Meeting 15 • 17 May 2011

Version:
5/18/11
Today • my deadline page

numbers in ( ) = minutes planned for activity/ topic
√ = topic / activity that was adequately dealt with during the class
+ = topic needs more attention & will be resumed at next / subsequent meeting(s)
–M (earlier: –) = a topic / activity that was proposed but not carried out (but will be taken up later for MORE discussion)
N = a topic / activity that was proposed but not included / is NOT going to be taken up after all
Red italic text like this = comments after the meeting
Main topic(s): Introduction to Assessment; the FL and AL Cultures

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

√

(5) (possibly a regular feature:) assessment (or language learning or just education) in the news! (If I can find something). Today: Oregon profs resist being assessed about work activities; faculty at Texas A&M even more troublesome. Indeed, DO professors earn their keep? How (not)?

(30) √Oregon and MPPS second/world language standards (see links in outlines of earlier meetings); √0023 chronology; "teaching to the test"; Nquick overview of kinds of K-8 language programs;
√N

(20) Assessing and teaching writing (guidelines 0013): query: What are the text type, function(s), context(s), and accuracies of the various writing activities in textbooks?; three English (L1) samples (0315; 673; 0770 - unlinked for privacy reasons); PSU first-year German 102 final writing test with scoring guide and work samples (0683); (0278) a literary interpretation scale (presumably for speaking as well as writing); follow-up reading for later implementation: Liskin-Gasparro (giant in our field!) "Teaching for Writing Proficiency: Principles and Approaches" (0124); setup for FLL 2002 assessment of 300-level writing proficiency (0313). We've spent as much time as we can on writing proficiency, and anyway the topic will come up again as we look at other assessments.

M

(20) more about rubrics: multiskill/ multi-person activities (projects, teamwork); GER 102 Project 1 (Einkaufen und Geschenke; also work samples 0777a • 0777b • 0777c • 0777d • 0777e • 0777f); ••SG teamwork

M

(10) Two generic scoring guides for language activities: 1) reading a dialog aloud; 2) global prochievement SG - for just about anything.

M

(10) Assignment 4: scoring guide for a language activity We need to streamline this somehow.

N

(10) Maybe: validity and reliability of the OPI.

Upcoming class meetings

At least another week about rubrics, but also while we're looking at testing in other language modalities.

During the final weeks of the quarter we'll get into other assessments related to language learning: textbooks, courses, curricula, departments, institutions, and other subjects areas as they might relate to languages (example: Content-Based Instruction)
Upcoming assignment(s)

This section offers a PREVIEW, not activated assignments. Assignments are made, with announcement of their deadlines, both in class and on the "schedule" page. Deadlines are also posted on the general "Assignments & Deadlines" page that is linked from my homepage (and here).
Announcements

Misc.

••
top of page