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Three goals for me:
1.Apply Task-supported language teaching philosophy to my class.
2.Utilize some technology solutions in my classrooms and incorporate these tools into my daily instruction.
3.Network with other teachers.Ran Ran Laoshi,
I agree with you. After watched the video, I clearly know that the purpose of the assessment and how the assessment process to enhance student learning and achievement. Indeed, the appropriate and in time feedback help students to improve their performance. A great assessment is also a meaningful real-life related task to help students to solve the real-life problems.Hi yachi Laoshi,
Thank you for sharing your great thoughts. I used traditional rubrics and our school district applies both single-point rubrics and traditional rubrics. After I read your post, I am really interested in getting to know more about single-point rubrics. I wish I can learn more how to provide personalized feedback to students and how to clearly show students expectation. I will watch the related video to learn more.Hi Sulan,
I think this is the discussion for Assignment 2.2.2-1. However, I like your activity, especially you change the proficiency level to your level 1 students. The school life and subjects are the essential topics for the beginning learners. I also like that you provide essential word banks, sentence frames, graphics.Step 1: First of all, let the audience know which video you watched.
Creating Meaningful Performance Assessment Tasks – Laura Terrill (27’30”)Step 2:Choose at least 2 questions below and write a thorough reflection. Make sure to include a detailed explanation to support your thoughts and ideas.
How can the assessment process be improved to enhance student learning and achievement?
The meaningful performance assessment tasks are essential and important by using backwards design course planning because it is the first step the teacher needs to think about after setting up the learning outcomes/goals. Meaningful performance assessment tasks have a purpose to solve real-world problems, and they are structured by guiding students step by step. Moreover, meaningful performance assessment tasks involve 3 modes of communication, check students’ understanding, and encourage students to explore further.What impact does assessment have on student learning and achievement?
The meaningful performance assessment tasks explore real-word issues and problems and it is open-ended tasks. The great tasks inspire new interpretations and spark discussions. For all students, the tasks can support differentiation, encourage target language, and engage students. Furthermore, the tasks expand students’ understanding of themselves in relation to their community and world. They will feel engaged and relevant.Dear Sherene Laoshi,
Thank you for sharing.3 things fascinating about the post:
1) Share 3 personal events that changed the teacher’s life and made the teacher who she/he is today
2) Ask the students to say the important dates and why, and why they have chosen them.
3) Reduce the number of events to two to give a chance for all students to speak up.2 ideas you can adapt:
1) Sharing the teacher’s personal events engaging students, connecting them with the teacher, and making a model for students.
2) Reducing the questions based on the students’ proficiency level and the class size.1 wonder or question:
The teacher can provide some images based on the teacher’s own personal life experiences while the teacher is sharing.Dearn Ran Ran Laoshi,
Thank you for sharing. Here is my thoughts:
3 things fascinating about the post:
1) Changing “public” events” to “important personal events” is more relevant to the student’s personal life.
2) Changing “important events” to“familiar events” is easier to build up the connection.
3) Posing “the reasons why I would make the two changes”2 ideas you can adapt:
1) Connecting students’ personal life and experiences with culture, such as the year of their parents’ birth, the year that they went to watch their first sports game.
2) Asking aging appropriate and appropriate language proficiency questions1 wonder or question:
Teachers might need to provide more scaffolding (sentence expression, sentence structure) for Step 3.I agree that OPI is the best tool to value listening and speaking skills. Heritage speakers in my school district usually are good at listening and speaking skills, but they need to improve their reading and writing. Considering all requirements of language proficiency and the AP exam, I need to know students’ performance on Interpersonal Listening & Speaking (ILS), Presentational Writing (PW), and Interpretive Reading (IR) and Interpretive Listening (IL). For listening and speaking proficiency, I can combine OPI to assess.
Considering the needs of our school and students’ background, the AAPPL (ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages) for language proficiency evaluation is the best choice.
We evaluate language proficiency for students in middle and high school in our school district, both heritage and non-heritage learners. The non-heritage learners are most. We evaluate language proficiency for academic purposes, such as language placement tests.
The AAPPL is an ideal choice for our needs because it includes Interpersonal Listening & Speaking (ILS), Presentational Writing (PW), and Interpretive Reading (IR) and Interpretive Listening (IL). We access all four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) because we want to know students’ overall and each aspect’s performance to help them to set up learning goals and plan. Additionally, the AAPPL aligns with the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency guidelines. The AAPPL requires some training for those administering the assessment.
The AAPPL for language proficiency evaluation is the best choice for our school district. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of language proficiency that aligns with students’ needs and our goals.
