BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19446-35bd06992c219afbb4fac8be87bd2b83@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260907T105823Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Visiting Speaker: Self-Assessment in LCTL Programs - Paula Winke DESCRIPTION:\nThe Center for Language Acquisition presents Paula Winke ( Michigan State University)\, who will deliver her presentation\, “Why an d how to customize 'Can-do' based self-assessments for less-commonly-tau ght-language (LCTL) programs\, Spoiler alert: to align task-based format ive assessments with learning objectives\, LCTL textbook-content\, natio nal standards\, and student motivation.“\n\nPaula Winke is the inaugural "Arts and Letters" Professor at Michigan State University\, where she t eaches and researches language assessment. She was the co-editor of the international journal Language Testing 2019–2024. She has received numer ous awards\, including the 2026 Alan Davies lecture award from the Briti sh Council\, the 2025 Best Article Award from the International Language Testing Association\, the 2021 Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Worl d Language Education from the National Federation of Modern Language Tea cher Associations and the Modern Language Journal\, the 2020 American As sociation of Applied Linguistics Research Award\, and the 2012 Internati onal TESOL Award for Distinguished Research. She is a Returned Peace Cor ps Volunteer (China\, 1998–2000)\, a two-time Fulbright Scholar (Budapes t\, Hungary\, 2008\; Leipzig\, Germany\, 2022)\, and served on a languag e testing consensus committee in Washington\, D.C. at the National Acade mies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine 2018–2020. She is currentl y the treasurer of the American Association of Applied Linguistics and i s an academic advisor to Cambridge University Press and Assessment\, Uni ted Kingdom.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by Penn State University Libr aries. See a curated list of publications by all 2026–27 CLA visiting sp eakers.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/self-assess ment-in-lctl-programs-paula-winke/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Center for Language Acquisition presents Paula Winke (Michigan State University), w ho will deliver her presentation, “Why and how to customize 'Can-do' bas ed self-assessments for less-commonly-taught-language (LCTL) programs, S poiler alert: to align task-based formative assessments with learning ob jectives, LCTL textbook-content, national standards, and student motivat ion.“

Paula Winke is the inaugural "Arts and Letters" Professor at Michigan State University, where she teaches and researches language as sessment. She was the co-editor of the international journal Languag e Testing 2019–2024. She has received numerous awards, including th e 2026 Alan Davies lecture award from the British Council, the 2025 Best Article Award from the International Language Testing Association, the 2021 Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in World Language Education from t he National Federation of Modern Language Teacher Associations and the < em>Modern Language Journal, the 2020 American Association of Applie d Linguistics Research Award, and the 2012 International TESOL Award for Distinguished Research. She is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (China, 1998–2000), a two-time Fulbright Scholar (Budapest, Hungary, 2008; Leip zig, Germany, 2022), and served on a language testing consensus committe e in Washington, D.C. at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering , and Medicine 2018–2020. She is currently the treasurer of the American Association of Applied Linguistics and is an academic advisor to Cambri dge University Press and Assessment, United Kingdom.

This event is co-sponsored by Penn State University Libraries. See a curated list o f publications by all 2026–27 CLA visiting speakers.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/self-assessment -in-lctl-programs-paula-winke/

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