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PRE-CONvENTION wORkShOPS & mEETINGS
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
registration open
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon h
001 ACTFL Assembly of Delegates/NADSFL/NCSSFL
Breakfast
sponsored by ef education first
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon I
002 ACTFL Teacher of the Year Interviews
8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Franklin hall 13
003 AATG Executive <strong>Council</strong> meeting
Closed meeting of AATG’s Executive <strong>Council</strong>
8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Assembly of Delegates
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon E
004 ACTFL Assembly of Delegates
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon J
005 ACTFL/NCATE Program Reviewer Training
ThuRSDAY SCheDule-At-A-GlANCe
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 A/B
W01 ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)
Familiarization workshop
This workshop is intended to familiarize participants with the ACTFL Proficiency
Guidelines–Speaking and with the Assessment Criteria, Rating Scale, and
Interview Protocol of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Participants will
view and review demonstration videotaped interviews conducted in English, practice
rating language samples, and discuss the implications of the ACTFL Proficiency
Scale and the OPI for establishing program goals, and for planning curriculum,
instruction, and assessment
Presenter(s): Maria Teresa Garreton, Northeastern Illinois University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
Session descriptions and presenter information come directly from the submitter and is not entered by ACTFL.
Information is accurate as of October 19, 2012.
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Pre-Convention Workshops
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 112 A/B
W02 ACTFL writing Proficiency Guidelines Familiarization
workshop
Intended as an introduction to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines–Writing (Revised
2001), this workshop introduces participants to the major and minor level descriptors
and the criteria for assigning a global writing proficiency rating Participants
explore a variety of writing tasks across levels of proficiency, evaluate language
samples based on the criteria as described in the Guidelines, and design appropriate
writing activities and writing assessment prompts at the four major levels
Participants discuss the implications of the ACTFL Proficiency Scale for establishing
program goals, and for planning curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Presenter(s): Bill L Prince, Furman University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A
W03 Focusing Assessment on Language Performance:
what Can my Students Say, understand, and
Share?
Basing assessment on the standards provides a road map to focus teachers’ learning
targets and make them clear for students Learn basic principles and experience
step-by-step processes for designing tasks to evaluate interpretive, presentational,
and interpersonal communication Build repertoire for implementing formative and
summative assessments and for providing feedback Based on ACTFL’s publication, The
Keys to Assessing Language Performance
Presenter(s): Laura Terrill
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
ActFl celebrAtes 30 yeArs
oF tHe oPi
ACTFL celebrates 30 years of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency
Interview (OPI) in 2012. Developed in 1982, the OPI is
now recognized within the united States and internationally
as the standard for reliability and validity in the
assessment of spoken language proficiency. The original
12 languages have expanded to 100 languages; annual
tests have grown from 200 to 30,000. Find out more
about the OPI at ACTFL Central in Exhibit halls D & E.
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ThuRSDAY November 15, 2012