Meeting 05 • 16 April 2013 • Tuesday

Version:
4/18/13

Week 3: The Inner Workings of the OPI; validity, reliability, accuracy, precision

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(5') Review of previous meeting: main points; thoughts in the meantime?

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(10') closer look at the "functional tri-section"

(10') Estimating some levels of English proficiency from informal ESL samples:

Big Crush • Devard • French Organist • German Early Musicians • Gudrun • Hass 01 • Hass 02 • Hass 03 • Italian Conductor • Rosie-Grace Marie • Uchida • VandeGraf

(45') The OPI (media clips and 0040 advice) - structure, examiner stance, question types

proficiency levels checklist (0951)

Example from Spanish (Amigo & Martin - higher-quality video in class; audio-only version linked here; interview notes 0113)

upcoming activity: audit, rate, analyze an interview in French /German; we'll do one or more examples next meeting in separate groups, one language at the start of the class, the other at the end; members of the opposite group will arrive late / leave early.

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(10') backgrounds and professional interests of instructor; embarrassing example of one of his old tests (0347), for which he pleads the excuses of youth and lack of training

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(05') Preview Assignment #3 (Pseudo-OPI)

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(20') course scoring guides: written assignment #1 and on-the-spot revision of one part

(05') Announcements, debriefing and summation