Stanley+Wang

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= Action Research Project Planner:  = Which area/s of your practice would you like to improve? What will be your focus for this project in 2012? Which aspects of the Standards does your project relate to?
 * = Stage 1 ** – ** ANALYSE =

Through this project, I plan on trialling a range of assessment procedures for the two types of structures implemented in my 6-month taster course. In particular, I will focus on developing a range of formative and summative assessment tasks suitable for each structure and the outcomes I am aiming for my students to achieve. I will reflect on the effectiveness of these tasks in terms of the nature, difficulty and timing of the task. Through developing a portfolio of assessment tasks, I will then consider how these tasks could fit in the new structure for Chinese to be implemented in 2013.

The project relates specifically to the "Language pedagogy" section of the Standards: "Their approach to assessment examines understanding, learning, and performance, and uses assessment to foster learning as well as to evaluate learning. They know and use a range of assessment approaches and select assessment tasks which are appropriate to the purposes of the assessment and use the assessment for effective feedback and reporting."

Timeline for 2012
 * Note: The two-term course is divided into an 8-week unit and 12-week unit. The 8-week unit 'Setting up the Basics' adopts a cross-sectional approach, with 4 streams of parallel mini-lessons (pinyin, hanzi, culture, practical conversation) within every lesson. On the other hand, the 12-week unit is topic-based, incorporating reading, writing, speaking and listening within the context of the topic. It also introduces vocabulary and grammar in a systematic and linear fashion. ||
 * = Stage 2 - PLAN =
 * = Stage 2 - PLAN =

By the start of Term 3, 2012, I will develop a checklist of formative and summative assessment tasks that could be used to track student progress across the semester as I improve on the existing 6-month taster course. I will also identify the specific outcomes I am hoping to see my students in each summative assessment task.

Proposal for meeting with mentor in 2012: 1. Term 2 holidays to discuss curriculum-assessment planning. 2. Term 4 to support design of 2013 year-long/half-class project. || What did you do? || What did you notice? || What would you do the same/differently in the future? ||
 * == Stage 3 – ACT ==
 * == Stage 3 – ACT ==
 * == Stage 4 - OBSERVE ==
 * == Stage 4 - OBSERVE ==
 * == Stage 5 - REFLECT ==
 * == Stage 5 - REFLECT ==