Syllabus Spanish 4H

This course targets the “___________________ Level Proficiency Benchmarks” from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL.

• Novice High

• Advanced Low

• Intermediate Mid

• Advance Mid

The modes of communication are:

• listening, speaking, reading, writing

• speaking and writing

• interpretive, interpersonal and presentational

• interpersonal and presentational

To have intercultural communication skills means...

• to interact with cultural competence

• to interact with cultural competence and understanding

• to interact with many cultures

• to speak more than one language

Good communicators consider...

• the text type

• the correct use of the language

• what they want to say

• the audience, context and purpose of the message

A digital portfolio is a formative assessment tool that...

• is graded once a month

• allows learners to correct mistakes

• empowers learners to manage their own language learning

• collects all the work produced during the course

Interpretive tasks...

• intend to assess progress towards specific goals, in every unit

• involve exchange of information, messaging, group work

• involve reporting or presenting, reflections, short notes

• are based on readings, audios and videos

"Checkpoints" and "summative assessments" are worth ________ of the quarter grade.

• 20% and 30%

• 20% and 35%

• 15% and 40%

• 15% and 35%

Each category of communicative tasks (interpretive, interpersonal and presentational) is worth ______ of the quarter grade.

• 15%

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

Portfolio development, creation of study tools, reflective and cultural activities, and vocab/grammar drills are tasks that affect which category of the grade?

• Checkpoints

• Summative Assessment

• Intercultural Tasks

• Participation and engagement

The use of digital translators...

• is encouraged

• helps the learner's language development

• will be considered a case of plagiarism

• is not recommended