IPA Based Curriculum Design for Chinese Mandarin Language Assessment

from $590.00

Course Description

Integrated performance-based assessments are a key component of any proficiency-based program. This course will give an overview of various assessments, provide a step-by-step process to design a Mandarin curriculum based on integrated performance assessments, and share resources including rubrics, templates, authentic resources, and sample assessments to empower attendees to develop their own curriculum. Conducted in Mandarin Chinese.

Course Objectives 

By the end of this course, participants will have the opportunity to: 

  1. Assess the abilities of students in all three modes of communication more effectively using real-world tasks.

  2. Help students make progress toward the Intermediate or Advanced proficiency levels as defined in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.

  3. Plan and implement one or more new strategies to increase students’ language production in all three communication modes.

  4. Assess the interpretive mode via culturally authentic resources and reflect on how to make them relevant for different students.

  5. Identify the characteristics of effective performance tasks, and the use of rubrics for providing feedback that will improve student performance.

  6. Implement “teaching grammar in context” in your curriculum.

  7. Use backward design to create or adjust to a Standards-Based Integrated Performance Assessment Unit 

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Course Delivery

Instructor-Facilitated

  • Online asynchronous (no live sessions) coursework 

  • Weekly learning modules to complete at your own pace

  • Collaborative discussion boards

  • Instructor feedback

  • Optional office hours with the instructor for additional support

Students in an instructor-facilitated course must adhere to the session start and end dates listed on the website. Final coursework must be submitted within one week after the course end date. Course extensions beyond one week are subject to a $50 fee.

Course Access Information

Your Idioma Schoology course invitation will be emailed one week prior to the start of an instructor-facilitated 6-week course. You may access the Idioma Schoology login from the Login > Idioma Schoology Login dropdown menu at www.idiomaconsulting.com.

Required Text

Adair-Hauck, B., Glisan, E. W., & Troyan, F. J. (2013). Implementing Integrated Performance Assessment. ACTFL.

About the Instructor

Chang Liu, Instructor. Read more about Chang here.

Click here to request a syllabus.

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Course Description

Integrated performance-based assessments are a key component of any proficiency-based program. This course will give an overview of various assessments, provide a step-by-step process to design a Mandarin curriculum based on integrated performance assessments, and share resources including rubrics, templates, authentic resources, and sample assessments to empower attendees to develop their own curriculum. Conducted in Mandarin Chinese.

Course Objectives 

By the end of this course, participants will have the opportunity to: 

  1. Assess the abilities of students in all three modes of communication more effectively using real-world tasks.

  2. Help students make progress toward the Intermediate or Advanced proficiency levels as defined in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.

  3. Plan and implement one or more new strategies to increase students’ language production in all three communication modes.

  4. Assess the interpretive mode via culturally authentic resources and reflect on how to make them relevant for different students.

  5. Identify the characteristics of effective performance tasks, and the use of rubrics for providing feedback that will improve student performance.

  6. Implement “teaching grammar in context” in your curriculum.

  7. Use backward design to create or adjust to a Standards-Based Integrated Performance Assessment Unit 

What Participants Are Saying About This Course

Be the first to share your feedback!

Course Delivery

Instructor-Facilitated

  • Online asynchronous (no live sessions) coursework 

  • Weekly learning modules to complete at your own pace

  • Collaborative discussion boards

  • Instructor feedback

  • Optional office hours with the instructor for additional support

Students in an instructor-facilitated course must adhere to the session start and end dates listed on the website. Final coursework must be submitted within one week after the course end date. Course extensions beyond one week are subject to a $50 fee.

Course Access Information

Your Idioma Schoology course invitation will be emailed one week prior to the start of an instructor-facilitated 6-week course. You may access the Idioma Schoology login from the Login > Idioma Schoology Login dropdown menu at www.idiomaconsulting.com.

Required Text

Adair-Hauck, B., Glisan, E. W., & Troyan, F. J. (2013). Implementing Integrated Performance Assessment. ACTFL.

About the Instructor

Chang Liu, Instructor. Read more about Chang here.

Click here to request a syllabus.

Credit Options

Not sure which credit option to choose?  Learn more about each credit option here and review your state/district requirements.

45 Professional Development/Clock Hours: $590

  • Idioma Professional Development Certificate (accepted by most states)

  • Approved Illinois CPDU Certificate through partnership with CEII

  • Approved Massachusetts PDP Certificate

  • Approved New York CTLE Certificate

  • Approved Pennsylvania ACT48 Certificate

  • Approved Texas CPE Certificate

  • Approved Montana PDU Certificate

3 Graduate-Level Credits

While the graduate credits and professional development hours earned may be used for salary advancement, degree completion and state licensing requirements, Idioma does not provide assurance that any state licensing board or school district will accept these credits or hours for those purposes. Participants are advised to check with the appropriate agencies and gain approval prior to registering. An official university transcript is available upon successful completion of coursework through the selected university from which the participant chooses to receive credit. Participants who complete the course for graduate-level credit will receive an email with instructions on how to request an official university transcript.