BILC Testing Seminars

Language Testing Seminar (LTS)

Advanced Language Testing Seminar

(ALTS)

LANGUAGE TESTING SEMINAR

(LTS)

Language Testing Seminar

(LTS)

Developed and conducted by BILC testing experts

Background: A BILC initiative aimed at promoting a common
interpretation of STANAG 6001 and consistency in language
proficiency testing
Specific objective: To give NATO/PfP language teaching
professionals the opportunity to practice developing test items
based on STANAG 6001

Language Testing Seminar

(LTS)

Held since Autumn 2000

Two-week graduate-level seminar
Offered three times a year (February, June, November)
12 participants per seminar
Highly interactive, hands-on activities, small group work

Language Testing Seminar

(LTS)
Each seminar is
conducted by BILC
testing experts from two
or more different BILC
member nations
Faculty from Bulgaria,
Canada, Denmark,
Germany, Hungary, Italy,
Lithuania, Romania, the
Netherlands, Slovak
Republic, UK, and USA

Language Testing Seminar

(LTS)

Invitations issued by Allied Command Transformation

Hosted at the Partner Language Training Center Europe of
the George C. Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany
More than 300 graduates from 38 nations and five
NATO offices

ADVANCED LANGUAGE TESTING

SEMINAR (ALTS)

Advanced Language Testing Seminar

(ALTS)

Need for continuing

professional development
for test developers
identified
Stakeholders meeting in
September 2008
Result: Advanced
Language Testing
Seminar (ALTS)
Validated in 2009

Advanced Language Testing Seminar

(ALTS)

Target audience: LTS graduates who continue to

work on STANAG 6001 testing
STANAG 6001 Edition 3 standardization sessions
Focus on L3 for practical exercises
Opportunity to exchange best practices
Modular approach to seminar

Advanced Language Testing Seminar

(ALTS)

Three-week seminar
Module 1: Productive skills: Speaking and Writing
(one-week)
Module 2: Receptive skills: Listening and
Reading (one week)
Module 3: Test analysis (3 days)
Module 4: Managerial issues (2 days)

Advanced Language Testing Seminar

(ALTS)

Offered once a year

8 participants, 1 per nation
Prerequisites
LTS graduate
At least 1 year of experience in STANAG 6001
test development
SLP 3333
Conducted by testing experts from five BILCmember nations

POC for BILC Language Testing

Seminars:
Peggy Garza
garzap@marshallcenter.org
+49 8821 750 2792