FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE

ASSESSMENT IN FLORIDA COLLEGES

Judy HaistenFernando MayoralElisa Molano-Cook

Summative assessment:- Students study a lesson then take a test and receive a grade.

Formative assessment: - Provides feedback on the process of learning.- Provides guidance to the students as they learn.

Performance assessment:- Students demonstrate their knowledge/skills in real-life situations.

Source: Greg Duncan, The Language Educator, February 2014, Vol. 9

Assessment of Learning

What is IPA? “The process of three linked assessments brings the student first to an interpretive experience (he/she reads/hears information on a topic) after demonstrating his/her understanding of the text, the students moves to an interpersonal task that requires either speaking or writing and finally participates in a presentational task also linked to the same topic (real-life nature of language use)”.

Source: Gregg Duncan, The Language Educator, Focus on Assessment and Feedback, page 19. Vol.9 2014

Integrated Performance Assessment

IPA

Sources: CARLA

Phase 1: Interpretive Phase 2: Interpersonal Phase 3: Presentational

◦ Actividad Oral

A. Introduce yourself:

- Greet and say your name

- Where you are from

- Are you a student

- Where do you live

- What is your address

- What is your phone number and email

B. Interview another student: Introduce yourself (greet and say your name)

and then ask your classmate the following:

- What is your name

- Where are you from

- Are you a student

- Where do you live

- What is your address

- What is you phone number and email

IPA Example for Introductions and Presentations

1. The ability to understand, with some repetition, simple questions and statements.

2. The ability to read and understand the information presented in a simple paragraph.

3. The ability to pronounce the language well enough to be intelligible to native speakers.

4. The ability to ask and answer questions and maintain a simple conversation in areas of immediate need on very familiar topics.

5. The ability to deal with everyday situations such as greetings, leave-takings, buying food, and asking directions.

6. The ability to write a short paragraph on a familiar topic. 7. The ability to demonstrate limited social competence in the foreign

culture by showing comprehension of common rules of etiquette, customs and sensitivities, and a knowledge of contributions to the arts and humanities by the people who speak the target language.

Source: Florida Statutes Section 1007.262

Florida Foreign Language Competencies

1. The ability to understand, with some repetition, simple questions and statements.3. The ability to pronounce the language well enough to be intelligible to native speakers.4. The ability to ask and answer questions and maintain a simple conversation in areas of immediate need on very familiar topics.

Florida Competencies: 1, 3, 4

Interpretive: understands and interprets one way aural

Interpersonal: two-way interaction with someone else

Presentational: present information in oral format

Modes of Communication (IPA)

Video: Jennifer Speaking Tasks Analytic Rubric

Rubrics Source: Foreign Language Program of Studies, Fairfax County Public Schools, 2013

Oral Assessment

Interpretive: understand and interpret a one way written text

Presentational: present information in written form

Modes of Communication (IPA)

2. The ability to read and understand the information presented in a simple paragraph.

Florida Competence: 2

Rubric for reading comprehension

Reading Comprehension Assessment

4. The ability to ask and answer questions and maintain a simple conversation in areas of immediate need on very familiar topics.

5. The ability to deal with everyday situations such as greetings, leave-takings, buying food, and asking directions.

Florida Competencies: 4, 5

Interpretive: understand and interpret a one way aural or written text

Interpersonal: two way interaction with someone else

Presentational: present information in oral and written format

Modes of Communication (IPA)

Video: Roberto Interactive Tasks Analytic Rubric

Source: Foreign Language Program of Studies, Fairfax County Public Schools, 2013

Interpersonal Oral Assessment

6. The ability to write a short paragraph on a familiar topic.

Florida Competency: 6

Interpretive: understand and interpret a one way aural or written text

Presentational: present information in oral and written format

Modes of Communication (IPA)

Writing Tasks Analytic Rubric

Source: Foreign Language Program of Studies, Fairfax County Public Schools, 2013

Writing Assessment

7. The ability to demonstrate limited social competence in the foreign culture by showing comprehension of common rules of etiquette, customs and sensitivities, and a knowledge of contributions to the arts and humanities by the people who speak the target language.

Florida Competence: 7

Interpersonal: two way interaction with someone else

Interpretive: understand and interpret a one way aural or written text

Presentational: present information in oral and written format

Modes of Communication (IPA)

Compare and contrast customs/traditions between Spanish speaking countries and USA

True/False Blog discussions In-class discussions How do you evaluate culture in your classes?

Culture Assessment

ACTFL: Integration of World Languages and 21st Century Skills

Communicative competence that reflects real life communication:

- Day to day - Professional / Work

Foreign Language Assessment for 21st Century Skills

Do we continue placing more emphasis on written assessments? (units tests, quizzes, multiple choice exams, …)

Or : Shall we place more emphasis on oral forms

of assessment to aim for better oral proficiency? (oral interviews, dialogues, skits, impromptu speeches on familiar topics, …)

Final Questions To Reflect Upon

Florida World Languages in Colleges and Universities

http://fwlcu.wikispaces.com

Join us to continue this conversation@

Adair-Hauck, Bonnie, Eileen W. Glisan, and Francis J. Troyan. Implementing Integrated Performance Assessment. ACTFL, 2013.

Aventuras. 4th ed. Vista Higher Learning, 2014.

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, CARLA. www.carla.umn.edu

“Focus on Assessment and Feedback.” The Language Educator Vol.9, Issue 2 (Feb. 2014).

Vistas. 4th ed. Vista Higher Learning

Sources

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