ILACA Summer 2009
In Summer 2009, the Department of English Programs, American University of Armenia hosted a conference “International Language Assessment Conference in Armenia” ILACA
The Conference program consisted of a total of 30 sessions including
plenary talks by internationally renown specialists in linguistics:
Jared Bernstein “Automated Evaluation of Speaking”
James Purpura “Learning-Oriented Approach to Assessing Grammar in Classroom Contexts”
Bernard Spolsky “Modernizing Language Assessment”
and 2 workshop presentations by:
James Purpura “Assessing Grammar”
Baghai Purya “Fundamental Measurement with the Rasch Model”
Some of these sessions are available in audio format at the DEP podcast “Connections in Applied Linguistics”.
For a broader scope of info go to ILACA conference website.