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F r o m A C T F L The Ideal Guide for Language Educators! The Keys To Assessing LAnguAge PerformAnce A Teacher’s Manual for Measuring Student Progress “Does this count?” “is this going to be on the test?” students constantly ask these questions. Why? They want to know how their teacher is going to evaluate them. how can a teacher answer these questions in a way that will shape student learning and focus teaching on what really matters? Written by language education expert Paul sandrock, this book provides language teachers with a step-by-step approach for designing performance assessments, developing effective rubrics, and using them to evaluate and track student progress in a standards-based program. ISBN: 978-1-56836-407-0 $45.00 Paperback Meet JACK HALPERN Kodansha USA Booth #1342 Available early 2013 • 772 added characters/ 3,002 kanji in total • Now with kana readings • Fully covers revised Joyo and Jinmei Kanji lists THE KEys to Assessing Language Performance “Up-to-date, and easy to use … this beautifully designed dictionary meets the needs of a wide range of Japanese language learners.” – Y.-H. Tohsaku, President, <strong>American</strong> Association of Teachers of Japanese A teacher’s manual for measuring student progress New teachers and veterans alike will turn again and again to this invaluable reference guide. Get one for yourself—and one for a colleague! order your copy from the AcTfL online store at www.actfl.org/ store. See the website for special bulk quantity pricing! member Price: $22.95 non-member Price: $26.95 Available Summer 2013 THE KODANSHA KANJI DICTIONARY Editor-in-Chief: Jack Halpern KODANSHA USA INC. 451 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016 info@kodansha-usa.com/www.kodanshausa.com 32 | ACTFL 2012 Program Guide The ACTFL Guide For ProFessionAL LAnGuAGe eduCATors Paul Sandrock
PRE-CONvENTION wORkShOPS & mEETINGS 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. registration open 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon h 001 ACTFL Assembly of Delegates/NADSFL/NCSSFL Breakfast sponsored by ef education first 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon I 002 ACTFL Teacher of the Year Interviews 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Franklin hall 13 003 AATG Executive <strong>Council</strong> meeting Closed meeting of AATG’s Executive <strong>Council</strong> 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Assembly of Delegates 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon E 004 ACTFL Assembly of Delegates 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon J 005 ACTFL/NCATE Program Reviewer Training ThuRSDAY SCheDule-At-A-GlANCe 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 A/B W01 ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Familiarization workshop This workshop is intended to familiarize participants with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines–Speaking and with the Assessment Criteria, Rating Scale, and Interview Protocol of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Participants will view and review demonstration videotaped interviews conducted in English, practice rating language samples, and discuss the implications of the ACTFL Proficiency Scale and the OPI for establishing program goals, and for planning curriculum, instruction, and assessment Presenter(s): Maria Teresa Garreton, Northeastern Illinois University sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Assessment applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All Session descriptions and presenter information come directly from the submitter and is not entered by ACTFL. Information is accurate as of October 19, 2012. 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Pre-Convention Workshops 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 112 A/B W02 ACTFL writing Proficiency Guidelines Familiarization workshop Intended as an introduction to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines–Writing (Revised 2001), this workshop introduces participants to the major and minor level descriptors and the criteria for assigning a global writing proficiency rating Participants explore a variety of writing tasks across levels of proficiency, evaluate language samples based on the criteria as described in the Guidelines, and design appropriate writing activities and writing assessment prompts at the four major levels Participants discuss the implications of the ACTFL Proficiency Scale for establishing program goals, and for planning curriculum, instruction, and assessment Presenter(s): Bill L Prince, Furman University sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Assessment applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A W03 Focusing Assessment on Language Performance: what Can my Students Say, understand, and Share? Basing assessment on the standards provides a road map to focus teachers’ learning targets and make them clear for students Learn basic principles and experience step-by-step processes for designing tasks to evaluate interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal communication Build repertoire for implementing formative and summative assessments and for providing feedback Based on ACTFL’s publication, The Keys to Assessing Language Performance Presenter(s): Laura Terrill sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Assessment applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All ActFl celebrAtes 30 yeArs oF tHe oPi ACTFL celebrates 30 years of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in 2012. Developed in 1982, the OPI is now recognized within the united States and internationally as the standard for reliability and validity in the assessment of spoken language proficiency. The original 12 languages have expanded to 100 languages; annual tests have grown from 200 to 30,000. Find out more about the OPI at ACTFL Central in Exhibit halls D & E. ACTFL 2012 Program Guide | 33 ThuRSDAY November 15, 2012
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