Grading Categories

Your grade will be based on what you are able to do with the language. It is a performance-based grade designed to make certain that you are able to use the language in meaningful ways beyond the classroom.

Your grade will be calculated in the following way:

Summative assessments are given every 6 weeks at then end of the grading period. Formative assessments will be given more frequently to check student progress.

Students prepare for these assessments through their active listening and daily participation in class.

The assessments are performance-based and reflect what students have acquired in the language prior to assessment week.

10%: Learning checks / Interpersonal Communication

In-class activities (reading/listening/writing/speaking) and daily quizzes about class conversations and discussions count in this category. Since attendance is essential, students receive a daily activity grade that is averaged at the end of the week.

If students miss class, they can complete this activity grade by interacting in the target language by: 1) Reading something comprehensible to you in the target language for a certain amount of time in Academic Lab, 2) Watching one Alice Ayel story listening video from season 1 or season 2 and writing a summary of that story in English for each class period missed.

The completed make-up in-class activity counts for 9/10 of the grade for that day. Why? It is impossible to interact if you are not in class, so the daily in-class activity grade for a missed class period is zero (0).

25%: Interpretive Reading Assessments

This category is a measure of how well you understand written texts on your own.

25%: Interpretive Listening Assessments

This category is a measure of how well you understand spoken texts on your own.

25% Presentational (Writing / Speaking Assessments)

This category is a measure of your speaking / writing performances during and at the end of the unit.

15% Semester exam (World Language department policy)

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