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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
TMCC
Revised I0/21/2013
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 226, Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 20 I 4 - 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.
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Outcome #I
Students will acquire
intenncdiate grammatical
knowledge of their own language
Outcome# 2
Students will develop effective
communication skills in their
own language.
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Assessment Measures
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess
course outcomes during the last
year.
Assessment Results
Use ofRtsults
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 of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
In Fall 2014, it was decided to
assess Outcome # 2 to focus on
the oral skills of the students
participating in an oral interview
based on their own essay about
the Mexican-American War
written as a midterm assignment
for SPAN 226 in the course of the
current semester. This was a
projection made in the last
assessment of SPAN 226 for the
A total of 12 students from
SPAN 226 participated in an
interview one-on-one with the
instructor. An assessment tool
containing ten questions was
used for the assessment.
At a 90% accuracy response of
the core indicators used for the
interview, the levels for SPAN
226 arc well above average and
therefore an effort should be
made to maintain such
percentages. The participants
showed the natural nervousness
about having to speak in public,
but I am certain that was due to
their lack of experience. I believe
it would be highly beneficial to
~et the students involved in
Students will be able to
demonstrate their acquired
knowledge by earning a 70% or
above through examination,
which will prove their ability lo
write, read, interpret and
understand at an intermediate
level.
Students will be able to
demonstrate their acquired
knowledge by earning a 70% or
above through oral presentations
which will prove their ability to
express themselves correctly at
an intermediate level.
Academic Year 2008/2009.
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In the communication area the
topics were handled adequately,
their ideas were clearly conveyed
and showed some creativity.
Required very little effort to be
understood. In the accuracv
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
TMCC
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 226, Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014 - 2015
Yet again, the following score
indicators were used:
L Ser
2. Estar
3. Present progressive
4. Gustar
5. Preterit/Imperfect
6. Direct Object Pronouns
7. Indirect Object Pronouns
8. Double Object pronouns
9. Reflexive/Reciprocal
verbs
10. 10 Por and Para
The following components were
assessed:
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1. Communication
2. Accuracy
3. Fluency
4. Vocabulary
5. Pronunciation
area the students showed some
control of the grammar concepts
newly acquired but invariably
fell back upon the 'regionalisms'
which they have been using all of
their lives. They also made some
grammar mistakes that did not
aflect meaning. In the area of
fluency they showed, as normal,
thoughtful delay in formulation
of thought into speech; however,
the language flowed through
extended discourse. In the area of
vocabulary the students were
very conversant with the
vocabulary required by given
contexts; sound control and
resourcefulness. Some
vocabulary mistakes which did
not afTect meaning. In the area
of pronunciation the students
exhibited no mistakes.
The assessment indicated that
none of the indicators assessed,
(90% accuracy) fell below a 70%
accuracy level.
Outcome #3
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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 lo this elTecl.
The next assessment tool for
SPAN 226 should again focus on
Outcome# I.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 226, Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014 - 2015
Please enter your name and date below to confirm you have reviewed this report:
Title
Name
Date
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
Thomas Cardoza
61312015
Dean
Vice President of Academic Affairs
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