Notes from Laurie Clarcq’s lecture “Summative Assessment”.
Traditional Curriculum and Instruction:
KNOWLEDGE about the language in order to USE the language.
1. Thematic vocabulary lists
2. Randomly identified grammatical structures with linguistic knowledge
3. “Connected” cultural information
Traditional Summative Assessment:
Knowledge/Know
1. Vocabulary in/out of the context
2. Manipulate grammatical structures
3. Cultural information
Ture/False; Multiple Choice; Fill in the blank (knowledge-based)
Application/Do
1. Reading and listening (Ture/False; Multiple Choice; Fill in the blank)
2. Speaking and writing (performance)
Summative Assessments:
1. Cumulative/Comprehensive
2. Formal
3. Used to measure / used to compare
4. May be “standardized”
TCI Curriculum and Instruction:
Use the language in order to get knowledge about the world.
1. Acquire the language.
Vocabulary in context: stories, songs, purpose-based activities.
Message (sound/text) = Meaning.
2. Gain understanding.
Language in context (messages): stories, songs, purpose-based activities.
TCI Summative Assessment:
Application/Do
Reading: performance; Listening: performance; Speaking: performance; Writing: performance.
Application/Do: Productive
Speaking:
Prepared presentation: speech/project, oral report
Spontaneous presentation: respond to a picture
“Staged” conversation: with a situation
Authentic conversation: real things
Writing:
Project
Spontaneous: “Staged”, authentic
Can Do Statements:
Goals: Acquire language; understand (more).