OUR+DOCUMENTS

Here we find groups of documents clearly connected to our daily lessons. For example, here's the standard bla bla bla to put on worksheets so students know how to get their homework assignments on terakki DOT net. We're in the process of re-organizing this section, so bear with us.
 * LOOK BELOW FOR NEW ADDITIONS. **


 * One very important item (formerly under Lagniappes) is the ELT Menu, which should be put on all computers you expect to use. It's relatively easy to install, so just check the directions. Other bits of crucial information are included in the various files and folders. Please read everything here carefully. **

TWO IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING POINTS:

A. DISTRIBUTION


 * 1) **Recognition items on an exam should amount to 25-33% of the total points; more is NOT acceptable.**
 * 2) **Free production (3 or more sentences in connected discourse) should amount to 25-33% of the total points; more is possible, and oftentimes required.**
 * 3) **Controlled production (with various degrees of constraint) needs to amount to roughly 33 to 50%.**
 * B. SKILLS**

> **67 - 75% of the total points.**
 * 1) **"Normal" language activities [ = reading, writing, listening (and speaking) = things regular people do when their language teachers are not looking] should account for**
 * 1) **Vocabulary and grammar [together referred to as "usage"] should under no circumstances account for more that 33% of the total points; 25% is much preferred.**

frightfully recent: [|grading guidelines.pdf]
 * MOST RECENT INFO ON POINTS AND GRADING: [[file:revisedPOINTS.pdf]]**

[|Important Information] [|Some Guidance] [|Formative Spoken Production, Rubric for Self-Assessment]
 * Process and Products**
 * ALL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VERB STORIES**
 * Rubrics**

and guidelines for using it [|extended formative.pdf] [|formative_writing_4-5.doc] [|BASIC SUMMATIVE WRITING RUBRIC.doc] OLDER, less useful!

NEW AND IMPROVED -- SUMMATIVE WRITING (WITH TEETH); see also the extended formative above.

[|About Drama in German as a FL] [|CEFR Speaking Assessment] [|CEFR Summary] [|CertiLingua-Projektbeschreibung] [|ELP Assessment Grid (English)] [|RP_IM (professional)] [|RP_IM and Exams]
 * CEFR-ELP**

(ELT menu template as of November 10, 2009) [|ELT Menu Read Me] [|Some Tips for Using the ELT Menu] Older versions -- can be used in a pinch if you're stuck at home on a Mac -- be careful about the dates. [|Cut and Paste Template] [|Directions for Installing the menu yourself, if it should go missing.]
 * ELT Menu**

[|Multiple Intelligences Theory]
 * General Learning**

[|Inflationary Language]
 * Jocularity**

[|Certi-Lingua Projektbeschreibung (Englisch)]
 * New and Improved**


 * Observations**

[|Peer Observation Guidelines and Recommendations] [|Feedback] [|Observation Talking Points]

or download one of [|these] FREE programs, install it, and enjoy life to the full.
 * NEED HELP WITH WORD 2007 formatted docs?** Get it [|HERE]

SAMPLES OF USEFUL FORMATS FOR PRACTICE, APPPLICATION, AND TESTING __Verb Stories__ [|more verb stories.doc] and [|sisters.doc] and also [|simple verb dialogue story.doc] __Recognition__ = Matching [|matching.doc] and more matching and even more matching

**__Recognition = Multiple Choice for Usage__** (levels are VERY approximate)