Meeting 17 • 28 May 2013 • Tuesday

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5/29/13

Week 8: State and District Standards; testing reading and listening

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(05') Review of previous meeting

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(45') PPS second/world language standards (0010a); example of Oregon standards in other subject areas

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(20') more about testing reading and listening: examples of multiple-choice tests that can serve as "cookie cutters"; PSU first-year German combined reading / writing / WAC final exam (0441); 0178 "Liebe Shirly u. Familie"

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(20') Introduction to textbook, course, curriculum, program assessment (Organizing Principle quick assessments of classroom [0181, Higgs] and materials [0704 U Arizona French & 0144 Higgs]); scope & sequence in textbooks; examples of publishers aligning textbooks to ACTFL and EU standards; what do students say about textbooks? teachers?

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(20') odds & ends about assessment: the WLL Assessment Committee (this year's BIMP – students' perceptions of culture in their courses; next year's proposed BIMP – assessment of language teacher ed training, at WLL and elsewhere [how would you design it?])
Upcoming class meetings

Major focus for the next several weeks: standards for other subject areas; standards and test instruments of the European Guidelines; implications for programs

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)

all assignments have now been activated; for discussion in class: the final course activity – a discussion that will take place during the final exam time slot?
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