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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised I 0/2112013
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 227, Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 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.
Course Outcomts
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Outcome #I
Students will acquire advanced
grammatical knowledge of their
ov.n language
Outcome# 2
Students will develop effective
communication skills in their
own language.
Assessment Measures
Jn the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course
outcomes during the last 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 of this
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
based on their own essay, written
as an assignment for SPAN 227
in the spring semester 2015,
about the Hispanic identity and
how the Hispanic group
contributes to the American
culture.
This was a projection made in the
last assessment of SPAN 227 for
the Academic Year 2008/2009.
A total of tO students from
SPAN 227 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
227 are 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
get the students involved in
regular interviews throughout the
Students will be able to
demonstrate their acquired
knowledge by earning a 70% or
above through examination,
which will prove their ability to
write, read, interpret and
understand at an advanced 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 advanced level.
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 accurary area
the students showed some control
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A
TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 227, Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014 - 2015
Once again, the following score
indicators were used:
The preterit and
imperfect
2. The present subjunctive
3. The past perfect
4. The future
5. The past subjunctive
I.
The following components were
assessed:
1. Communication
2. Accuracy
3. Fluency
4. Vocabulary
5. Pronunciation
of the grammar concepts newly
semester in order to familiarize
acquired but invariably fell back
them with the process. I intend
upon the ' regionalisms' which
to implement routine interviews
they have been using all of their
in the classroom in future
semesters to this effect.
lives. They also made some
grammar mistakes that did not
affect meaning. In the area of
The next assessment tool for
fluency they showed, as normal,
SPAN 227 should again focus on
thoughtful delay in formulation
Outcome# I.
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 affect 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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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 227, Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
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
6/3/2015
Dean
Vice President of Academic Affairs
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