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Assessing and Reporting Student Progress in Heritage
Language Schools
SOHL Annual Conference October 2012
Presenter: Nadia Prokopchuk
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference (CFR)• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
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Ministry Directions• A province-wide focus on student
assessment begins in 2012-2013
What is the purpose?
• To increase provincial graduation rates and to ensure smooth transitions within and beyond schooling.
• To inform parents about their child’s progress on a regular basis
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Focus on Student Success• We want students to achieve and succeed
in school so that they can pursue career goals.
• The ministry is responsible for:
Curriculum: what students are learning; Instruction: how they are learning it; Assessment: where progress is made.
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Focus on Family Engagement
• Research shows that family support is important for student learning.
• Parents have a role to play by:
– becoming involved in school activities
– supporting learning in school and after school hours
– being a role model for lifelong learning
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Support for Literacy• Well-developed literacy skills are the key
to student success at school.
What are literacy skills?
• Literacy skills are the tools that help students to learn new things and to function every day. Without literacy skills, students can’t move forward in life.
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference (CFR)• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
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Language Literacy
• Language literacy:
- is more than just reading and writing
- requires the support of everyone in a child’s life
- involves the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing to accomplish a wide range of tasks.
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Language Literacy
• The term applies to language skills in any language.
• It is not limited to language use at school.
• It includes print and non-print materials, visual, audio, and multimedia sources.
• Families have a role to play in building literacy in first or heritage languages.
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Language Literacy
• For students to be literate in any language, they need to work at it. It takes time, motivation, commitment, and support.
• The goal is to become more proficient in a language to meet personal, social, and academic needs.
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Language Literacy
• Learning and using more than one language promotes language literacy.
How does it work?
• The brain can compare and contrast the way each language ‘works’.
• Students analyze differences and adjust language to suit their needs.
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language
Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
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What is Language Proficiency?
• When students are proficient in a language, it means that they have the ability to use the language accurately and fluently for various purposes.
• Building proficiency takes time and an environment of language support.
Proficiency = Fluency + Accuracy
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Heritage Language Study
• Learning a language is cumulative, meaning that proficiency does not happen quickly.
• With frequent and intensive instruction, greater progress can be made.
• Heritage language progress after school hours should be viewed through the lens of contact hours and frequency of instruction.
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Is Proficiency Possible?
• The aim of most language programs is language proficiency.
• Factors such as age, time, prior experience, and motivation are critical to success with language learning.
• Heritage language programs can provide students with a good start toward proficiency.
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common
Framework of Reference (CFR)
• Charting Language Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
![Page 17: Assessing and Reporting Student Progress in Heritage Language Schools SOHL Annual Conference October 2012 Presenter: Nadia Prokopchuk.](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022020207/551b3d815503465c7e8b4fbe/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
“CFR”
• The CFR, or Common Framework of Reference, is based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) introduced to SOHL in previous years.
• The Ministry of Education has adopted this framework to monitor and assess the progress of English language learners.
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Heritage Languages and the CFR
• The CFR offers a set of internationally recognized language descriptors within five skill areas: Listening, Spoken Production, Spoken Interaction, Reading, and Writing.
• The CFR descriptors give observable and attainable evidence of language performance.
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The Levels
• It is common for learners to have different strengths in each of the skill areas.
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference (CFR)• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
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Possibilities for Your Class
• Take 10 minutes to study the handout with CFR “Can-Do” descriptors.
• Focus on Levels A1.1 and A1.2
• Do the skills and descriptors reflect some of the goals of language learning in your class?
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Group Activity – Charting Language Skills
At your tables, decide which of the ‘Can-Do’ skills apply to your heritage
language program(s). Record your decisions on the master sheet.
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference (CFR)• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
![Page 24: Assessing and Reporting Student Progress in Heritage Language Schools SOHL Annual Conference October 2012 Presenter: Nadia Prokopchuk.](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022020207/551b3d815503465c7e8b4fbe/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Assessment – General Information
• Refer to the handout
• Outcomes: Plan with the end goal in mind. Where do you want the students to be at the end of a lesson, a unit, or at the end of the year?
• Assess progress regularly.
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference (CFR)• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
![Page 26: Assessing and Reporting Student Progress in Heritage Language Schools SOHL Annual Conference October 2012 Presenter: Nadia Prokopchuk.](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022020207/551b3d815503465c7e8b4fbe/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Assessment in HL Programs
• Assessment Flow Chart (Handout)
• Initial Assessment Samples
- helpful for determining what students know or remember from the previous year’s study
- can guide program planning for the current year
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Overview
Part A• Ministry Directions• Language Literacy• Language Proficiency• Common Framework
of Reference (CFR)• Charting Language
Skills: Group Activity
Part B• Assessment -
General Information• Assessment in
Heritage Language Programs
• Reporting Progress• Group Decisions
![Page 28: Assessing and Reporting Student Progress in Heritage Language Schools SOHL Annual Conference October 2012 Presenter: Nadia Prokopchuk.](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022020207/551b3d815503465c7e8b4fbe/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Reporting Progress
• Ongoing Assessment Charts
• Year-end Assessment
View the samples provided. Compare these samples to your current assessment practices. Are they similar? Which items would be a useful addition to your program?
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Thank You
• Your participation is valued.
• Your dedication is evident.
• Your commitment to heritage languages is applauded.
Have an excellent year!
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Questions?
• Contact the SOHL office for copies of the handout for Initial Assessment.
• Ministry contacts:
Corey Hadden, Director, Instruction Unit [email protected]
Nadia Prokopchuk, Senior Program Manager [email protected]