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1)<br>Date: 04 Apr 2013<br>From:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sohaib Sandhu <<a href="mailto:sohaibsandhu@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sohaibsandhu@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>Subject:Assessment of Learning Objectives<br>
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi Meriem,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There are quite a few points in your original question:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1) I would like to know how you assess the extent to which each studentreaches the Intended Learning Objectives of each of your courses.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">My question in return would be which skill or aspects of knowledge are you referring to?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I'll assume you are talking about the language skills, e.g. reading, writing, listening and speaking.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The next level below is the detail (or learning objective).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">If you want to monitor, assess, or have the students self-assess the learning objectives, you need some basis. Let's call it a Framework or set of rating scales.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">A useful tool worth looking at may be the Common European Framework (CEFR). My understanding is that it has been used for Arabic language assessment.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I found a few useful links which may be worth looking into:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.fhss.uaeu.ac.ae/linguistics/docs/Mari_Mar_CEFR.pdf" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.fhss.uaeu.ac.ae/linguistics/docs/Mari_Mar_CEFR.pdf</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://www.live-language.com/Arabic/common-european-framework-of-levels.htmlMost" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.live-language.com/Arabic/common-european-framework-of-levels.htmlMost</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> of us if not all use different methods to assess their students:quizzes, homework, presentations, exams, essays, etc etc. but how do weknow whether or not each individual student has reached the objectives wehave stated in the syllabi or not?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The way you can help yourself ascertain whether an objective has been reached, is to create descriptors or narratives linked to the objective. You also need a test that is linked to the objective. Identify what you want to test, then create a way of testing/assessing for this. You can then ascertain how close or far the student is from the objective you were testing for.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> How can assessing ILO's be done?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I've partly answered this above.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Before you create a test, or wish to assess a student, ask yourself what objective you are testing. Then decide on a task that tests that objective.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">You then need to decide on descriptors which describe how well someone has done.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">A common measure of language ability:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The CEFR could potentially be used to compare Arabic courses across the world. It's worth taking a closer look at, as work has already been carried out on this.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The CEFR has already been adapted to assess Arabic. I would suggest you get your university to invite the CEFR people to come and give you a workshop. In fact it could benefit the whole Arabic teaching, learning and assessment community.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Here's a link you through which you could possibly get some help and contacts:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.eaquals.org/cefr/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.eaquals.org/cefr/</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hope this helps</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">best regards,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sohaib</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sohaib Sandhu (London/Madinah)Affiliation: University of BristolEFL Lecturer and Assessment SpecialistLanguage Proficiency ExaminerTaibah UniversityMadinahSaudi ArabiaMobile: 050 497 </span><a href="http://2035www.sohaibsandhu.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">2035www.sohaibsandhu.com</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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