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Stage 6 Resource Development:Formative Assessment
4th May 2012
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Languages update!
1. Australian Curriculum
Shape paper to be revised:
- Two strands: Communicating and Understanding
- 350hrs mandated for primary
- Additional languages- Hindi, Turkish
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Australian Curriculum cont.
Timeline
2012 - Shape paper revised
- Italian and Chinese curriculum developed
- Collating of online resources to support AC
- Chinese and Italian materials trialled in schools
2013 - writing of all other language curriculum
2014 – Implementation
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2. Languages grants
- Online from end of August 2012
- Closing date 21st September
3. Endeavour teacher fellowships
www.eltf.austraining.com.au
4. AIS Professional learning
- 21st May- Getting real in languages
- 27th July – Differentiated learning in languages
- 27th August – Une Journee avec Aurelie
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The plan for today…
The aims of today are to:
To develop skills in creating tasks (non-HSC style) that can be used for formative assessment for Stage 6
To develop listening stimulus,associated tasks and feedback strategies that provide the scaffolding for effective and valid
summative assessment
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Today we will:
1. Discuss what formative assessment is
2. Brainstorm different types of tasks
3. Pool our ideas for stimulus listening material
4. Create and refine listening stimulus
5. Develop tasks
6. Share ideas about how to provide effective feedback
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What is formative assessment?
- Informative
- Opportunity for students to demonstrate their learning
- Opportunity for students to receive feedback
- Cumulative
- Continuous
- Informal
- Flexible
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What does formative assessment look like in the Languages classroom (Stage 6)?
Speaking practice (beginning/end of each lesson)
In class tasks (all skills)
Homework tasks (all skills)
Vocab/script quizzes
Ongoing projects ( journals, portfolios, blogs etc)
Holiday tasks (all skills)
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Where to find listening stimulus?
Magazines
Reading materials, texts etc
TV,film,music,app reviews
Film clips
YouTube clips
Advertisements
Tune in radio
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Let’s look at a sample template…
Focus on:
Range of tasks
Sequencing tasks in order of difficulty
How will you differentiate the tasks?
How will you provide feedback to students?
How will you keep a record of this feedback?
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Let’s look at a sample task….
Focus on:
Is this task a non-HSC style?
How to differentiate this task?
How to provide feedback?
Is the feedback meaningful?
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Working in small groups…
In English:
Choose topic/s
Discuss ideas for listening stimulus
Brainstorm non-HSC style tasks
Sequence tasks
Complete templates (hard copies)
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Sharing ideas…
Each group presents their ideas
Working in language specific groups:
Develop/refine listening stimulus
Brainstorm a bank of tasks related to stimulus
Develop fully one or two tasks with feedback strategy
Use laptops
Save on L drive
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Merryl Wahlin
Education Consultant K-12
Level 12, 99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone (02) 9299 2845 Fax (02) 9290 2274
Web www.aisnsw.edu.au
Email [email protected]
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