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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 a
nd how to customize 'Can-do' based self-assessments for less-commonly-ta
ught-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\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/self-a
ssessment-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' ba
sed self-assessments for less-commonly-taught-language (LCTL) programs:
Spoiler alert: to align task-based formative assessments with learning o
bjectives, LCTL textbook-content, national standards, and student motiva
tion.“
Paula Winke is the inaugural "Arts and Letters" Professor a
t Michigan State University, where she teaches and researches language a
ssessment. She was the co-editor of the international journal Langua
ge Testing 2019–2024. She has received numerous awards, including t
he 2026 Alan Davies lecture award from the British Council, the 2025 Bes
t Article Award from the International Language Testing Association, the
2021 Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in World Language Education from
the National Federation of Modern Language Teacher Associations and the
Modern Language Journal, the 2020 American Association of Appli
ed Linguistics Research Award, and the 2012 International TESOL Award fo
r Distinguished Research. She is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (China
, 1998–2000), a two-time Fulbright Scholar (Budapest, Hungary, 2008; Lei
pzig, Germany, 2022), and served on a language testing consensus committ
ee in Washington, D.C. at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineerin
g, and Medicine 2018–2020. She is currently the treasurer of the America
n Association of Applied Linguistics and is an academic advisor to Cambr
idge University Press and Assessment, United Kingdom.
For more det
ails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/self-assessment-in
-lctl-programs-paula-winke/
LOCATION:To Be Announced
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