FL-Assessments

A Listserv on Foreign Language Assessments for Practitioners

CARLA, the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (http://www.carla.umn.edu), announces the establishment of a new email listserv, FL-ASSESSMENTS.

The purposes of this list are:

• to provide a forum for practitioners to discuss current issues in developing assessments
• to share information and resources among professionals in the field
• to encourage collaboration in the area of language assessments.

Subscriptions to this list are open to everyone who has an interest in foreign language assessments. Discussions are invited on assessments of all languages and levels, including K-12 and post secondary settings. The list is unmoderated.

To subscribe:

1. You can subscribe on-line at: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=fl-assessments&A=1
   or
2. You can subscribe by sending the following message to:
   Email to:     LISTSERV@LISTS.UMN.EDU
   Message:   SUBSCRIBE FL-ASSESSMENTS <your names>
         -- removing the brackets and typing in your first and last names.

If you have trouble subscribing, please email Louis Janus <lctl@umn.edu>.

FL-ASSESSMENTS was initiated by CARLA and is co-sponsored by CAL (Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, http://www.cal.org), CASLS (Center for Applied Second Language Studies—University of Oregon, http://casls.uoregon.edu), and CLEAR (Center for Language Education and Research, Michigan State University, http://clear.msu.edu).

The list is co-managed by Louis Janus <lctl@umn.edu> and Ursula Lentz <lentz003@umn.edu>, both at CARLA.