| Meeting 13 • 19 February 2008 • Tuesday |
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2/19/08
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Main Topic(s): teaching & testing writing, listening, reading; large-scale standards |
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reprise from previous meeting: an Oregonian article about "teaching to the test" (and for profit)
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(40) Teaching and assessing writing (cont'd.): the situation in English departments (if anyone knows); university-level "communication skills" initiatives; test-takers stories and opinions about the TOEFL writing section; classroom techniques we have found effective (or ineffective); ACTFL Writing Proficiency Guidelines;
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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 (introduction, with AL/FL breakout sessions at next meeting); let's use Oregon's preK-16/20 standards as a point of departure (Second Languages • English [native language]); and here are Portland Public Schools 2006 standards (writing, reading, listening, speaking, and [!] culture); testing (and teaching?) listening and reading; computer-assisted testing (WebCAPE placement test as example); European Union standards (Europass) and DIALANG test;
reading: Hughes chapters 9, 11, 12
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(10) More about the FL and AL "cultures": the background and professional pursuits of the course instructors (here Fischer: overview • more about projects & publications)
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| Upcoming class meetings (21 February 2008, Thursday) |
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Breakout sessions for FL and AL about large-scale standards; rooms TBA, but probably AL in the regular classroom
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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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