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Assessment Practices In The Post-Communicative Era: A Multiliteracies Perspective, Heather Willis Allen, Beatrice Dupuy, Kate Paesani
Assessment Practices In The Post-Communicative Era: A Multiliteracies Perspective, Heather Willis Allen, Beatrice Dupuy, Kate Paesani
Kate Paesani
Although numerous integrated approaches to foreign language teaching and learning have emerged during the “post-communicative era,” assessment practices have not kept pace with changes reflected within these approaches. Assessment practices often remain form-focused, oriented toward isolated language competencies, and devoid of focus on expression or interpretation of meaning. Yet, as Kern (2000) stated, “what is evaluated constitutes the de facto curriculum and how it is evaluated reflects the de facto philosophy of learning and teaching” (p. 267). In other words, when assessment practices focus on forms and isolated skills while lacking a focus on meaningful communication, instructors see mastery of …
Beyond The Language-Content Divide: Advanced Collegiate Foreign Language Teaching And Learning, Kate Paesani, Heather Willis Allen
Beyond The Language-Content Divide: Advanced Collegiate Foreign Language Teaching And Learning, Kate Paesani, Heather Willis Allen
Kate Paesani
Presenters will review research on the language-content divide in collegiate FL programs by addressing the following questions: What is the relationship between language, literature, and culture and how are they instantiated in advanced FL teaching and learning? Trends emerging from this research and areas for future inquiry will be addressed.
Reading Literature To Develop Advanced Writing Competencies: A Multiliteracies-Based Approach, Kate Paesani
Reading Literature To Develop Advanced Writing Competencies: A Multiliteracies-Based Approach, Kate Paesani
Kate Paesani
This presentation considers how a multiliteracies-based approach to teaching literary texts (Cope & Kalantzis, 2009; Kern, 2000; New London Group, 1996) can facilitate development of advanced foreign language writing competencies. Specifically, we explore how this approach deepens students’ understanding of the linguistic, stylistic, and cultural content of literature; underscores the complementarity of reading and writing; promotes connections between language and literary-cultural content; and encourages reflection about the role of textual interpretation and production in students’ linguistic development. Discussion of creative writing and journal assignments based on the analysis of literary texts within the context of advanced grammar and composition courses …
Beyond Reading: Developing Foreign Language Literacy Through Literature, Kate Paesani
Beyond Reading: Developing Foreign Language Literacy Through Literature, Kate Paesani
Kate Paesani
No abstract provided.
A Process-Oriented Approach To Teaching Reading And Grammar, Kate Paesani
A Process-Oriented Approach To Teaching Reading And Grammar, Kate Paesani
Kate Paesani
No abstract provided.