LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Discipline/Program: Spanish Division: Communications
Course Number and Name: SPANISH 001 Elementary Spanish I
Program Contact Person: ____ William Hernandez ____________________________________ Phone: ______ Ext 4081_____
Reviewed by: Elena Reigadas, SLO Coordinator Date: January 2013 (Fall 2012)
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Institutional
Learning Outcomes
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Course Intended Outcomes
1.
Employ simple patterns
Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success
Means: Students will be of speech based on classroom models with acceptable pronunciation. asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based
Summary of Data
Collected
Use of Results on themes, vocabulary, and grammar structures covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually.
The interviews will be part of an exam and will be recorded using a digital recorder, stored electronically, and scored using a departmental rubric. Students from all
Spanish 1 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise

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2.
Speak in Spanish with novice to novice-mid fluency and accuracy
(as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) employing stock language, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax.
3.
Write in Spanish with novice to novice-mid fluency and accuracy
(as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) using rudimentary phrases, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax.
Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar structures covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually.
The interviews will be part of an exam, recorded using a digital recorder, stored electronically, and scored using a departmental rubric.
Students from all Spanish
1 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise
Means: Students will be given a writing exercise embedded in an exam in which they must provide five short descriptive sentences using the verb
ser (to be) and descriptive adjectives from lessons 1 and 2.
The sentences must also be written using proper basic syntax and spelling.
The writing exercises will be administered in all six course sections in
Students achieved an overall score of 81%, a higher score than the one required 70%. Although the overall score told us that students overwhelmingly surpassed the required goal, we can see that some students achieved passing scores or higher by scoring higher in some categories over others (Vocabulary
Skills, Grammar Skills,
Although students surpassed the achievement score required, the results enabled us to find what area students need more attention. In this assessment, the data suggests improving spelling skills.
Based on the results of the assessment and the input from the members of the committee and instructors who

1 the Fall 2012 semester and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Syntax,
Spelling/Accentuation, and Punctuation) and not achieving the same consistent score in all categories. Analyzing the scores in each category enabled us, the committee, to see where students need additional attention. The data tells us that students demonstrated high skills in Vocabulary (average score of 89.7%), Syntax
(93.7%), and Punctuation
(90.9%). Students demonstrated average skills in Grammar
(70.3%). In
Spelling/Accentuation students demonstrated deficient skills (60%).
(A detailed report is available in the
Communications
Division) participated in the assessment, we make the following recommendations to the
Spanish discipline. We need to encourage instructors to require additional assignments that will help students strengthen their spelling skills. These assignments are available on the online CENTRO system currently being used.
They require students to both improve their spelling skills as well as practice identifying stress points and phrases in order to apply the rules of accentuation correctly.
We also need to encourage more focus on the teaching of grammar and testing in which a large focus is placed on spelling and accentuation.
4.
Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend short and simple narratives with beginning elementary fluency and accuracy.
Means: Students will be required to read a cultural narrative in their textbook. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their fourth exam of the semester. The questions will be administered in

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5.
Demonstrate beginning elementary fluency and accuracy in listening comprehension skills.
6.
Identify and name basic facts pertaining to
Spanish speaking countries. Topics may all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Means: Students will listen to descriptive narrative about La
Elegancia , a department store that will be read orally. After listening to the narrative, students will answer comprehension check questions that will appear in written form. This exercise will be embedded in their third exam.
Moreover, this exercise will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Means: Students will be required to read and analyze a cultural narrative on a Spanish

include culture, customs, geography, and principle historical facts about the regions presented. speaking country in their textbook. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their fourth exam of the semester. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.

Date: April 2011
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Institutional Course Intended Outcomes Means of Assessment
Learning Outcomes
1 1.
Employ simple patterns of speech based on classroom models with acceptable pronunciation. and Criteria for Success
Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar structures covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be interviewed individually.
The interviews will be part of an exam and will be recorded using a digital recorder, stored
1 2.
Speak in Spanish with novice to novice-mid fluency and accuracy
(as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) employing stock language, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, electronically, and scored using a departmental rubric. Students from all
Spanish 1 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise
Means: Students will be asked a series of questions orally. The questions will be based on themes, vocabulary, and grammar structures covered in the course textbook chapters. Each student will be
Summary of Data
Collected
Use of Results

1 and syntax.
3.
Write in Spanish with novice to novice-mid fluency and accuracy
(as stated in the ACTFL proficiency guidelines) using rudimentary phrases, first level elementary grammar structures, vocabulary, and syntax. interviewed individually.
The interviews will be part of an exam, recorded using a digital recorder, stored electronically, and scored using a departmental rubric.
Students from all Spanish
1 sections will be interviewed.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise
Means: Students will be given a writing exercise embedded in an exam in which they must provide five short descriptive sentences using the verb
ser (to be) and descriptive adjectives from lessons 1 and 2.
The sentences must also be written using proper basic syntax and spelling.
The writing exercises will be administered in all eight course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 60% on this exercise.
Students achieved an overall score of 81%, a higher score than the one required, 60%. Please see the attached report
Although students surpassed the achievement score required, the results enabled us to find what area students need more attention. In this assessment, the data suggests improving spelling skills.
Please see the attached report

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4.
Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend short and simple narratives with beginning elementary fluency and accuracy.
5.
Demonstrate beginning elementary fluency and accuracy in listening comprehension skills.
Means: Students will be required to read a cultural narrative in their textbook. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their fourth exam of the semester. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Means: Students will listen to descriptive narrative about La
Elegancia , a department store that will be read orally. After listening to the narrative, students will answer comprehension check questions that will appear in written form. This exercise will be embedded in their third exam.
Moreover, this exercise will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.

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Identify and name basic facts pertaining to
Spanish speaking countries. Topics may include culture, customs, geography, and principle historical facts about the regions presented.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Means: Students will be required to read and analyze a cultural narrative on a Spanish speaking country in their textbook. They will then answer comprehension check questions that will be embedded in their fourth exam of the semester. The questions will be administered in all course sections and will be evaluated based on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score a minimum of 70% on this exercise.