 | 22 Apr 09 | ALTE held its 36th bi-annual meeting in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain from 22nd to 24th April, 2009. The meeting was hosted by the Xunta de Galicia and took place in the San Francisco Hotel Monumento. As on previous occasions, the first two days of the meeting (22nd and 23rd April) were for ALTE Members and Affiliates, and the third day, 24th April, was an open conference day for all those with an interest in language testing.
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ALTE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday 24th April 2009 – 36th ALTE Conference Day
All sessions will take place in the San Francisco Hotel, Campillo San Francisco 3,
15705 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Tel: + 34 981 581 634
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| Time |
Session |
Venue |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Registration (conference day delegates) |
Reception |
| 9:45 - 10:10 |
Conference Opening
Xunta de Galicia representative Michael Milanovic, ALTE Manager |
Auditorium |
| 10:10 - 10:40 |
OPENING ADDRESS
Leonard Orban, EU Commissioner for Multilingualism:
"Promoting intercultural dialogue, linguistic diversity and language learning" |
Auditorium |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:00 - 11:50 |
PLENARY:
Shelagh Rixon:
"Feasibility, Child-Friendliness and Positive Washback – a tricky trio for testing Young Learners" |
Auditorium |
| 11:50 - 12:40 |
PLENARY:
Professor Alan Davies:
"Changes in academic English proficiency assessment in the UK: an explanation" |
Auditorium |
| 12:40 - 13:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 13:00 - 13:40 |
PLENARY:
David Bearfield, Director European Personnel Selection Office: "Recruiting for the Tower of Babel"
ADDITIONAL Speaker
Alison Graves, Senior Interpreter, Directorate General for Interpretation and Conferences, European Parliament: "Multilingualism in action: The European Parliament" |
Auditorium |
| 13:40 - 14:30 |
PLENARY:
Professor Barry O'Sullivan:
"Standard Setting, the CEFR and Tests of Language for Specific Purposes" |
Auditorium |
| 14:30 - 15: 10 |
PLENARY:
Margarita Chamorro:
"The Galician assessment system: the Celga certificates"
Closing Ceremony // End of Conference Day |
Auditorium |
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Lunch |
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