Master 2019/2020

Language Assessment in the Classroom

Type: Elective course (Language Policy in the Context of Ethnocultural Diversity)

Area of studies: Linguistics

Delivered by: School of General and Applied Philology

Where: Faculty of Humanities

When: 2 year, 3 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Instructors: Denis Zubalov

Master’s programme: Языковая политика в условиях этнокультурного разнообразия

Language: English

ECTS credits: 5

Contact hours: 4

Course Syllabus

Abstract

We will learn more about what teachers and students need to do to prepare for rich discussions, including understanding: 1. What is (and isn't) discussion, and why discussion is important 2. How teachers set goals for discussion, and establish explicit norms that support these objectives 3. How teachers select texts and prepare text-based questions to guide the conversation 4. How teachers – based on these goals, norms, texts, and questions – then prepare students for the whole-class discussion

Learning Objectives

• This course offers strategies that can lead to richer, more productive, whole-class discussions in their classrooms. Focusing on how to prepare for discussion, this course is for anyone who leads, wants to lead, or is interested in how teachers lead discussion.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to apply the knowledge they will have gained in this course, in multilingual/multicultural classrooms.
• Students will be able to obtain valuable insights to better understand the learning needs of students in a multilingual/multicultural classroom
• Students will be able to critically evaluate various language planning programmes implemented in multilingual education settings.
• Students will be able to obtain essential skills to deal with immigrant/minority language students

Course Contents

• What is discussion? Why discuss?
  Diversity and education: culture and language in a global world
• Setting Goals and Establishing Norms for Discussion
  The teacher and the student in multilingual group; multicultural education
• Preparing a Text for Discussion
  Planning in multilingual group; multicultural education
• Preparing Students for Discussion
  The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups

Assessment Elements

• Домашние задания
• Устный экзамен

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.7 * Домашние задания + 0.3 * Устный экзамен

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Avermaet, P. van. (2018). The Multilingual Edge of Education. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1361912

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Herzog-Punzenberger, B., Le Pichon, E. M. M., & Siarova, H. (2017). Multilingual education in the light of diversity : Lessons learned. Netherlands, Europe. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.68858E3C
• Translanguaging in the context of mainstream multilingual education. (2018). International Journal of Multilingualism. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2018.1512607