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| Title | More Oral Practice and Assessment Ideas (Part 4) |
| Body | In our last installment in this series, a German teacher shares her technique for monitoring studentsÂ’ oral participation in class. ---- To encourage students' speaking in the target language, I use a 3" x 3" square printed icon of a large mouth. Each student receives 4 "bouches" (I teach French) at the start of the semester. They write their names on the back. Every time someone raises his/her hand and speaks in the TL, she hands me a "bouche." Everyone starts out with a speaking grade of 70. I tell them it is because I will make them speak every day by having them repeat after me or by my calling on them directly. In order to add to that grade they MUST voluntarily raise their hands and speak. After the first semester of level I, I require them to speak in complete sentences. (New York State regents criteria). Sometimes in my AP class I will designate a certain pattern, i.e. subjunctive or if-clauses, that must be used for that day/week. Each day I count the "bouches" and add to the students' speaking grade. I then return the icons to a designated box in the classroom where they are retrieved by the students at the beginning of each class and ready to use again. If a student is absent, I deduct a point. They obviously did not speak that day. There is, of course, ample opportunity to make up that point. At the end of the marking period I tally all the points and add to the initial grade of 70 for a test grade based on 100. I actually allow them to pass the 100 mark, and have averaged in grades of 118, for example. I tell them if they speak that much I am happy to give them credit for it. It also gives me, and the students, a tangible, concrete indication of how much they are actually speaking. I have witnessed teachers "fooled" by students who participate often by asking questions,volunteering one-word answers or writing on the board, but who almost never initiate original thoughts or speak in complete thoughts. This is an eye-opener for teachers and students alike. Rowe, B. Re: [AATG-L] URGENT: SHARE INNOVATIVE TEACHING IDEAS. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu 916 July 2006) |
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