Since understanding what alternative assessment is, and the wonderful benefits it has on students learning and on us, as teachers, I have felt very curious about it and did a little search on the web for more methods and activities that go beyond portfolios, journals, interviews and questionnaires; I came across with a wonderful piece of writing from the CAL (Center for Applied Linguistics), the author gives many innovative, fun, and practical ideas to use with our students, which I would like to share with you, since they are really easy, usable and contain real language!
here is a link to their website, please read it, and bare in mind that through alternative assessment, "students are evaluated on what they integrate
and produce rather than on what they are able to recall and reproduce" (Huerta-
Macias, 1995, p. 9).
Please let me know what you think!
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/tannen01.html
I really admire your curiosity, as teachers we have to know that society is constantly changing so students also are, and we have to keep that in mind all the time. The search for new methods and activities to encourage students is a necessity when talking about teaching, in our case a struggling subject as second language is. So, in order to catch up with students’ interests and to use the information about it to create new strategies, it is extremely helpful to be on the forefront always.
ReplyDeleteThanks! and yes, you are right, as the world evolves we, more than anyone, MUST evolve with it....
ReplyDelete