| Meeting 14 • 21 February 2008 • Thursday |
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2/26/08
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Key to notes added AFTER the class meetsL
√ = topic / activity that was adequately dealt with during the class
+ = topic needs more attention & will be resumed at next / subsequent meeting(s)
- = a topic / activity that was proposed but not carried out
Struckthrough text like this = a topic / activity that was proposed but not included is not going to be taken up after all
Italic text like this = comments after the meeting
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Main Topic(s): teaching & testing writing, listening, reading; large-scale standards |
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Immediately below is the outline for the FL meeting; notes for the AL meeting may be added later
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(40) Teaching and assessing writing (cont'd.): some useful classroom techniques ACTFL Writing Proficiency Guidelines; language-specific ACTFL Guidelines and grammar grids (long ago withdrawn by ACTFL - uses focused too much on details): Spanish Guidelines • grids; French Guidelines • grids; German Guidelines • grids We did not deal with writing. But we spoke a lot about the language-specific guidelines, and about our beloved grammar
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(10) Break: Go get your coffee or your snack, but bring it back. We'll start promptly after 10 minutes, with or without you!
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(40) large-scale standards - more: Oregon's preK-16/20 standards (Second Languages • English [native language]); and here are Portland Public Schools 2006 standards (writing, reading, listening, speaking, and [!] culture); the National Standards for programs and curriculum; reading: Hughes chapters 9, 11, 12 Went over National Standards and Oregon language standards and verification procedures.
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AL MEETING: TOEFL prep books with regard to the paper vs. electronic versions of the TOEFL
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| Upcoming class meetings (26 February 2008, Tuesday) |
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Large-scale standards: visit from Danelle Stevens; report about presentation by John Hedgcock, candidate for AL position (heritage learner issues)
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| Upcoming assignment(s) |
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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.
Assignment 4 has been simplified, and its scoring guide is now ready.
We have again revised (downward!) the list of assignments for the course (see course Calendar, bottom of page). More about that soon.
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| Announcements |
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Check with AL or Sara/Fischer about upcoming visits from AL job candidates. All of them are connected to assessment and (FL people please note) two of them have extensive FL experience.
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| Misc. |
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