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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 10/21/2013
Course Prefix, Number and Title: ITAL 114, ELEMENTARY ITALIAN 11
Dh·isioo/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic \'ear: 2014 - 2015
Complete and electronically submit your assessment report to your Department Chair/Coordinator/Director. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or
a narrative description of the assessment activities in your course.
Courst Outcomes
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
In the boxes below, summarize
the results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
how you are or how you plan to
use the results to improve student
learning.
Based on the results ofth1s
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
In Spring 2015 it was decided to
assess Outcome #2 to focus on
the oral skills of the students
participating in an oral interview,
as it was projected in the last
assessment of ITAL 114 for
Academic Year 2011-2012.
Once again, the following core
indicators were used:
A total of 8 students from ITAL
114 submitted to an oral
interview one-on-one with the
instructor. An assessment tool
containing ten questions was
used for the assessment. In the
communication area the topics
were hand.led adequately; ideas
clearly conveyed; requires little
effort to be understood; some
creativity. In the acruracy area
grammar mistakes were made
that did not affect meaning,
At an 85% accuracy response of
the core indicators used for the
interview, the levels for ITAL
I 14 are well above average and
therefore an effort should be
made to maintain such
percentages. The participants
seemed a bit more nervous than
usual, maybe because they
perceived the interview as a ' test'
of some sort. I believe that it
would be highly beneficial to get
the students more involved in
Assessment Measures
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course
outcomes during the last year.
Outcome #I
Students will read, \\Tite,
interpret and communicate
through \\Titten Italian ..
Outcome# 2
Students will speak Italian at the
elementary level.
Students will demonstrate
proficiency in their ability to
read, understand, interpret and
communicate through written
Italian at an advanced beginner's
level by completing exercises, inclass activities and
examinations ..
Students will demonstrate
proficiency in their ability to
read, understand, interpret and
communicate through spoken
Italian at an advanced beginner's
level by completing exercises, inclass activities and examinations.
I.
2.
Comparatives and
Superlatives
Simole future
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: ITAL 114, ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014 - 2015
Future of probability
Impersonal SI
Double object pronouns
6. Uses of Cl
7. UsesofNE
8. Imperative
9. Volerci
10. Mctterd
3.
4.
5.
The following components were
assessed:
I)
Communication
2) Accuracy
3)
Fluency
4) Vocabulary
5)
PronunciatioOn
(agreement, articles, etc.);
reasonable correct. In the area
of Oucncy it took longer than
necessary to organize thoughts.
The speech was somewhat
disjointed at times, but
intelhg1ble. Jn the area of
vocabulary mistakes were made
that do not affect meaning,
(wrong gender/ wrong
agreements) Adequate use of
vocabulary. In the area of
pronunciation Some
mispronunciation; meaning sull
clear; tries to ·sound' hke a
native Italian speaker. Some
participants showed a foreign
accent requiring sympathetic
listening, but sttll
comprehensible.
The assessment indicated that
none of the indicators assessed
(85 % accuracy) fell below a
70% accuracy level.
Outcome#J
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regular interviews throughout the
semester in order to familiarize
them with the process. I intend
to implement routine interviews
in the classroom in future
semesters to this effect
The next assessment tool for
ITAL 114 should again focus on
the written skills of the
participating students.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: ITAL 114. ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014 - 2015
Title
Name
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
Thomas Cardoza
Dean
Vice President of Academic Affairs
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