General English Course Design MCU / ELC -- Taipei

Fall 2007

Contents:

Level 1 Course planes

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Purposes of evaluation

Measuring instruments & syllabus design

Scoring procedure & teaching methodology

Level 1: Course planes

Syllabus design

Methodological skills

Materials => Contents

Evaluation

Level 2: Purposes of evaluationS T U D E N T S

St 1

St 2

St 3

St 1 St 2 St 3

Materials

Content of St A

Content of St B

Content of St C

Level 3: Syllabus design

Pre-test

Current language skills

Post-test

Progress over the course

T E A C H I N G

Level 3: Measuring instruments

Task-completion meter

Hi Nick,  I’m sorry I can’t  ....ake our go....  date  ....xt

week.  I..  turns  ....t I ha....  a  ..........rtment meeting th....  starts  ..n hour bef.......  our  ....me is sche.......... , and  ..’m sure i..  won’t  ..nd before 6:00.  Cou....  we  ....ay the follo.......  day,  ....me time, sa....  place?  ..et me kn.... , I’ll  ....ll the cl....  to  ......erve the star.......  time.

Level 3: Task-completion meter

TIME (minutes)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 ...

10 X                        

9   X                      

8     X                    

7       X                  

6         X                

5           X              

4             X            

3               X          

2                 X        

1                   X X X X

Participation meter

Find out as much as you can about the picture. 

Summarize your understanding of the situation in your own words in writing. No more than 3 sentences.

Info-processing meter

Read the article and answer the questions below. All you answers must be short and to the point. Work individually.

1. …………………………….?

2. ………………………………..?

3. …………………………….?

…………………………………

Level 4: Scoring task completion

Name

Test 1 Test 2 Final grade mixer

Points % Points D (T2 - T1) % % + % (%+%) : 2

Student A              

Student B              

Student C              

Level 4: Scoring participation

Names

Test 1 Test 2 Final grade mixer

Quest Exp Tot % Quest Ex Tot D (T2-T1) % % + % (%+%) : 2

Student A                      

Student B                      

Student C                      

Level 4: Scoring info processing

Names

Test 1 Test 2 Final grade mixer

Pts out of 50 % Pts out of 50 Diff (T2 - T1) % % + % (%+%) : 2

Student A              

Student B              

Student C              

Level 4: Teaching methodology

Pre-test

Current language skills –

Helping

Post-test

Progress over the course –

Helping

T E A C H I N G=

Helping

Recap

• Measuring with what & how

• Scoring & syllabus design

• Two targets of evaluation

Contents:

Level 1 Course planes

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Purposes of evaluation

Measuring instruments & syllabus design

Scoring procedure & teaching methodology

Q and A