TSD 2012 Assessment Examples AAPPL

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Assessment examples

Source: Jefferson County Schools-Lexington, Kentucky (modified from)

Source: AAPPL: The ACTFL Assessment of Performance towards Proficiency in Languages

As Laura Terrill states: Assessments must be something that would happen in real-life.

Interpersonal Speaking-spontaneous 2-wayNovice-Mid

Play the roles of a student in a French class in the United Statesand a student in a school In Qubec. You both have been paired

up together for the year in the USA-Qubec cyber exchange

program. This weeks videoconference topic is sports and other

leisure activities you like and dislike.

After greeting each other, you both will ask and answer

questions about:

Activities you like or dont like to do; When and with whom you like to do them; How much you like to do them; Why you like them;

Dont forget to say goodbye to each other at the end of theconversation!

Novice-Mid

Play the roles of a student traveling in France and a doctor in aclinic in France. The student, touring Mont St. Michel in France,

didnt realize that climbing all the stairs and not drinking enough

water might be a problem. Just before getting back on the bus

the student suddenly passes out and hits her/his head on the way

down. The student awakes and realizes that s/he is in the local

clinic. The doctor arrives and starts asking several questions in

order to determine the level of head injury the student may have.

The doctor asks the student several questions in order to get the

following information:

Name and age Birthday

Where the student is from How many people and pets are in the family Name of school The date and time Phone number

The student wants to get back to vacation quickly so to impress

the doctor add any other information about yourself.

Novice-MidPlay the roles of an employee at a fast-food restaurant and a

Spanish-speaking customer. The employee is working when a

customer comes in. After trying to unsuccessfully communicate

her/his order, the employee comes to the register to help.

Ask and answer these questions in order to:

Find out what the customer likes to eat Find out what the customer likes to drink Employee make a recommendation from the menu

based on the customers response

Customer also shares other food preferences Employee ask if the customer would like anything else Employee places the order Customer asks price and then pays

The employee thanks the customer and they both say good-bye.

Novice-MidPlay the roles of a German-speaking teenager and an American

teenager. Through a class Internet partnership both have

decided to friend each other on Facebook. The American student

would like to introduce herself/himself so both can get to know

each other. Both have set up a time and date to have the first

webcam conversation in German. Both are very excited to befriends. So here is the information both want to gather.

Since both Facebook profile pages are fairly empty both are

going to ask and answer questions to find out the following

information:

Age and birthday; Nationality; Personality characteristics; Likes and dislikes with sports, activities, music and films Information about each others family


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Novice-HighPlay the roles of a student in German class in an American

school and a student in a German school. The German class in

the USA has been working with students in a high school class

in Hannover, Germany. Its time to find out more about what

students lives are like in Germany so American students are

going to interview the German students to find out what daily

life is like. The American student has prepared a series of

questions about daily life and the German student is ready to

respond to those questions about daily life at school, at home

and one the weekends.

Remember to meet and greet each other appropriately and say

good-bye at the end.

Intermediate-LowPlay the roles of an American student and a student from Peru.

both students met this past summer during a travel exchange

program. Both have decided to keep in contact via SKYPE in

order to get to know each other better and to practice each

others language. Today, the conversation is about

relationships. Both describe relationships with some family

members and some of your friends.

Both decide to include:

Whats going on in your relationships; How you feel about your relationships; A complaint about a problem you are having; Anything else you feel is important about the people

and relationships you are describing.

Interpersonal writing-2-wayNovice-Mid

You received the first letter from your French epal. Your epal

shared information about her/his family, her/his friends, sports

and activities likes/dislikes, favorite things to do on the

weekends, school and classes and food likes/dislikes. You epal

also asked some questions. S/he would like to know more aboutyou and your family. Write an informal letter in response to

your new friends questions telling her/him about your family.

Describe yourself, your family, your friends, your activities,

your likes/dislikes, etc. Make sure you ask two questions that

will start the topics for the next communication

Novice-High

You and your partner in Germany hit it off so well after your

conversation last month, you have been communicating

regularly. Your friend is taking a health class in Germany

and is learning about healthy eating habits. S/he has been

asked to compare her/his eating habits with those of astudent in the United States. You have agreed to help out

your friend and by creating a written presentation about

your own eating habits in response to the set of questions

you got earlier from this person.

Address these following questions your partner sent to you.

What do you eat in a typical day/week? What are your favorites for each meal? What is your favorite meal and why? Is this a healthy or unhealthy dish? Why? What do you need to do to improve your eating

habits (if anything)?

Where and with whom you like to eat? What and where you eat for special occasions? You also thought that this was such a good idea you

want to do the same to share with students in your

class.

Feel free to include anything else that deals with eating

habits of teens in the United States that your friend might

find interesting or helpful in his/her project.

Intermediate-LowPeople in your school dont know how to mind their own

business and keep eavesdropping on the conversation youre

having with your best friend about a personal problem. Since

you and your best friend both take French, you decide to

continue the conversation using French by writing notes back

and forth while sitting at the cafeteria tableDuring your secret note chat you both decide to:

Complain about a problem youre having in a relationship; Talk about who the relationship is with; Explain what happened to cause the problem; Discuss how you feel about the problem.

