The Council of Europe is organising a launching conference in Strasbourg on Thursday 30^th June to present the Reference Guide Literacy And Second Language for the Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants – LASLLIAM.

The Reference Guide was intended to contribute to enhancing language-learning opportunities for non- and low-literate adult migrants by supporting their language educators in designing, implementing, evaluating and improving curricula and teaching materials tailored toward the specific needs of the learners.

The ALTE LAMI SIG coordinator and member of the authoring group, Lorenzo Rocca, will present the tool in Strasbourg, Dr Nick Saville, ALTE Secretary-General, will take part at the final round table of the conference.

The event is free and has been organised in a hybrid format (in person and online attendance available). For more information about the programme of the event, and to register, please see link below:

https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/-/invitation-to-the-launch-conference-of-the-reference-guide-literacy-and-second-language-for-the-linguistic-integration-of-adult-migrants-laslliam-

Please note, the deadline to register is Monday 13^th June.

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ALTE is organising  an online course from Monday 5^th to Friday 16^th September 2022 (Monday - Friday) in Multimodal constructs and technology use in integrated language assessment.

The course will be presented by Professor Guoxing Yu (University of Bristol).

This course will look at the design and validation/research of integrated language assessment tasks from these three interrelated perspectives: integration of different language skills, multimodal input/completion of tasks, and technology use. 

The course will provide extensive opportunities for hands-on practice, including in task design, item writing and developing validation and research proposals on the integrated multimodal assessment tasks you have designed during the course.

Please click here to see the outline of the course.

Registration is now open and the deadline to register is Monday 22nd August 2022.

By popular demand, ALTE is organising another online session of the ALTE Introductory Course in Language Testing which will take place from Monday 19^th to Friday 30^th September 2022 (Monday - Friday). Following the success of the online version of the course, this course will also remain online in order to allow participants to attend regardless of where they are based.  

The course will be presented by Professor Anthony Green (CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire) and Jane Lloyd (Cambridge University Press and Assessment). The course will consist of a mix of recorded lectures and downloadable exercises, alongside a 'live' element where participants meet for an hour and a half a day over the two week-period. 

The programme of the course will be available nearer the time.

Please note, this course in now sold out.

Payment is in full when registering. Payment can only be made online using a Visa, MasterCard or American Express. In case of cancellation up until one month before the start of the events, the full amount will be refunded minus an €50 administration fee. If you have received the course book, you do not need to return this if cancelling. However, in the case of cancellation after this date, no refunds can be made

ALTE will run a one-day course on Languages for Specific Purposes Test Design on Tuesday 8th November 2022 at the Karolinum Building, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

The course tutor will be Professor Anthony Green (CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire).

Please click here to see the outline and the programme of the course.

Registration will open in July.

The ALTE 58^th Conference Day will take place on Friday 11^th November 2022, hosted by our ALTE Member, Charles University, Prague, the Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies (ILPS) and it will take place in Prague, Czech Republic.

The theme of the conference will be: The less widely spoken languages from the perspective of plurilingualism.

The ALTE 58^th Conference is open to everybody interested in the language testing field.

Provisional programme of the conference day

More information about the event will be available in due course.

Registration for this event will open in July.

By popular demand, ALTE is organising another online session of the ALTE Introductory Course in Language Testing which will take place from Monday 13^th to Friday 24^th March 2023 (Monday - Friday). Following the success of the online version of the course, this course will also remain online in order to allow participants to attend regardless of where they are based.  

The course will be presented by Professor Anthony Green (CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire) and Jane Lloyd (Cambridge University Press and Assessment). The course will consist of a mix of recorded lectures and downloadable exercises, alongside a 'live' element where participants meet for an hour and a half a day over the two week-period. 

The programme of the course will be available nearer the time.

The ALTE 8^th International Conference will take place in Madrid, Spain from 26th -28th April 2023. The co-organiser of this International Conference will be Instituto Cervantes.

Further information can be found on our detailed webpage: Madrid 2023

To register for this event, click on the 'Register' button on the left. This will guide you through the booking process, where you can pay for your conference attendance.  Please note that registration opens on 1 September 2022.

Accommodation at the Conference Venue

The ALTE Secretariat has arranged a special rate for accommodation at the Novotel Madrid Centre.  However, there is a limited availability so, delegates wanting to stay at the conference venue are advised to book accommodation as soon as they register.

Rate: 200€ standard room/double bed

Rates are per night and include breakfast and VAT. To book, please click here. (Not open yet) here.