Skip to main content

Home/ carlatech/ Group items tagged asessment

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
marispi

The Elephant in the Language Classroom | Edutopia - 3 views

www.edutopia.org/...language-classroom-peter-smith

carlatech15 asessment language

shared by marispi on 03 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Studies
  • have concluded that collaborative and cooperative learning methods improve students' time on tasks and motivation to learn. Language teachers are finding that group activities and conversational pairing have distinct advantages over individualised tasks. Students enjoy interacting with each other, particularly in speaking activities, and opportunities to do so are relished. The prospect of school exchanges, making new social links abroad, and exploring new cultures is another powerful motivator. The pairing of language students with counterparts abroad is the next logical step. Working effectively online with native speakers is a challenging and alluring proposition.
  • Assessment is more difficult
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • The evidence to show individual progression achieved directly from paired or group interactions is hard to quantify. Monitoring, recording, and properly assessing individuals' performances in collaborative tasks is more difficult to achieve than the correction and grading of individual tests.
  • The pairing of language students with counterparts abroad is the next logical step. Working effectively online with native speakers is a challenging and alluring proposition.
    • danielhkarvonen
      danielhkarvonen on 03 Aug 15
       
      I am very interested in getting my students paired up with native speakers, but haven't been successful in doing so yet.
    • marispi
      marispi on 07 Aug 15
       
      I'm going to make a more concerted effort, I think.
  • Shereen Elgamal on 03 Aug 15
     
    The article highlights the effectiveness of collaborative and cooperative language learning activities such as school exchanges and pairing students with counterparts abroad. It also bring up the issue of difficult assessment gets in the way and brings to the front solo performances and summative examinations.
  • Michelle Burnside on 04 Aug 15
     
    I certainly agree with this as being an effective way to language learning. We in the military community use the group/pair work approach for many reasons. Pair work keeps them interested and motivated to learn. It also makes better use of class time. I also think that when the students are ready for the OPI, they generally do better than if they were in a traditional classroom. As for assessment, yes it is more difficult, but it is up to us as instructors to find ways to measure the students' performance based on the interaction. Once the student is in country, it will be up to him/her to communicate with others. That will be the true test.
1 - 1 of 1
Showing 20▼ items per page