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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

Palacio de Congresos, Bilbao

With simultaneous interpretation into BASQUE.

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