second language studies

This poster exhibits the outcomes assessment practices of the BA in Second Language Studies program. While engaging in program assessment, the BA in SLS program has strived to develop an outcomes assessment process that is manageable and sustainable as well as meaningful and useful – a considerable challenge given the various pressures and constraints that many higher education programs are currently facing. This poster shows the process and instruments used for program-level outcomes assessment, the assessment results, and changes made to the program as a result of the outcomes assessment process. It also presents challenges encountered by the undergraduate committee during the outcomes assessment process and strategies employed by the committee to address those challenges.

Striving for Useful and Sustainable Outcomes Assessment

This poster exhibits the outcomes assessment practices of the BA in Second Language Studies program. While engaging in …

SLS 150 is an introductory course mainly for first-year (freshman) students with a strong interest in second language learning. A series of innovative and rigorous classroom assessment strategies have been piloted in this class. Lessons learned from this internal exercise will be extended to the full suite of the new SLS BA program and its progress with program assessment as we move forward to the five year provisional status review.

Classroom Assessment – Implications for Program Assessment

SLS 150 (Learning Languages and Communicating in a Globalized World) is an introductory course mainly for first-year (freshman) …

This poster presents an in-process plan for assessing student learning outcomes (SLOs) in ELI 83, the English Language Institute’s (ELI’s) advanced writing course for graduate students who have English as a second language. This plan is an initial effort to develop and assess SLOs for a single course, which will then lead to similar evaluation processes in other ELI courses. Guiding principles in this effort include (1) involving local assessment users (ELI teachers, administrators, and staff) and incorporating their input throughout the process, (2) providing multiple kinds of useful information to these same users to guide discussion and decisions related to evolution of the course, and (3) maximizing the validity of the assessment through use of a step-by-step piloting process. The poster shows how these guiding principles were built into SLO assessment, describes our progress up to this point, and shares practical insights from our experiences so far.

Outcomes Assessment of, by, and for the People: SLOs in the English Language Institute

This poster presents an in-process plan for assessing student learning outcomes (SLOs) in ELI 83, the English Language …