Program Assessment Plan
Department Name: Modern Languages & Literatures
Major: BA SPANISH
Student Learning Goals:
1.
2.
3.
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10.
Speak Spanish with fluency and accuracy.
Comprehend spoken Spanish from a variety of registers and regions, on a variety of topics.
Read texts in Spanish with comprehension.
Write accurate, formal prose in Spanish.
Demonstrate knowledge about the development of Spanish-speaking cultures.
Conduct research with scholarly sources in Spanish.
Identify and make appropriate use of information sources in Spanish.
Demonstrate confidence in speaking Spanish.
Cultivate intuition in Spanish, for example through understanding and use of gestures and body language.
Be able to explain one’s own cultural perspective and provide comparisons to those of the target cultures.
Assessment Plan:
Assessment Measure:
Modified ACTFL OPI
(American Council for
the Teaching of
Foreign Languages)
(Oral Proficiency
Interview)
Senior Seminar paper
Senior Seminar oral
presentation
Goals Addressed:
(list by number)
1, 2, 8, 9, 10
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10
Updated: March 14, 2006
How is the information used?
Once per year, the faculty member administering the OPI reports
the results to the Spanish faculty and to the Chair. The results are
used by the Spanish Section to improve instruction, student
advising, and/or to modify learning goals or curriculum. The
Spanish Section Head is responsible for initiating warranted
changes.
Once per year, the faculty member teaching the Senior Seminar
reviews the Senior Seminar papers with the Spanish faculty. The
results are used by the Spanish Section to improve instruction,
student advising, and/or to modify learning goals or curriculum.
The Spanish Section Head is responsible for initiating warranted
changes. Copies of Senior Seminar papers are kept on file for
program review purposes.
Once per year, Senior Seminar presentations are open to the
public. Spanish faculty may attend directly or receive a report of
the results from the faculty member teaching the Senior Seminar.
The results are used by the Spanish Section to improve
instruction, student advising, and/or to modify learning goals or
curriculum. The Spanish Section Head is responsible for
initiating warranted changes.