scholarly journals The project of the self-assessment descriptors for Czech as a second language

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Kateřina Šormová

The project of the self-assessment descriptors for Czech as a second language Aim. The aim of the research is to evaluate the set of the self-assessment descriptors for Czech as a second language. Methods. The subject of the study were 753 descriptors evaluated by 50 teachers and 640 students. They are analysed with the application od quetionaires and controlled interviews. Pilot project tested the methodology to estabilish the difficulty level of descriptors and the ability level of learners. Results. The analysis shows that some of the descriptors need to be reduced and some of them reformulated. Conclusion. The analysis shows that many teachers are not sufficiently informed on Czech as a second language, they evaluate the descriptors from the perspective of a foreign language. Another finding is the inexperience of many teachers with the language levels following the CEFR; they label words or grammatical elements as an inappropriate level, but their estimate is very often incorrect. The teachers mark sayings, proverbs and idioms as the most problematic. The students are often able to express the given meaning, but they are shy to speak in a foreign language.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-117
Author(s):  
Zuzana Sándorová

Abstract The present paper is founded on two pillars. Firstly, it is one of the current trends in education worldwide, i.e. to connect theory and practice. Secondly, it is the need to be interculturally competent speakers of a foreign language in today’s globalized world of massive migration flows and signs of increasing ethnocentrism. Based upon these two requirements, the ability to communicate in a FL effectively and interculturally appropriately in the tourism industry is a must, since being employed in whichever of its sectors means encountering other cultures on a daily basis. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to find out undergraduate tourism students’ opinion on the importance of intercultural communicative competences for their future profession as well as their self-assessment in the given field. The findings of the research, which are to be compared to employers’ needs, revealed that there is considerable difference between the respondents’ views on the significance of the investigated issues and their self-esteem.


2021 ◽  
Vol X (3) ◽  
pp. 147-151
Author(s):  
Nana Shavtvaladze ◽  

We have the variety of forms, ways, methods, strategies of teaching in the 21st century. It`s important to achieve the goal, to gain the result, to perceive the given materials. Everyone is free to choose any ways from the given approaches. Most of the textbooks are dedicated to English language. English is dominated worldwide and it`s not only foreign language but a second language as well in many countries. There are different visions and approaches in teaching a language as a foreign or as a second one. Textbooks are mades based on the four skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening. Demand of Georgian as a foreign language has increased. Many philologists have occupied themselves with teaching Georgian as a Foreign language. Plus, they have means of teaching, once there are many textbooks already created, especially for the beginner levels. Online teaching has also increased these demands. Every author forms his/her own style, approach and vision when creating a textbook. In my opinion, it`s important to first calculate the common methodical view from the beginning to the end and only then start working on the new textbook. This kind of approach helps instructor gain the results and consistent logical motion is encouraging hopeful for the student.


2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 07033
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Panferov ◽  
Svetlana A. Bezgodova ◽  
Anastasia V. Miklyaeva

The article presents the results of studying the personal maturity of adolescents aged 13-17 (n=1078) who are infantilized in intergenerational relationships (on the model of relations with parents and teachers). Empirical data were collected with the use of the Self-Assessment Scale of Personal Maturity, as well as the modified Dembo-Rubinstein Self-Assessment Diagnostic Method, which measured the actual self-assessment of adolescents’ adulthood, as well as reflected assessments of their own adulthood from the parents’ and teachers’ positions. Infantilization in intergenerational relationships was assessed by comparing the self-assessment of adulthood and the reflected assessments of parents and teachers. The results show that the relationships between adolescents, on the one hand, and parents and teachers, on the other hand, are characterized by a tendency to infantilization. Obvious infantilization is found in about 10 % of cases. Infantilization in intergenerational relationships affects, first of all, the regulatory maturity of adolescents, and its influence differs depending on who is the subject of infantilization: in the case of infantilization by parents, the regulatory maturity of adolescents decreases as they grow up, while in the case of infantilization by teachers it increases. In general, infantilization in relations with parents has more intense negative impact on the formation of personal maturity in adolescence, in comparison with infantilization on the part of teachers.


