002.A.1.6 2011 ACTFL Assessment Webinar

Webinar Chantel Thompson 2 March 2011

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Determining Where Our Students are on the ACTFL Proficiency Scale
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 3:30 PM Eastern

How can we gauge more accurately where our students are on the ACTFL scale? What matters is not what they know about the language, but what they can actually DO with it! How do we pinpoint their level within the Novice, Intermediate and Advanced ranges? This webinar will familiarize teachers with the assessment criteria of the ACTFL scale, and enable them to analyze and rate excerpts from actual Oral Proficiency Interviews. Instructional implications and insights will also be addressed.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwJGmGQtwCzBOHVqSEdzVHNUYXM/edit?usp=sharing

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Moving Students from Novice to Intermediate Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:30 PM Eastern This webinar will address various strategies to help students move along the proficiency spectrum in more efficient ways. Among those strategies: integration of functions, content, accuracy and text type in course design and lesson planning; immersion in the target language; a higher-order learning approach to all elements of the language; a proper balance between structured and creative practice, and empowering students through pre-speaking activities.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwJGmGQtwCzBTG5CUGFCcE16VDQ/edit?usp=sharing