If there is anything else you want to share with your friend

while no one is following your conversation, now is your

chance.

Intermediate-High


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Presentational Speaking

Novice-MidYou and a friend are new volunteer tutors at the Community

Center in Loveland. You have been assigned to Sylvie, a shy 7-

year old from Haiti. You want to make her feel comfortable

since she is new to America and the city of Loveland. You

decide to prepare a short presentation to tell her about yourself in

French. Include some images to help Sylvie better understand.

You will want to include the following:

A greeting Your name Your age Your birthday Where you are from What you like to do

Feel free to include anything else you can already say in French.

Novice-MidYour Spanish class has started video-conferencing with an

international partner school in Seville, Spain. This month

everyone in class is giving presentations about the likes and

dislikes of American and Spanish teenagers. Organize a

presentation where you want to include the following:

You introduce yourself Activities you like/dislike; Why you like/dislike the activities; When you do the activities; With whom you do the activities.

Feel free to include any additional information you might

already be able to say in Spanish.

Novice-HighYou have been asked to participate in a special event at the

Latino Community Center to encourage good nutrition and

healthy eating habits for immigrants new to the United States.Your job is to create a fun, informative presentation to teach

children about healthy meals. You will want to be sure to

include the following:

Something for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks; Foods for each part of the MyPlate guidelines; An explanation of why its healthy to eat a balanced

meal;

How to eat for a special occasion; And, anything else you think is important.

Since you will be presenting this to a community audience, you

may also want to create a written presentation that is visually

appealing andsupports the points you are making in yourspoken presentation.

Novice-HighYou are on vacation in North Carolina and staying in a hotel. At

the pool you meet a German-speaking family from Switzerland

that is vacationing in the United States for the first time. Theyhave lots of questions about going out to dinner that night. You

decided to go back to your room to do some research on local

restaurants and arranged a meeting with them later on. You try

to help them by telling them about two (2) of local restaurants.

You probably will want to include information such as:

Names of the restaurants 3-4 things you like or prefer to eat there (meals, deserts,

etc.)

Some drinks that the restaurant offers Something that makes that restaurant special

Anything else you want to share that explains why you like these

restaurants and why your new Swiss friends should try it.

Intermediate-Low

Your Spanish teacher is so passionate about learning Spanish

that s/he would like more students at your school to learn a little

Spanish and has convinced the principal that there should be a

Spanish-language report for the school newscast. S/he has given

each of you a topic for a video report and yours is high school

relationships. Your video should include: You are going to

present this to a partner first before you make your video.

What makes someone a good friend What makes someone a bad friend What is the ideal relationship

Intermediate-Mid

As an exchange student you often attend local events in the

community. Today during one of the meetings the question is

about charitable organizations. In your small group you are

going to describe a charity that is important to you.

You should talk:

What the charity does. Why you are interested in this charity, How this charity raises money. How you are involved in the charity. Explain whether you think it is important for people to

get involved in charity work

Presentational WritingNovice-Mid

You get on your school bus the first day of school and there is a

very cute new student from Salzburg, Austria. You know

Novice-High

You are on a Spanish-language blog and several students have


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his/her English is pretty good, but you want to make a good

impression and use your German skills. While you are not yet

comfortable speaking in German to a stranger, you want to get

his/her attention without embarrassing yourself. You decide to

write him/her a note with some information about yourself.

You will want to include:

A greeting Your name

Your age and your birthday Where you are from Your phone number A goodbye

You can also include any other information you can already

say about yourself in German.

made posts about their school cafeteria. You are planning to

post a description of your school cafeteria in the next couple of

days, sharing what your cafeteria has to offer. The following

questions have been answered by others on their postings:

What kind of food is offered? Are there differentchoices?

What days certain foods are served. What foods you like and what foods you dont like Do your teachers eat in the cafeteria?

Be sure to include any other information you may want to

present to make your posting interesting.

Intermediate-Low

You are having a very bad day and need to tell your best friend

all about it. Unfortunately, you are in your study skills class and

the teacher wont let you talk to your friend, so you decide to

write a note. Since your friend loses everything and you are in

German class together, you decide to write the note in German

so the whole school doesnt find out your business. You decideto tell your friend:

Who upset you; What happened between you and the other person to upset

you;

What the person who upset you is like;Any other information you feel you need to share to feel

better

Intermediate-Mid

Example #1While working in a volunteer group in Africa, you have to deal

with some health issues. The medical assistant for the

organization is in Colorado, so you will need to explain your

condition via e-mail in order to get the medical assistance you

need. Explain your symptoms clearly and in detail so that youget appropriate medical care.

Example #2Your Spanish teacher is so passionate about learning Spanish

that she would like more students at your school to learn a

little Spanish and has convinced the principal that there

should be a Spanish-language report for the school newscast

He/she has given each of you a topic for a video report and

yours is high school relationships. Create your script first.

Your video report should include:

What makes someone a good friend What makes someone a bad friend What is the ideal relationship

You may decide to include relationships of people you knowin school to show good friends and ideal relationships.

Your turn-Design a task; indicate mode; indicate proficiency level

Task Mode Proficiency level


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