43 participants from 23 countries + 1 representative of NATO HQ SHAPE

10. Testing Seminars
Hosted by the Partner Language Training Center Europe (PLTCE), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Language Testing Seminar
2 weeks
Twice a year
Advanced Language Testing Seminar
3 weeks
Once a year
Language Standards & Assessment Seminar

13. BILC site

14. BILC e-mail address: chairman@natobilc.org
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