Language acquisition research increasingly points to targeted feedback as a key component for increasing learner proficiency. To receive targeted feedback,however, more refined tools for testing and assessment of learner language are needed. To this end, LARC and CALPER at Penn State (a sister national Language Resource Center) are partnering to offer a series of webinars bringing well-known researchers and practitioners together in online classrooms, with supporting podcasts for each session and webinar archives available for post-session review.

Check out the new Vimeo Channel hosting past LARC/CALPER Testing and Assessment Webinars

Fall 2013 Webinars - Schedule Coming Soon

Past Webinars

Date	Title	Presenter	Recording	Links
Wednesday April 10, 2013	Assessing Language Using Computer Technology	Dr. Volker H. Hegelheimer Iowa State University	Play Recording	Description, Handouts, and PPT
Thursday February 21, 2013	Developing Rubrics for Language Assessment	Dr. James Dean Brown University of Hawai‘i at Manoa	Play Recording	Full Description PowerPoint
Thursday November 29, 2012	Pathways to Excellence: Using Backward Design Principles for Instruction and Assessment	Dr. Donna Clementi Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin	Play Recording	Full Description Handouts and PPT
Tuesday October 23, 2012	Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses of Foreign/Second Language Readers	Dr. Cindy Brantmeier Washington University in St. Louis	Play Recording	Full Description View/Download the PPT
Thursday April 19, 2012	Assessing Speaking: Putting the Pieces Together	Glenn Fulcher, PhD University of Leicester, UK	Play Recording	Full Description PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3
Thursday February 23, 2012	Assessing Listening	Dr. Larry Vandergrift University of Ottawa	Play Recording	Handouts PowerPoint
Thursday December 8, 2011	Assessing Writing	Dr. Sara Cushing Weigle Georgia State University	Play Recording	Full Description
Thursday October 27, 2011	Beyond Accountability: Using Formative Assessment to Improve Learning	Dr. Carl Falsgraf Director of the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) and the Oregon Chinese Flagship	Play Recording	PowerPoint Full Description
Thursday May 5, 2011	Integrating Performance Assessment into World Language Learning and Teaching	Dr. Margaret E. Malone	Play Recording	Full Description
Thursday February 10, 2011	Foreign Language Classroom Assessment in Support of Teaching and Learning	Dr. Matt Poehner Penn State University	Play Recording	Video Clip Transcripts Full Description Podcast

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Please contact Evan Rubin if you have any questions or comments (erubin@projects.sdsu.edu)