Office of General Education A-218C 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT REPORT FRENCH 22600: Date of report: January, 2018 Course: French 22600 Date/semester of assessment: Fall 2017 Assessment Team Members: Maxime Blanchard Coordination / Oversight: Professor Vanessa Valdès Assessment Findings Learning outcomes Learning outcome assessed Brief description of Meeting this round? If yes, brief findings expectations description of methodology Express verbally ideas In groups of 2 partners, All students received a Most students with the vocabulary students were asked to have passing and a good exceeded my covered in simple a discussion about a film grade. The lowest grade expectations. sentences and they had seen in class (and was a B. I found that demonstrate discussed in class). The film this format (oral exam in proficiency of the was a groups of 2) make Zazie dans le métro, present, past, future 1962 adaptation by Louis students shine. They tenses and of the most Malle of Raymond prepare well (with my common subjunctive instructions on how to Queneau’s eponymous forms. novel. prepare). Comprehend ideas Students are instructed to Students were mostly Most students expressed within the use vocabulary they know, successful. They were above framework of the and to keep it simple. They avoided translations by average. vocabulary and are also warned against using simple structures. grammatical structures literal translations from However, since the lack presented in listening English (which is the main of awareness of registers exercises as well as in problem, but often avoided is a problem in English, class and demonstrate with guidance from the it then becomes a this with an appropriate professor). Finally, they are problem in French… verbal response. advised to speak in a somewhat formal manner (quite a challenge for English-speaking students) Comprehend ideas Students have to write down I do not grade the All students expressed within the their conversations, and written version of the wrote a script of framework of the they are allowed to have conversation because I the conversation. vocabulary and their notes during the oral find that students are too grammatical structures exam. They are not allowed concerned about the presented in written to read. Writing down the written part of the exam
Office of General Education A-218C 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT REPORT FRENCH 22600: Date of report: January, 2018 Course: French 22600 Date/semester of assessment: Fall 2017 Assessment Team Members: Maxime Blanchard Coordination / Oversight: Professor Vanessa Valdès Assessment Findings Learning outcomes Learning outcome assessed this round? If yes, brief description of methodology Brief description of findings Meeting expectations Express verbally ideas with the vocabulary covered in simple sentences and demonstrate proficiency of the present, past, future tenses and of the most common subjunctive forms. In groups of 2 partners, students were asked to have a discussion about a film they had seen in class (and discussed in class). The film was Zazie dans le métro, a 1962 adaptation by Louis Malle of Raymond Queneau’s eponymous novel. All students received a passing and a good grade. The lowest grade was a B. I found that this format (oral exam in groups of 2) make students shine. They prepare well (with my instructions on how to prepare). Most students exceeded my expectations. Comprehend ideas expressed within the framework of the vocabulary and grammatical structures presented in listening exercises as well as in class and demonstrate this with an appropriate verbal response. Students are instructed to use vocabulary they know, and to keep it simple. They are also warned against literal translations from English (which is the main problem, but often avoided with guidance from the professor). Finally, they are advised to speak in a somewhat formal manner (quite a challenge for English-speaking students) Students were mostly successful. They avoided translations by using simple structures. However, since the lack of awareness of registers is a problem in English, it then becomes a problem in French… Most students were above average. Comprehend ideas expressed within the framework of the vocabulary and grammatical structures presented in written Students have to write down their conversations, and they are allowed to have their notes during the oral exam. They are not allowed to read. Writing down the I do not grade the written version of the conversation because I find that students are too concerned about the written part of the exam All students wrote a script of the conversation.
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