1. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Stage 6 Resource Development: Formative Assessment 4 th May 2012

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3. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Languages update! 1. Australian Curriculum  Shape paper to be revised: -Two strands: Communicating and Understanding -350hrs mandated for primary -Additional languages- Hindi, Turkish

4. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Australian Curriculum cont.  Timeline 2012 - Shape paper revised - Italian and Chinese curriculum developed - Collating of online resources to support AC - Chinese and Italian materials trialled in schools 2013 - writing of all other language curriculum 2014 – Implementation

5. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW 2. Languages grants -Online from end of August 2012 -Closing date 21 st September 3. Endeavour teacher fellowships www.eltf.austraining.com.au 4. AIS Professional learning -21 st May- Getting real in languages -27 th July – Differentiated learning in languages -27 th August – Une Journee avec Aurelie

6. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW The plan for today… The aims of today are to:  To develop skills in creating tasks (non-HSC style) that can be used for formative assessment for Stage 6  To develop listening stimulus,associated tasks and feedback strategies that provide the scaffolding for effective and valid summative assessment

7. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Today we will: 1.Discuss what formative assessment is 2.Brainstorm different types of tasks 3.Pool our ideas for stimulus listening material 4.Create and refine listening stimulus 5.Develop tasks 6.Share ideas about how to provide effective feedback

8. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW What is formative assessment? - Informative -Opportunity for students to demonstrate their learning -Opportunity for students to receive feedback -Cumulative -Continuous -Informal -Flexible

9. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW What does formative assessment look like in the Languages classroom (Stage 6)?  Speaking practice (beginning/end of each lesson)  In class tasks (all skills)  Homework tasks (all skills)  Vocab/script quizzes  Ongoing projects ( journals, portfolios, blogs etc)  Holiday tasks (all skills)

10. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Where to find listening stimulus?  Magazines  Reading materials, texts etc  TV,film,music,app reviews  Film clips  YouTube clips  Advertisements  Tune in radio

11. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Let’s look at a sample template… Focus on:  Range of tasks  Sequencing tasks in order of difficulty  How will you differentiate the tasks?  How will you provide feedback to students?  How will you keep a record of this feedback?

12. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Let’s look at a sample task…. Focus on:  Is this task a non-HSC style?  How to differentiate this task?  How to provide feedback?  Is the feedback meaningful?

13. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Working in small groups… In English:  Choose topic/s  Discuss ideas for listening stimulus  Brainstorm non-HSC style tasks  Sequence tasks  Complete templates (hard copies)

14. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Sharing ideas…  Each group presents their ideas Working in language specific groups:  Develop/refine listening stimulus  Brainstorm a bank of tasks related to stimulus  Develop fully one or two tasks with feedback strategy  Use laptops  Save on L drive

15. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Merryl Wahlin Education Consultant K-12 Level 12, 99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone (02) 9299 2845 Fax (02) 9290 2274 Web www.aisnsw.edu.au Email mwahlin@aisnsw.edu.au Contact Details