Speaking: Interacting with Others - Small Talk - CLB 1-4

Small Talk 

Speaking: Interacting with Others 

CLB 1-4 

Students enjoy practicing the art of "Small Talk" as it helps them gain confidence interacting with others. In Stage I classes, they are learning language chunks (Hello, My name is…, ….Have a nice day…. Goodbye…) in addition to: 

Introducing themselves and other people;

Taking turns listening and speaking;

Using body language to show interest and confusion;

Talking about themselves, their family and friends, and every day routines;

Asking questions about other people; 

Answering questions asked; 

Sharing personal information like phone numbers and addresses; and

Understanding relationships, and levels of formality.

Today's classroom ready packages includes a bonus. It includes two assessment forms. One that focuses on body language, and another one that includes speaking abilities as well as body language. 

 Download Speaking: Interacting with Others - SMALL TALK CLB 1-4

As this is a Microsoft Word File, please feel free to modify it to meet your needs.

You may want to:

• Delete or white-out the information for a level you are not assessing
• Add specific language / actions you have taught and want to assess
• Enlarge/ alter the students’ reflection area  

All the Best, 

~ Heather 

Writing: Interacting with Others, CLB 1-4

 Writing: Interacting with Others

CLB 1,2,3,4

This package includes FIVE DIFFERENT feedback forms & class score logs to track your students’ writing abilities when addressing envelopes, using greeting cards, sending sympathy notes, issuing invitations, and posting comments on Facebook.  

You are welcome to download the package of five, or you can download individual forms by clicking on their respective icons in the table below. While four of the five forms cover CLB 1-4, the addressing envelopes task is only appropriate for levels 1-3. 

                                                                           

		download Addressing Envelopes        CLB 1,2,3
		download Using Greeting  Cards                 CLB 1-4
		download Sending Sympathy Notes                  CLB 1-4
		download Issuing Invitations             CLB 1-4
		download Posting  Comments on Facebook              CLB 1-4

Download     ALL FIVE

Writing: Interacting with Others

CLB1,2,3,4 

Each handout clearly identifies the skill, competency area, CLB levels and abilities for students performing the target task. There are places for teacher feedback, and student reflection. Plus, it is written in “student friendly” language, based on my interpretation of the CLB 2012. 

Download     ALL FIVE

Writing: Interacting with Others

CLB1,2,3,4 

As this is a Microsoft Word File, please feel free to modify to your needs.

You may want to:

·                     Delete or white-out the information for a level you are not assessing

·                     Add specific language / actions you have taught and want to assess

·                     Enlarge/ alter the students’ reflection area  

Download     ALL FIVE

Writing: Interacting with Others

CLB1,2,3,4 

All the Best, 

Writing: Reproducing Information CLB 1-4

Writing: Reproducing Information 

CLB 1,2,3,4

Stage One language learners need to practice copying out numbers, words, short phrases and sentences to achieve accuracy and confidence. Even in this day of texting, tweeting and skyping, there are still times when our students need to reproduce information by hand - without "auto correct" to help them. 

Today's package includes an activity feedback form, plus two logs to keep track of scores.

Download     Writing: Reproducing Information, CLB 1-4

RE: Student Feedback Form

The left-hand sidebar is for Instructor use only. It contains excerpts from the CLB 2012 document. It describes student abilities, as well as materials to be used, at each level. 

To the right is a place for the student's name, the date, and the day's task to be recorded. Beneath this area you will find the “tried/ succeeded/ excelled” icons, which are followed by a grid displaying the criteria for each CLB level in student-friendly language. 

As instructors check off abilities achieved, it becomes obvious at which level of proficiency the task was completed. 

At the bottom is a place for Instructor comments, the day's score, and a learner's reflection. 

RE: Class Score Sheets

The first log is to simply list students in groups of score achieved.

The second log takes a much more detailed approach to tracking student achievements.

Both list criteria by CLB levels.  

Download     Writing: Reproducing Information, CLB 1-4

Please feel free to modify the forms as you see fit, and let me know if there are others that you like better. It's always great to learn about new materials and methods that work in the classroom. 

All the Best, 

Writing: Getting Things Done - Filling in Forms CLB 1-4

Writing: Getting Things Done 
FORMS  ...CLB 1,2,3,4

Filling in Forms correctly can help students get what they want, and what they need. 

Nowadays, many forms can be filled in on line. 

However, there are still some places where we need to handwrite information in forms. 

