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Julie J. Dubeau October 2012

Bureau for International Language Coordination BILC Updates Back to Basics: Recipes for Instructional Success Bled, Slovenia. Julie J. Dubeau October 2012. What/who is BILC? Membership, Secretariat, Mission STANAG 6001 Programme of work: Cooperative Language Training Assessments

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Julie J. Dubeau October 2012

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  1. Bureau for International Language CoordinationBILC UpdatesBack to Basics: Recipes for Instructional SuccessBled, Slovenia Julie J. Dubeau October 2012

  2. What/who is BILC? Membership, Secretariat, Mission STANAG 6001 Programme of work: Cooperative Language Training Assessments Assistance to Testing Programmes Updates

  3. BILC Steering Committee Chair Dr. R. Monaghan BILC Secretariat Senior Advisor Dr. R. Clifford Secretary J. Dubeau • GRB (1966-1981) • DEU (1982-1996) • USA (1997-2008) • CAN (2008- ) Deputy Secretary J. Vasilj-Begovic Associate Secretaries Language Testing Programmes P. Garza Language Training Assessments K. Wert

  4. Background Established in 1966 as an advisory body to NATO. The founding members are France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 1967: Belgium, Canada, Netherlands 1975: SHAPE and IMS/NATO (non-voting members) 1978: Portugal 1983: Turkey 1984: Denmark and Greece 1985: Spain 1993: Norway 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia 2008: Albania, Croatia Partner countries routinely participate. All nations are welcome to attend and/or observe. The BILC Chair presides over the Steering Committee which meets at the spring conference. Voting members are the heads of each full member delegation.

  5. BILC Conference in Spring May 2012 was hosted by the Czech Republic – “Lifelong Language Learning, Enhancing Educational Effectiveness” May 2013 will be hosted by Georgia: 5 - 9 May 2013 “NATOSPEAK: ENGLISH IN MULTINATIONAL SETTINGS” BILC Professional Seminar in Fall October 2011 was hosted by U.S.A. – “Furthering Our Training Goals Through Research” October 2013 will be hosted by Sweden Theme and dates TBD

  6. Mission: To promote and foster interoperability among NATO and PfP nations by furthering standardization of language training and testing. To support the Alliance's operations through the exchange of knowledge and best practices, IAW established procedures and agreements. Vision: To achieve levels of excellence where progress made by one is shared by all.

  7. NATO Language Context: Complicated and complex! Each nation is responsible for its training / testing programme. No common tests - only a common standard. Nations certify their own military and give their members Standardized Language Profiles (SLPs) based on their own STANAG – based tests. NTG tasking - standardize through testing: BILC created a Benchmark Advisory Test – (The BAT) as an external measure against which nations calibrate their national STANAG tests Language is viewed as a critical factor in the interoperability shortfall (JALLC Report, ACT Report)

  8. BILC-Custodian of STANAG 6001: 1976 NATO adopts STANAG 6001 – Specific enough so that positions (Mil and Civ) can be matched to proficiency levels, but general enough, so that they describe progression considered to be typical of learners, but not typically related to any particular language or curriculum. NATO/PfP interoperability issues raised common understanding of STANAG 6001 to forefront Testing protocols diverged greatly in NATO and PfP countries Emphasis on testing at PfP Seminars BILC Steering Committee approved formation of a WG on testing in 1999 Edition 2 promulgated by NSA in 2003 Edition 3 in 2005 Edition 4 in 2010

  9. BILC Programmes: Assistance to National Testing Programmes – (Peggy Garza) Goal: To assist nations in establishing, restructuring or improving their testing systems 2012/2013: Spain Feb 2012 Moldova May 2012 Planned: Ukraine Nov 2012 Russia Spring 2013 Moldova Summer 2013 Language Testing Seminar (LTS): 2 weeks – 2X per year Advanced Language Testing Seminar (ALTS): 3 weeks – 2X per year - Offered to graduates from the LTS

  10. BILC Programmes (con’t): Cooperative Language Training Assessments (Keith Wert) Goal: To assess language training programmes and offer recommendations 2012/2013: Azerbaijan Mar 2012 Netherlands Mar 2012 Russia Sep 2012 Planned: Georgia Nov 2012 Russia Fall 2013 Proposed: Azerbaijan Spring 2013 Armenia Spring 2013

  11. STANAG 6001 Conferences Nations continue to standardize STANAG 6001 ed.4 levels and STANAG testing through specialized conferences Zagreb 2009 - Focus on standardization, moderation, and validation Sarajevo 2010 - Focus on standardizing approaches to testing speaking Stockholm 2011- Focus on standardizing approaches to testing writing Copenhagen 2012 - Focus on standardizing approaches to testing Listening TBC - SHAPE 2013 (beg. to mid Sept)

  12. STANAG 6001 Conference Copenhagen: Specific goals Increase understanding of the STANAG 6001 descriptors for listening Familiarize participants with the modified, modified revised Angoff method Practice item development Standardize the rating of listening tests through item review process Identify the challenges of testing listening and discuss possible solutions

  13. Updates: Website: Will no longer be hosted by Canadian Government *Researching server options STANAG for non-specialists: Final Draft ready for SC and national review *In word file on USB Language Needs Analysis: Pending ACT Level 4 WG: Report forthcoming… Partner funding: To be resumed in 2013, BILC (Events now on eprime) Funding for Partners in Bled, DEEP gratitude!

  14. Contact us: BILC@forces.gc.ca Julie.Dubeau@forces.gc.ca Jana.Vasilj-Begovic@forces.gc.ca

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