Tips, tools and resources to promote the use of the target language in the foreign language classroom. #wlclassroon

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Language Use
Support, Encouragement
& Assessment

2. Tips, Tools and Resources to help
your students rise in proficiency
and communicate with confidence.

8. I use a 20 point rubric to
assess students each week on
four focus areas:
Community
Commitment
Proficiency
Preparation

9. Here is the breakdown
of each category.

10. Community
5 Choices and interactions enhance the classroom
community.
4 Choices and interactions almost always enhance
the classroom community.
3 Choices and interactions sometimes enhance the
classroom community.
2 Choices and interactions often hinder the
classroom community.
1 Choices and interactions regularly hinder the
classroom community.

11. Commitment
5 Always speaks target language and circumlocutes.
4 Always speaks target language with some effort to
circumlocute.
3 Makes an effort to speak target language, but need to
circumlocute more.
2 Resorts to native language; no circumlocution.
1 Little use of target language

12. Proficiency
5 Regularly speaks at expected proficiency level and
strives to speak above level.
4 Regularly speaks at expected proficiency level.
3 Usually speaks at expected proficiency level and
below level at times.
2 Regularly speaks below proficiency level.
1 Always speaks below proficiency level.

13. Preparation
5 Punctual, has all materials, assignments complete.
4 Punctual, has most materials, assignments complete.
3 Punctual, has all materials, assignments incomplete.
2 Late or missing materials.
1 Late or missing materials, assignments incomplete.

14. Try out this rubric system.
Modify to fit the needs and of your individual classroom.
You will see an increase in student accountability for using the
target language and you will feel confident that you are supporting
your students in their language proficiency growth.

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