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VIDEO RECORDINGS PRESENTATIONS ALTE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, MUNICH, APRIL 2026

For more information about the presentations, consult the programme of the event. The plenary and featured presentations are listed immediately below. Scroll down to find the other presentations that took place in the Großer Saal of the Holiday Inn Munich Centre hotel from the three days of the event. Please note that, due to different reasons, not all the video recordings of the sessions and their slides are available. 

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

On the Dynamic and Relational Nature of Learner Agency in Language Assessment

Diane Larsen-Freeman


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Some call It Validity: I call It Violence

Jennifer Randall


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Do LLMs Understand Language?

Gino Roncaglia


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HOST ORGANISATION PRESENTATION

Tracing 75 Years: The Goethe-Institut’s Story and Current Focus

Verena Sommerfeld

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PARTNER FOR IMPACT PRESENTATIONS

ECML - European Centre for Modern Languages, Council of Europe

The Council of Europe: empowering member states to implement responsible language education

Sarah Breslin

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EAQUALS

Next Gen: introducing LAPP v.2, an ALTE-Eaquals joint initiative

Peter Brown

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European Commission

Multilingualism Policy, Social Justice, and Responsibility in Language Assessment: Insights from the 2024 Eurobarometer on Europeans and their Languages

Anna Solé Mena

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LAMI AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUM

A JEDI approach to learning, teaching and assessment – Welcome presentation

Lorenzo Rocca and Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen

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Implementing an A2 Protocol for Illiterate Migrants: Towards Fairer Language Assessment Practices in the Italian Context

Diego Cortés Velásquez, Paola Masillo, Paola Vecchio

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Consequences of language and KoS requirements for low-literate migrants: Interdisciplinary perspectives on second language learning, migrant education and social inclusion 

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Knowledge of Society courses and tests - Anna Mouti - slides

Language assessment for access to labour - Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen - slides

Using migrants’ languages in the classroom - Dina Vîlcu - slides

Teaching and assessing LESLLA learners - Lorenzo Rocca - slides

From Displacement to Recognition: Valuing Immigrants’ Plurilingual Identities through Ukrainian Testing

Mariana Burak

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ALTE AND ITS IMPACT PRESENTATIONS

ALTE and its impact: Membership, Trustees & SIGs

Chair: Lorenzo Rocca with Waldemar Martyniuk, Graham Seed and the SIG Coordinators

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ALTE and its impact: ALTE Services Unit

Chair: Kasia Woźniak, with ALTE Services Unit course and consultancy participants

ALTE and its impact: Impact of the Q-Mark on examinations around Europe and beyond

Chair: Vincent Folny with Darren Perrett and Helen Garside

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PANEL SESSIONS

25th Anniversary of CEFR Celebration panel

Chair: Waldemar Martyniuk; with Sarah Breslin, Anna Solé Mena, Brian North and Nick Saville



Aligning Language Education to the CEFR - A Handbook

Nathaniel Owen, Barry O’Sullivan, Nick Saville and Graham Seed


ALTE Resources Panel: Manual for Language Test Development and Examining (MLTDE)

Arzu Burcu Toner, Nick Saville, Beate Zeidler, Mika Hoffman and the MLTDE authoring team


SIGN LANGUAGE PRESENTATIONS

Developing CEFR based Swiss German Sign Language Tests for Deaf Migrants: Challenges and Achievements

Véronique Murk, Andreas Blaser and Leonie von Amsberg

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Standard setting for a A1/A2 Swiss German Sign Language receptive skills test

Tobias Haug and Olaf Bärenfänger

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Developing a computer-delivered sign language test for diverse audiences: A three-phase feasibility study

Margaret E Malone

OVERAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNER PRESENTATION

Enhancing Professional Language Competence through Simulated Tasks: Insights from a Test-Taker-Centered Assessment Approach in German Tourism Education

Bulathsinhalage Madhupali Sugandhika Cooray


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