Admit Slip: Check for Understanding (CfU) 1.Read... –the characteristics and match them to their mode(s). –the tasks and match them to their proficiency levels.

Admit Slip: CfU – Match to Modes CharacteristicsInter- personal Inter- pretive Present- ational 1. One-way communication 2. Two-way communication 3. Practiced, rehearsed, polished 4.Spontaneous 5. Use gestures and circumlocution 6. Use bilingual dictionary, spell check 7. Use context to figure out meaning 8. Negotiate meaning; ask for clarification 9. Message takes precedence over accuracy 10. Higher requirement for accuracy 11. Important to maintain attention of audience

Admit Slip: CfU–Match to Proficiency Levels Identify the proficiency level targeted with each of the following tasks: TasksNoviceIntermediateAdvanced 1. Students prepare for a job interview by discussing what they can do in the target language and skills acquired through learning a 2 nd language 2. Students browse through several authentic menus and decide which would be appropriate for different people given their likes and dietary needs 3. Students share examples of stress in their lives and tell what they have done to alleviate it 4. Students get ready for a homestay abroad by sharing and talking about the photos they will take along, by identifying who the people are and telling something about them, and by asking simple questions of each other (e.g., who is this, where are you?) 5. Students need to adjust the day’s schedule while traveling abroad based on new information and come to agreement on a new itinerary.

Admit Slip: CfU – Match to Modes CharacteristicsInter- personal Inter- pretive Presen- tational 1. One-way communication  2. Two-way communication  3. Practiced, rehearsed, polished  4.Spontaneous  5. Use gestures and circumlocution  ()() 6. Use bilingual dictionary, spell check  7. Use context to figure out meaning  8. Negotiate meaning; ask for clarification  9. Message takes precedence over accuracy  10. Higher requirement for accuracy()()  11. Important to maintain attention of audience()() 

Admit Slip: CfU–Match to Proficiency Levels Check your responses 5 TasksNoviceIntermediateAdvanced 1. Students prepare for a job interview by discussing what they can do in the target language and skills acquired through learning a 2 nd language X 2. Students browse through several authentic menus and decide which would be appropriate for different people given their likes and dietary needs X 3. Students share examples of stress in their lives and tell what they have done to alleviate it X 4. Students get ready for a homestay abroad by sharing and talking about the photos they will take along, by identifying who the people are and telling something about them, and by asking simple questions of each other (e.g., who is this, where are you?) X 5. Students need to adjust the day’s schedule while traveling abroad based on new information and come to agreement on a new itinerary. X

Check for Understanding 6 TasksRationale 1. Students prepare for a job interview by discussing what they can do in the target language and skills acquired through learning a 2 nd language Intermediate: The task involves creating with language using sentences and strings of sentences; within a familiar context; in present time 2. Students browse through several authentic menus and decide which would be appropriate for different people given their likes and dietary needs Novice: Students can be successful by listing and using formulaic sentences; within a highly familiar context 3. Students share examples of stress in their lives and tell what they have done to alleviate it Advanced: The task requires narration in past time plus extended description; the real world context is still familiar to students 4. Students get ready for a homestay abroad by sharing and talking about the photos they will take along, by identifying who the people are and telling something about them, and by asking simple questions of each other (e.g., who is this, where are you?) Novice: The task is fully in students’ control (their photos); a highly familiar context (family, home, school, city); students can be successful producing memorized words and phrases 5. Students need to adjust the day’s schedule while traveling abroad based on new information and must come to agreement on a new itinerary. Intermediate: Familiar context and vocabulary, but more negotiation of meaning required (more than listing) to come to agreement