--- Forwarded Message from Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:32:11 -0500 >From: Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: <ADV> Defense Language Institute Wins Six Months of Free OWL Hosted Service >To: [log in to unmask] >cc: Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Defense Language Institute Wins Six Months of Free Hosted Testing Service; Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Has Winning Entry PITTSBURGH (Dec. 2, 2008) - OWL Testing Software, a premier provider of affordable Web-based testing and assessment systems for academia, government, and business users announced today that the winner of their drawing for six months of free OWL Hosted testing service was the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). The winning entry belonged to Dr. Jielu Zhao, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. His entry was randomly drawn from among all those who attended the OWL demonstration held at the ACTFL 2008 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo in Orlando in November. Chris Dalessandri, OWL Testing Software president and CEO, said, "I was pleased that so many educators and language professionals came to our demonstration. They got to see for themselves how OWL software is used to test, rate, and collect data for speaking, writing, reading, and listening assessments. Now it will be our honor and privilege to provide Dr. Zhao and the DLIFLC with six months of our hosted testing service." The DLIFLC is regarded by many as one of the finest schools for foreign language instruction in the world. Located at the Presidio of Monterey, DLIFLC provides resident instruction in some 23 languages and several dialects administered through 31 language departments and the Operation Enduring Freedom Task Force. Instruction is also routinely provided under DLIFLC- supervised contractual arrangements in Washington, D.C., in over 84 languages and dialects. The DLIFLC also provides extensive nonresident instructional support in a variety of languages and dialects. As Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dr. Zhao serves as the Chief Instructional Officer for nine language schools and the Student Learning Center. Dalessandri remarked, "Dr. Zhao appeared to be genuinely pleased and enthusiastic when his entry was drawn. I can assure you that everyone at OWL Testing Software is excited about it, too. We're all looking forward to working with him and his staff." ### About OWL Testing Software OWL Testing Software is the leading solutions provider of language test building software to academia, business, and government markets. Built as a web-based solution for test creation, administration, and management, OWL Testing Software is unique in its ability to create tests for all four communication skills - oral, aural, reading and writing. OWL is available as licensed software and as a hosted solution to meet the needs of the largest and smallest schools, businesses, and government agencies concerned with enhancing the language learning process and outcomes. Please visit www.owlts.com or call 412-436-0559 for more information. *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************