Sunday, 24 July 2016
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.
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.
Today's package includes an activity feedback form, plus two logs to keep track of scores.
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 eachCLB 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.
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
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.
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,
Sunday, 17 July 2016
Writing: Getting Things Done - Filling in Forms CLB 1-4
Filling in Forms correctly can help students get what they want,
and what they need.
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.
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.
Today's
file contains a student feedback form,
and two logs
to keep track of student scores.
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.
Please let me know if these forms help you, or share better ones that you have generated/found.
All the Best,
Sunday, 10 July 2016
Writing: Sharing Information - CLB 1,2,3,4
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.
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.
Have a great day!
Sunday, 12 June 2016
Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 5-8
Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 5-8
Assessing CLB Stage II Speakers can be a challenge. I hope this package will make it easier for you. It contains a warm up activity and discussion cards, speaking assessment feedback forms.
For additional feedback forms & listening handouts please see Speaking: Sharing Information CLB 1-4, or CLB 1-8.
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Looking for a tool to help you create a level-appropriate listening assessment questions?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.
- ABCs... an alphabetized list of listening abilities
- Depth of Understanding ... a brief summary showing thresholds of progression
- Sorted by Levels... groups abilities by levels
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!
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.
(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.
All the Best,
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