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Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report

Course Assessment

Division: Communications Discipline/Program: Spanish

Course Number and Name: SPANISH 022 Fundamentals of Spanish II

Program Contact Person: ____William Hernandez______Phone: ______Ext 4081______

Reviewed by: Elena Reigadas, SLO Coordinator Date: February 26, 2013

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Institutional Learning Outcomes / Course Intended Outcomes / Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success / Summary of Data Collected / Use of Results
1 / 1.  Employ simple patterns of speech based on classroom models with acceptable pronunciation. / Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually. The interviews will be part of an exam and will be scored using a departmental rubric. In addition, the interviews will be recorded and stored electronically. Students from all Spanish 22 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise
1 / 2.  Speak in Spanish with novice-mid fluency and accuracy (as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) employing stock language, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax. / Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually. The interviews will be part of an exam and will be scored using a departmental rubric. In addition, the interviews will be recorded and stored electronically. Students from all Spanish 22 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
1 / 3.  Write in Spanish with novice-mid fluency and accuracy (as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) using rudimentary phrases, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax. / Means: Students will be shown a picture of a man projected on the classroom screen. Students will write a five-sentence description in which they must include the following: 1. State his name, 2. State his age, 3. Describe his physical characteristics (a minimum of two),
4. State what he is wearing (all articles of clothing and accessories) and their colors, and 5. State where he is going and what he is going to do. Students must use the grammar structure: verb: ir + a verb in the infinitive + a to complete the latter requirement.
This activity will be embedded as an exercise in the second exam.
Moreover, this exercise will be evaluated by using a departmental scoring rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
1 / 4.  Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend short and simple narratives with elementary fluency and accuracy. / Means: Students will be required to read and analyze a cultural reading on a Spanish speaking country in their textbook. In this particular case, they will be focusing on El Salvador and Nicaragua. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their second exam of the semester or they will be given as a quiz. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
1 / 5.  Demonstrate beginning elementary-level fluency and accuracy in listening comprehension skills. / Means: Students will listen to descriptive narrative about a person who introduces and describes himself, and uses numbers and basic vocabulary related to university life. After listening to the narrative, students will answer comprehension check questions that will appear in written form. This exercise will be embedded in a quiz.
Moreover, this exercise will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise. / In spring 2013, the assessment committee administered the assessment to a a total of 67 students in two course sections of Spanish 22 of which 47 were considered for the assessment, a 70% of the total enrollment between both course sections. Although students achieved an overall 96% on this assessment exercise, a much higher score than last time this SLO was assessed, we found that 4 students scored 80%, 1 scored 60%, and 1 scored 20%. Overall, these are great results, but there is room for further improvement. / Based on the results of the assessment, we, the committee, make the following recommendations: Require students to further practice their listening comprehension skills by listening to additional audio materials available to them on the online laboratory supported system run by our current textbook publishing company. Creating a language lab tailored for the acquisition and learning of foreign languages, a priority listed in the current Communications Division Unit Plan, will also improve students’ listening comprehension ability. An additional listening comprehension assessment will be performed later this semester to compare results.
1 / 6.  Identify and name basic facts pertaining to Spanish speaking countries. Topics may include culture, customs, geography, and principle historical facts about the regions presented. (beyond those learned in Spanish 021) / Means: Students will be required to read and analyze a cultural narrative on a Spanish speaking country in their textbook. In this particular case, they will be focusing on El Salvador and Nicaragua. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their second exam of the semester or they will be given as a quiz. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.


Date: August 2011

Attach additional pages as necessary.

Institutional Learning Outcomes / Course Intended Outcomes / Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success / Summary of Data Collected / Use of Results
1 / 1.  Employ simple patterns of speech based on classroom models with acceptable pronunciation. / Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually. The interviews will be part of an exam and will be scored using a departmental rubric. In addition, the interviews will be recorded and stored electronically. Students from all Spanish 22 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise
1 / 2.  Speak in Spanish with novice-mid fluency and accuracy (as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) employing stock language, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax. / Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually. The interviews will be part of an exam and will be scored using a departmental rubric. In addition, the interviews will be recorded and stored electronically. Students from all Spanish 22 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
1 / 3.  Write in Spanish with novice-mid fluency and accuracy (as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) using rudimentary phrases, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax. / Means: Students will be shown a picture of a man projected on the classroom screen. Students will write a five-sentence description in which they must include the following: 1. State his name, 2. State his age, 3. Describe his physical characteristics (a minimum of two),
4. State what he is wearing (all articles of clothing and accessories) and their colors, and 5. State where he is going and what he is going to do. Students must use the grammar structure: verb: ir + a verb in the infinitive + a to complete the latter requirement.
This activity will be embedded as an exercise in the second exam.
Moreover, this exercise will be evaluated by using a departmental scoring rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise. / Students achieved an overall score of 80%, a higher score than the one required, 70%. Please see the detailed report in the division office. / Although the overall score told us that students overwhelmingly surpassed the required 70% by earning an overall percentage of 80%, we also concluded that some students scored substantially better in three of the four areas of the exercise. The data told us that the section of the exercise in which students demonstrated the highest competency was in the areas of syntax, followed by vocabulary skills, and spelling skills. At the same time, however, the data also points for the need for an improvement in grammar skills. 25 students out of the 46 assessed demonstrated deficiency or incomprehensibility in this criteria. This translates to 46% competency in grammar skills. Please see the detailed report in the division office.
1 / 4.  Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend short and simple narratives with elementary fluency and accuracy. / Means: Students will be required to read and analyze a cultural reading on a Spanish speaking country in their textbook. In this particular case, they will be focusing on El Salvador and Nicaragua. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their second exam of the semester or they will be given as a quiz. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
1 / 5.  Demonstrate beginning elementary-level fluency and accuracy in listening comprehension skills. / Means: Students will listen to descriptive narrative about La Elegancia, a department store that will be read orally. After listening to the narrative, students will answer comprehension check questions that will appear in written form. This exercise will be embedded in their third exam.
Moreover, this exercise will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise. / Students achieved an overall score of 87%, a higher score than the one required, 70%. Please see the detailed report in the division office. / Based on the results of the assessment, there are no recommendations.
1 / 6.  Identify and name basic facts pertaining to Spanish speaking countries. Topics may include culture, customs, geography, and principle historical facts about the regions presented. (beyond those learned in Spanish 021) / Means: Students will be required to read and analyze a cultural narrative on a Spanish speaking country in their textbook. In this particular case, they will be focusing on El Salvador and Nicaragua. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their second exam of the semester or they will be given as a quiz. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.