TESL 0140 Assessment and Evaluation Unit 4 At the outset of the Assessment and Evaluation course I created a Learning Plan with three personal goals and a description of how I planned to achieve each one. As I review my goals and reflect on my learning experiences over the past four weeks, I can see that I have come a long way in my knowledge and understanding of assessment, but I am still by no means an expert; there is always more to learn! The topic of assessment was touched on in previous TESL courses that I have taken, however, until taking this course and completing the readings, activities, and assignments, I did not comprehend it to the extent that I now do. As a result of this course, I have a much deeper understanding of such things as the difference between an assessment and an evaluation, how to determine if an assessment is valid or not, and how to create or adapt effective formative and summative assessments. Goal 1 : To gain a stronger understanding ...
TESL 0170 Practicum in Teaching ESL The professional development resource that I selected to engage with and analyze is the free online CLB Bootcamp provided by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks. The CLB Bootcamp is a 10-hour self-directed online training course that introduces and explains the CLB’s, as well as how to use the CLB’s for lesson planning and student assessment. The CLB Bootcamp is divided into three modules: CLB Basics , Planning and the CLB and Classroom Assessment and the CLB . Each module is then broken down into three to four sections. The material is presented in a format similar to a PowerPoint presentation, with links to resources, documents and example materials. There are also optional short quizzes throughout that can be taken more than once. It is not necessary to complete the sections or modules in order, or even to complete them all. You can pick and choose which areas you want to learn more about. If you do complete all of the modules...
TESL 0100 Unit 3 Reflection This unit was all about grammar, grammar, grammar! It was definitely a lot of information to process. One of the activities we completed was to go through Bolitho and Tomlinson's Common Areas of Difficulty from Discover English to determine what areas of the English language we might need to brush up on. It was overwhelming! I believe I have a great deal of knowledge and expertise of the English language as I have been working in the field of literacy in one way or another for close to twenty years. I do know a lot about grammar, tenses, and many of the other language features explained in the text and have taught some of them at one time or another. However, I was definitely confounded by some of the information that I read and by some of the questions presented! I can see that there are some areas I need to review and work on in order to be an effective ESL teacher. In an ESL class, I don't think we as teachers would ever go into...
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