2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanesa María Gámiz Sánchez ◽  
Norma Torres Hernández ◽  
María Jesús Gallego Arrufat

<p>Este artículo presenta un estudio sobre la construcción de e-rúbricas para la autoevaluación. Las rúbricas, como instrumento de autoevaluación, permiten la reflexión, aportan al estudiante una mayor implicación en su aprendizaje y un mayor grado de conciencia de sus propios logros. En este caso, se logró la colaboración del estudiante desde el mismo momento del diseño y creación de la rúbrica a través de un proceso de construcción colaborativa donde participaron estudiantes y profesorado. La investigación1 se realizó con estudiantes del grado de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Granada que cursaron una materia optativa de tercer curso de la titulación. Se desarrolló en varias etapas sucesivas durante un cuatrimestre: la formación para el uso de rúbricas electrónicas, el diseño y construcción de las e-rúbricas, la utilización de las e-rúbricas elaboradas como instrumento de autoevaluación y la aplicación de un cuestionario a las estudiantes participantes para conocer sus opiniones y valoración sobre el uso de la e-rúbrica. Es importante considerar que cuando se evalúa con herramientas innovadoras es fundamental que los alumnos no sólo conozcan el instrumento, sino que se les forme e informe sobre el potencial e importancia que este tiene para la mejora de sus aprendizajes y, lo más importante, lo usen y lo incorporen a sus propias prácticas evaluadoras. Como resultado principal, las estudiantes destacaron la importancia de la rúbrica para guiar y reflexionar sobre su aprendizaje y su capacidad para predecir sus resultados en la asignatura.</p><p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong>Building a collaborative e-rubric for educational self-assessment in degree of pedagogy.</strong></p><p>This paper is focused on the self-assessment trough e-rubrics. Rubrics as an instrument of self-assessment involve a process of reflection that can contribute to increase the involvement and awareness of their own achievements. Here we wanted to engage students from the design and creation of rubric through a collaborative process of building an e-rubric by the students and the teacher. In this study, undergraduate students of Pedagogy participated in an elective subject in their third year. It was developed in several stages in a semester: training for using e-rubrics, designing and construction of e-rubrics, using the e-rubric as a tool for self-assessment and filling a final questionnaire to collect their views. It’s important to consider that when we work with innovative strategies of assessment, students have to know not only the features of the instrument but also they have to know the influence to improve their learning processes and they have to achieve the ability to incorporate it to their own skills as education professionals. As main result, students highlighted the importance of rubrics to guide their learning processes and to reflect about it and the capacity of rubric to predict their performance in the subject.</p>


Author(s):  
Г.В. Сороковых ◽  
А.О. Андрух

Постановка задачи. В статье рассматривается проблема проведения объективной процедуры оценивания иноязычной речевой компетенции в техническом вузе на примере контроля результатов обучения иностранному языку студентов-экономистов. Ввиду сложности процедуры оценивания иноязычной речевой компетенции, обусловленной неоднородностью структуры компетенции, необходимостью учета междисциплинарной базы ее формирования, использованием в оценивании количественных и качественных показателей, для реализации данного процесса отдельное внимание должно быть уделено критериальному инструментарию, который бы непосредственно коррелировал и находил своё отражение в содержании образовательной программы, а также подходил для проведения самооценки речевой компетенции испытуемых. Результаты. В статье в системном виде изложены критерии оценивания иноязычной речевой компетенции студентов экономического направления. На основе анализа опыта зарубежных и отечественных ученых, а также в соответствии с содержанием образовательной программы выделены групповые и единичные критерии, образующие критериальный инструментарий для оценивания указанной компетенции. Для объективности оценивания на каждом этапе обучения иностранному языку для групповых и единичных критериев установлены разные значения коэффициентов весомости, выведенные в результате опроса преподавателей Московского политехнического университета. Выводы. Ввиду сложности оценивания иноязычной профессиональной речевой компетенции студентов-экономистов рационально использование принципа критериальности оценивания учебных достижений, позволяющего получить представление об уровне сформированности различных составляющих компетенции, а также принципа воспроизводимости, обеспечивающего равенство оценок разных преподавателей (самооценок обучающихся) по отношению к субъекту оценивания. Problem statement. The article deals with the problem of conducting an objective procedure for assessing foreign language speech competence in a technical University on the example of monitoring the results of teaching a foreign language to students in the field of Economics. Taking into account the complexity of the procedure of assessment of foreign language competence, due to the heterogeneity of the structure of competence, to reflect the multidisciplinary basis of its formation, using in the assessment quantitative and qualitative indicators for the implementation of this process, special attention should be given to the criteria system which shall be directly correlated and are reflected in the content of the educational program and suited for self-assessment of foreign language speech competence. Results. The article presents the criteria for assessing the foreign language speech competence of students of the economic field in a systematic form. Based on the analysis of the experience of foreign and domestic scientists, as well as in accordance with the content of the educational program, group and individual criteria are identified that form a criterion tool for assessment of this competence. For the objectivity of assessment at each stage of learning a foreign language, for group and individual criteria, different values of weight coefficient were determined, derived from a survey of the faculty staff of Moscow Polytechnic University. Findings: Taking into account the complexity of the assessment foreign language speech competence of students in the field of Economics, it’s reasonable to use principle of criteria assessment of educational achievements, allowing to get an idea about the level of development of different components of competence and the principle of reproducibility to ensure equality of ratings by faculty staff (self-assessment of students) in relation to the subject of assessments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-353
Author(s):  
F. Sametova ◽  
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B. Karimova ◽  
G. Orynkhanova ◽  
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The article deals with linguodidactic tests, the main purpose of which when teaching languages is to determine the formation of linguistic communicative competence. The authors consider linguodidactic testing as an area of language teaching methods, and on the other hand, tests are classified as pedagogical (subject, didactic) testing as part of a general testology, which also includes psychological, professional and other tests. The choice of the form of test tasks depends on the goals of testing and objects of control. The objects of control when teaching a second language are foreign-language speech activities: speaking, listening, reading, writing - and its components - speech skills, skills, knowledge. The main objects of control are speech skills, since only they testify to the ability to participate in communication. At the same time, an important role in mastering the second language is played by language skills (pronunciation, lexical, grammatical), on the formation of which speech activity is based. Thus, language skills are also subject to control. They may be subject to ongoing monitoring. In this case, the progress of the learning process is monitored. Language skills included in the communicative context may be the subject of final control. In this case, the learning outcome is monitored.


