ALTE Meeting Bilbao

10-12 November 2004

Friday 12th November ALTE Conference Day,
Euskalduna Conference Centre

Testing the less-widely spoken languages

The first two days of the meeting are for ALTE Members and Observers.
Friday 12th November, however, is an "open" conference day for the public.
If you are interested in attending, please contact the conference coordinator
Jon Simon Gartzia, email: johnsimon@gartzia.com or the ALTE Secretariat, email: alte@ucles.org or phone 00 44 1223 552780.

09.00	09.30	Opening of conference day Basque Government Department of Education
09.30	10.30	Nicholas Gardner, Basque Government ALTE: A minority sociolinguistic perspective
10.30	11.30	Paul Holdsworth, European Commission Promoting language learning and linguistic diversity: Time for action
11.30	11.45	Coffee break
11.45	12.45	Piet van Avermaet, Centrum voor Taal en Migratie Is my mojito your mojito? The role of the CEFR in a multilingual Europe
12.45	13.45	Anne Gallagher , National University of Ireland, Maynooth Telephoning the butcher: Context in minority language testing
13.45	14.45	Lunch break Euskalduna Conference Centre
14.45	15.45	Sara Gysen & Machteld Verhelst, Centrum voor Taal en Migratie Assessing the language proficiency of young learners in the Dutch classroom
15.45	16.45	Barry O'Sullivan, University of Roehampton Locating specificity in tests of language for specific purposes
16.45	17.45	James Purpura, Teachers College, Columbia University Implementing learning-oriented grammar assessment: Challenges and new directions
17.45	18.00	Close of conference day

Conference site

EUSKALDUNA JAUREGIA: www.euskalduna.net

Palacio de Congresos, Bilbao

With simultaneous interpretation into BASQUE.

ALTE Meeting Bilbao

10-12 November 2004

Friday 12th November ALTE Conference Day, Euskalduna Conference Centre

Testing the less-widely spoken languages

Conference site

Friday 12th November ALTE Conference Day,
Euskalduna Conference Centre