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Adapting the CEFR for the Classroom Assessment of Young Learners' Writing
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Hasselgreen, Angela – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2013
This article concerns the contribution that feedback makes to valid classroom assessment of the writing of young learners (YLs), defined here as approximately 9-13 years old. It shows that a scale of descriptors adapted from the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR; Council of Europe, 2001) can play a central role…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Feedback (Response), Research Projects
Planning, Recasts, and Learning of L2 Morphology
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Romanova, Natalia – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2010
This study investigated two issues: (1) whether availability of planning time affects learners' ability to notice and learn from recasts in the input; and (2) whether pre-task or online planning is more effective. Participants were randomly assigned to three groups that formed the treatment conditions: a no planning group (N = 13), a pre-task…
Descriptors: Investigations, Pretests Posttests, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages)
What Is a Second-Language Program Evaluation?
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Cumming, Alister – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1987
A review of the literature concerning second language program evaluation looks at definitions of program evaluation, approaches taken to it, and the purposes that evaluation has fulfilled. Use of program evaluation to educate those working in or with second-language programs is recommended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews
A Measurement of Bilinguality Achieved in Immersion Programs
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Maurice, Louis J.; Roy, Robert R. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
The need for assessment of the extent to which second language immersion programs develop students who have a good command of both languages is described, and a method is proposed for measuring bilingualism. A report is made of an application of this unit of measurement. (RM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Evaluation Methods, FLES, Immersion Programs
Expanding Our Evaluation Perspective: What Can Classroom Observation Tell Us About Core French Programs?
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Ullmann, Rebecca; Geva, Esther – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
The formative evaluation of the curriculum, student attitudes, French achievement, and implementation of an elementary level core French program illustrates the usefulness of classroom observation and points to some general shortcomings in core French program content and teaching strategies. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Core Curriculum
What about Evaluating Core French?
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Shapson, Stan M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
Some features of a British Columbia provincial evaluation of elementary core French programs are described and selected examples are used to illustrate the ways the results have been used in individual school districts for program improvements. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Evaluation Methods
Mise en application d'un modele d'evaluation naturaliste et participatoire (The Application of a Naturalist and Participatory Evaluation Model).
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Roy, Robert R.; Hebert, Yvonne M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
A model for systematic, formative, and participatory self-evaluation of teacher training programs is presented and analyzed, and the conditions for its successful application are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education, Models
Measuring Second Language (L2) Proficiency in High School Level Exchange Students.
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Lussier, Denise; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
A study was conducted to identify appropriate standardized tests of English second-language proficiency among foreign high school students after a three-month stay, for use in a battery of tests to determine achievement gains. Identification of three potential tests and further considerations in selecting the appropriate test are reported here.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Students