Author(s):  
Jalil Fathi ◽  
Sara Mohebiniya ◽  
Saeed Nourzadeh

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-assessment and peer-assessment activities on second language (L2) writing self-regulation of Iranian English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners. For this purpose, a sample of forty-six English major students from two intact classes at an Iranian Islamic Azad University were recruited as the participants of the present study. Then, the two classes were randomly assigned to a self-assessment group (N=22) and a peer-assessment group (N=24). The self-assessment group was instructed on the writing assessment criteria in order to self-assess their writing tasks and the peer-assessment group was trained on how to assess the writings of their peers. The treatment carried out for the self-assessment and peer-assessment groups lasted for a period of one university semester. The data was collected through Second Language Writing Self-regulation (SLWS) administered as the pre-test and post-test of the study. The results obtained from the data analysis indicated that both self-assessment and peer-assessment were conducive in enhancing L2 writing self-regulation of the participants. Nevertheless, further analysis of the data indicated that the participants in the peer-assessment group were better than those in the self-assessment group with regard to writing self-regulation, suggesting that peer-assessment activities were more effective than the self-assessment activities in contributing to enhancing writing self-regulation of the EFL learners. The justification of the findings and their implications for L2 writing pedagogy are also discussed.


Author(s):  
Nadiya Yurko ◽  
Olga Romanchuk ◽  
Ulyana Protsenko ◽  
Iryna Styfanyshyn

The article considers the continuous necessity of improving and expanding any language vocabulary and the actuality of clear and concise communication at an international level. Vocabulary is a skill based on all areas of communication. Extensive vocabulary, along with grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, is an essential tool and one of the largest challenges in learning a second language. Thus, building vocabulary is one of the easiest ways to improve communication. In view of the great importance and constant need for learning new words in a foreign language, efficient vocabulary has been the subject of multiple research. The purpose of the article is to determine the key enhancement means of a foreign language vocabulary. The research findings suggest that by using the means outlined in this article, one should be well on his way to discovering and learning new words to expand his vocabulary and strengthen his use of a foreign language.


Author(s):  
Maxim A. Kutin ◽  
Yu. G Sidneva ◽  
T. I Ionova

In this article there was reviewed the literature devoted to the problem of the assessment of the quality of life ofpatients with craniopharyngiomas. The given article raises questions about the application of questionnaires for the assessment of the quality of life, inability to the use the self-assessment systems in the classic sense in patients with craniopharyngiomas, and the need for the doctor himself to deliver systems for the evaluation of results of the management and outcomes.


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