Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Assignment 1: International student profile. This matches the students with the equivalent numbers of the Centres International Foundation students. They meet individually with their profiles 5 or 6 times during Semester 1, get background information, transcribe and analyse spoken discourse, mark and evaluate students writing, assess reading and writing skills, make a diagnostic assessment based on needs and deliver a one-to-one lesson based on those needs. The assignment is a report based on the above. | 30% |
Semester Assessment | Assignment 2: Unknown Language. This puts the students in the position of language learners. One of the Centres staff teaches 3 hours of a language that is unknown to the students (Polish, Catalan or Turkish). Different methodologies, techniques and materials are used for the purpose. The assignment asks that the students respond to the experience in a discursive way and additionally discuss issues in language acquisition and language learning, learning languages in schools, learning English as a second language (for Welsh or international students). | 25% |
Semester Assessment | Assignment 3: Essay. This is drawn from a set of about 10 teacher training topics based on the course input and follows a traditional essay format with stated evaluation criteria made available to students. | 35% |
Semester Assessment | Attendance / participation. | 10% |
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