| Meeting 10 • 4 February 2010 |
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2/9/10
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Main topic(s): Rubrics; Teaching and Testing Writing |
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(10) (possibly a regular feature:) assessment in the news! update on Washington (state) K-12 tests - math and reading are going on-line in some districts; while we're up in Washington, a look at the state of German programs in their high schools (0774); if time: faculty review procedure in PSU FLL
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(60) rubrics: √Basic level descriptors (0108, PPS - or maybe (YES) postpone till discussion of curricula & programs). +Oral French Exam (0123); √GER 101 Assignment 1; -GER 101 Project 3 (Traumreise, includes work samples); -GER 102 Project 1 (Einkaufen und Geschenke); -upcoming GER 102 Oral Test (K11): K11 protocol (doc) & scoring guide (doc)
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(10) Potpourri: Two terms to conjure with: "curriculum-embedded" vs. "on demand", and what that says about assessment and the development of a first-year Swahili program. Scratching the itch: How we love to focus on higher-level proficiency - a ploy to obe-pray or-fay uper-say igh-hay anguage-lay (but how to set it up??)
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(30) Testing & teaching writing: initial discussion. Materials: ACTFL Guidelines for Writing (0013); outstanding article about teaching writing (Barnett, 0009)
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| Upcoming class meetings |
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9 & 11 Feb.: assessing writing (L2, of course; but how about L1?); teaching writing; much more about rubrics (and an assignment to create one); course, curriculum, program assessment; thinking about the BIMP
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This section offers a PREVIEW, not activated assignments. Assignments are made, with announcement of their deadlines, both in class and on the "schedule" page.
By now you should have conducted at least one pseudo-OPI
next week: a scoring guide assignment
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