Focus on Assessing Language Performance

Sample Workshop Content

  1. Shifting to a focus on proficiency
  2. Unpacking the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements to focus on what learners demonstrate to move along the proficiency continuum (from Novice to Intermediate to Advanced levels)
  3. Implications of proficiency for instruction and assessment
    1. Authentic tasks and resources
    2. Use of Target Language
  4. Designing effective assessments for the Interpretive Mode of Communication
  5. Designing effective assessments for the Interpersonal Mode of Communication
  6. Designing effective assessments for the Presentational Mode of Communication
  7. Using data to inform instructional decisions