In summer 2021, the SLAC Lab hosted a 4-week summer workshop on assessment for K-16 teachers of Arabic and Russian. This project was sponsored by STARTALK, a grant program from the U.S. State Department. Materials from the grant are housed here. 

Mon., June 7, 2021

  • Intro to STARTALK CLAP
  • Group orals, practice in SLA, & practicing group orals
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov

Wed., June 9, 2021

  • Task-based Language Assessment (TBLA)
  • Group orals 
  • Linguistic related episodes (LREs)
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Koen Van Gorp

Mon., June 14, 2021

  • Accommodations in language testing & assessment
  • Information on multimodal assessment
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Caitlin Cornell

Wed., June 16, 2021

  • Multimodal assessment
  • Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA)
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Shawn Loewen

Mon., June 21, 2021

  • Self-assessment
  • Heritage language learners
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Meagan Driver

Wed., June 23, 2021

  • Placement testing in LCTLs 
  • Vocabulary testing in LCTLs 
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Jason Merrill, Ayman Mohamed

Mon., June 28, 2021

  • Wrap-up
  • Fall 2021 directions for pilot testing with students
  • with Paula Winke, Lizz Huntley, Dmitrii Pastushenkov