CLS Instructional Innovation Workshop to Be Held on May 14 & 15

Please make plans to attend the Instructional Innovation Workshop on

Testing and Assessment in Language Learning

 Two days of workshops and lectures presented by

 Meg Malone, Senior Testing Associate, Center for Applied Linguistics

 and

 Cathy Baumann, Director of Assessment and Testing, University of Chicago Center for the Study of Languages

Schedule:    Monday & Tuesday, May 14 & 15

Location:    CLS

RSVP to Shaunee Cole at shaunee.cole@yale.edu.

 About the presenters:

 Meg Malone

As Senior Testing Associate at CAL, Meg Malone directs projects related to test development and research. Her current areas of interest include oral proficiency assessment and program evaluation as well as improving understanding of language testing by educators.  Dr. Malone received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University and has directed language testing for Peace Corps-Worldwide and taught language testing and teaching methods at American University and Georgetown University.

Cathy Baumann

At the University of Chicago, Cathy Baumann supervises graduate student lecturers teaching college language courses and is responsible for the first, second, and third year curriculum offered in the college. She is the co-author of the first year textbook Kreise and an ACTFL certified Oral Proficiency Interview tester and trainer in German who conducts workshops on the OPI and other aspects of foreign language pedagogy.

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