Staff Documents - Winter 2008 last modified: 1/13/08

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Available documents (source files are on WBF site, unless noted)

a) from other sources

AppLing syllabuses for assessment courses: 2007 Eckerth and 2005 Lynch
ACTFL Guidelines (Speaking)
ACTFL Guidelines (Writing)
Standards for Foreign Language Learning - executive summary (ACTFL in collaboration with AAT's)
OUS/PASS Standards (2006) for:
Second LanguagesEnglishArts/MusicMathematicsScienceSocial Sciences
OUS/PASS Second Language Standards with Benchmarks (2001)
PASS presentations by Mark Endsley: overview (rev. 2006) • moderation (2006)

Portland Public Schools Second Language Standards (2001)PPS World Language Standards (revised ed., 2006)

Language textbook evaluation guide and evaluation form - from Indiana Board of Education, via some French methods course

ACTFL Blueprint for Language Education (2005) - summary of the proceedings of the National Language Policy Summit, January 10-11, 2005
ACTFL Report: Languages across the Curriculum (post-secondary)
ACTFL Paper: Thematic Units (Spring 1999)

Linguafolio (Nebraska version) - child-friendly language-learning portfolio kit

b) WBF documents (generic first, then latest, generally)

course syllabuses & notes:
2004W FL498/598 Intro Methods: cumulatiave meeting notes (and notes about these meetings: 22 Jan29 Jan05 Feb)
2003W FL493/593 Assessment: syllabusmeeting notes
2002W FL498/598 Intro Methods: descriptionmeeting notes

scoring guide template

activities & assignments:

Assignment XY: Shop for basic methods textbook (from 2002 or so) - specifications and scoring guide
Assignment: reflect about TOEFL article in The Oregonian (2005W): scoring guide
Assignment: Evaluate your own language proficiency (2004W) - specifications for speaking skills, setup for writing sample, and scoring guide
Assignment: Evaluate your own language proficiency (2008W) - specifications for speaking skills, setup for writing sample, and scoring guide
Assignment: Create a "handbook" with advice for good language learning: specifications
Assignment: Map a grammar feature onto ACTFL guidelines and a textbook - scoring guide (2004W)
Assignment: Reaching for PASS Journal (reflections about own professional development) - specifications (the 2004W PDF file has better layout than the 2004W DOC file) • scoring guide
Assignment: Conduct a Practice Oral Proficiency Interview - scoring guide
Worksheet for activity "Our Clients, Ourselves: Why do / did we learn languages":
Worksheet for activity "Survey about Grammar" (questionnaire to sensitive FLL students to current understanding of the dangerous "G Topic"
Final Project Presentation FL593/5989: scoring guide

Oral Test Recording Notes: German, "Bambi" (Peter N. Richardson interview)




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