To be successful, our students need to practice recognizing where specific bits of information should go. They also need to use legible handwriting and follow North American formats. 

The package below lets you provide specific feedback to help students fill in forms more successfully.    

Today's file contains a student feedback form,

and two logs to keep track of student scores.

Download: Writing - Getting Things Done - FORMS - CLB 1-4

RE: Student Feedback Form

The student’s name, date and task go in the top right hand corner. To their immediate left, the day's task. The “tried/ succeeded excelled” icons are followed by a grid displaying the criteria for each CLB level in student-friendly language. Instructors can use check marks to indicate the level of proficiency demonstrated for each ability.

Beneath the instructor's comment area, which also includes a place to write the day's score, is a learner’s reflection area.

Please note: the gray sidebar on the left is for instructor use only. It lists criteria needed to achieve each level, using excerpts from the CLB 2012 document. FYI - the CLB number of fields per level don't seem to line up. For the sake of the students, I've adjusted these numbers slightly in the student feedback grid.

RE: Class Score Sheets

The first log is to simply list students in groups of score achieved.

The second log takes a much more detailed approach to tracking student achievements.

Both list criteria by CLB levels.  

Download: Writing - Getting Things Done - FORMS CLB 1-4

Please let  me know if these forms help you, or share better ones that you have generated/found. 

All the Best, 

Writing: Sharing Information - CLB 1,2,3,4

Writing: Sharing Information  

CLB 1,2,3,4

Are your students ready to share personal stories?  

Writing about family and friends? 

Describing people, places or interesting things?

If so, this package is for you.

Today's file contains a student feedback form,

and two logs to keep track of student scores.

Download: Writing - Sharing Information CLB 1-4

RE: Student Feedback Form

The student’s name, date and task go in the top right hand corner. Under these, is a place for your comments/tips/feedback for the student, as well as a place to record the CLB level achieved and icons you can circle to indicate “tried, succeeded or excelled”.

The four white boxes have been labeled Words, Sentences, Paragraphs and Ideas to help students link CLB levels 1-4 with growing language proficiency. The criteria for each CLB level is listed in student-friendly language, and instructors can use checkmarks to indicate if the student has tried, succeeded or excelled in demonstrating each ability.

A learner’s reflection area is located at the bottom of the page.

Please note: the gray sidebar on the left is for instructor use only. It lists criteria needed to achieve each level, using excerpts from the CLB 2012 document. 

RE: Class Score Sheets

The first log is to simply list students in groups of score achieved.

The second log takes a much more detailed approach to tracking student achievements.

Both list criteria by CLB levels.  

Download: Writing - Sharing Information CLB 1-4

Have a great day! 

Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-8

Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-8

For those of you teaching night school - here is one way you can fully engage your class as active listeners while you manage to assess up to 24 speakers over the course of a few classes!

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Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-8

I find assessing speaking in a whole class setting can be difficult because some students quickly loose interest when others speak. To get around this, I have come up with a system of small group interactions that everyone pays attention to and answers questions about. 

Today's package contains a warm up activity and discussion cards, speaking assessment feedback forms. One for CLB 1-4, another for CLB 5-8, and a combined form that covers CLB 1-8. It also contains a choice of two handouts to assessing listening skills. The first is based on sample questions provided in the package. The second is a formatted blank gives you the flexibility to use your own warm up activity, themes and questions. 

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Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-8

(Please note, the materials in today's handout will also be split up and issued as separate posts for Instructors teaching stage one and stage two learners.) 

Let me know how your assessments go. I hope these help! 

All the Best, 

Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-4

Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-4

I don't know about you, but I find speaking to be the most difficult skill to assess in a group setting. In this file you will find two speaking assessment feedback forms. One for private one-on-one interviews, and another for whole class assessments. Both start with a warm up activity getting students to talk about everyday topics (discussion cards/ posters and instructions provided.) 

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Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-4    

  

If you are really feeling ambitious, the package includes a choice of two handouts to assessing listening skills. The first is based on sample questions provided in the package. The second is a formatted blank document that allows for more flexibility. This means you can use your own warm up activity, and themes, and then ask questions you compose as you listen to students speak in front of the class. 

This means you can can fully engage your class as active listeners while you manage to assess up to 24 speakers over the course of a few days!

Complete instructions for both the speaking and whole-class listening assessments are included in today's package.

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Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-4      

It's not a perfect system, but it's not bad. And, I'm open to suggestions. 


All the Best,