Writing: Reproducing Information - Note Taking - Paraphrasing Presentations CLB 4-8

 Writing: Reproducing Information
Listening/ Note-Taking 
Paraphrasing Presentations

CLB 4,5,6,7,8

This package combines listening, note-taking and writing skills. 
It includes a student feedback form, and
two log sheets to track class scores and individual student abilities. 

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Paraphrasing Presentations
CLB 4-8

The 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. 

As this is a Microsoft Word File, please feel free to modify it to best 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 student reflection area  

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Paraphrasing Presentations

CLB 4-8

All the Best, 

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, 

Listening Abilities Index: 4-8

Looking for a tool to help you judge a listening activity's CLB level, or create a level-appropriate assessment? 

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The Listening Abilities Index includes three tables which help you level questions using key words and concepts that appear in the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) 2012.  

1. ABCs... an alphabetized list of listening abilities  
2. Depth of Understanding ... a brief summary showing thresholds of progression
3. Sorted by Levels... groups abilities by levels 

Find an interesting audio clip. Generate comprehension questions, or read those provided. Identify the abilities needed to answer each question successfully. Look up the abilities in the ABCs list. Assign levels for each question. For example: 

identifying 5Ws/facts = CLB 4 

Identifying an opinion = CLB 5

interpreting opinions = CLB 6 

Let me know if these help, or if you have found other tools you like. 

Download: Listening Index: 4-8

Thanks!